AI Competition
AI Industrial Policy: The New Geoeconomic Battlefield Between the US and China
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved beyond the realm of technological innovation and into the heart of geopolitical competition. Over the past decade, the United...
The Third Space Leader: Beyond Fantasies and Algorithms Part 2
Authors: Tuhu Nugraha and Taufan Teguh Akbari*
Why the Third Space Leader Matters Now
As if these psychological and digital pressures were not complex enough, the broader...
The AI Boom’s Cooling Problem: How Heat Threatens Tech Progress
The increase in data centers, due to companies outsourcing data storage and using energy-intensive artificial intelligence, is creating challenges in maintaining cool environments. A...
Beyond NVIDIA’s Hype: Europe’s Role in Shaping AI for Humanity
“China will win the AI race against America,” says Jensen Huang, NVIDIA's chief. His words should be Europe's wake-up call. As the two superpowers...
The Architects of Intelligence: Vision, Ethics, and the Aha Moments that Shaped AI
2025. The air in the hall hummed with an unusual kind of anticipation—not the applause-and-lights kind, but rather the quiet, electric awareness that something...
Automating Oppression: How AI Firms and Governments Rewire Democracy
Authors: Christopher Jackson and Aaron Spitler*
Digital technologies, particularly AI, are accelerating democratic backsliding and revitalizing authoritarian governments. AI-focused companies have been forming close partnerships...
Africa’s AI crossroads: from ambition to architecture
Artificial intelligence has already moved from promise to presence in Africa. It is influencing education, agriculture, health care, and public administration. Yet, while governments...
The AI That Maps the Floods: How SatGPT is Building Asia-Pacific’s Disaster Resilience
In an era of escalating climate disasters, the ability to translate data into life-saving action has never been more critical. For the Asia-Pacific region—the...
The Cognitive Cost of Over-reliance on AI in Education: A Global Review
With the internet age, artificial intelligence (AI) is a leading-edge tool in education that offers resources that are claimed to yield customized learning, instant...
Machines Take Over: AI, Mass Layoffs, and the New Crisis of Human Work
From industries and continents around the world, thousands of employees wake up to the same horrendous news: another round of cuts. The cycle has...