Balancing AI Regulation and Innovation: How the FAST Framework Empowers the Global South
Imagine building an AI highway in the Global South. If we erect too many toll gates and surveillance checkpoints at the start, local startups...
From Algorithms to Empathy: A Global South Framework for Trusted AI Adoption
AI Is Speaking. But Few Understand It.
Across the world, governments are racing to publish AI ethics guidelines, build regulatory sandboxes, and draft national AI...
From Automation to Exclusion: Rethinking AI Efficiency in the Global South
A Civil Service Transformed: The Case of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is currently conducting one of the most significant experiments in applying Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
How the Global South Can Help the World Govern AI—Before It Becomes a Global Risk
Why the Margins Matter
Global conversations about AI governance have largely been dominated by frameworks and philosophies forged in the Global North—where regulatory priorities are...
Inclusive Innovation from the South: How Indonesia’s QRIS is Reshaping Digital Finance
In April 2025, a familiar tension resurfaced on the global trade stage. The United States, through its 2025 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report, criticized...
AI Governance in the Global South: Turning Risk into Relevance
The launch of the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Guidelines by Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) on April 29, 2025, has sparked critical discussions...
Training AI with Silence: What the Global South Can Teach the Algorithm
In most of the world, artificial intelligence is taught to listen to noise.
It consumes millions of voices, scrolls endlessly through conversations, headlines, reactions, ratings....
Why the Global South Trusts AI—and What the World Can Learn from It
In a time of rising skepticism toward artificial intelligence (AI) in the developed world, the Global South presents a surprising counter-narrative: trust in AI...
From Connectivity to Capacity: Building Inclusive AI Ecosystems in the Global South
China's recent strides in rural artificial intelligence (AI) adoption are offering powerful insights for countries across the Global South. In once-isolated agricultural regions, Chinese...
“Ghibli-fication” and AI Creativity: Protecting Digital IP Rights in the AI Era
The recent surge of AI-generated content mimicking the iconic style of Studio Ghibli—known popularly as "Ghibli-fication"—highlights critical discussions on digital intellectual property (IP). While...