The 2025 Paris AI Action Summit marked a pivotal moment in global artificial intelligence governance, convening over 1,000 participants from 100 nations to address AI’s societal, economic, and environmental impacts. While the summit produced a landmark declaration signed by 58 countries[1]—including…
Navigating the Risks and Governance of Advanced AI: Insights from the 2025 International AI Safety Report
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented transformative opportunities and unprecedented challenges. The International AI Safety Report[1], published in January 2025 under the leadership of Prof. Yoshua Bengio and a global consortium of experts, provides possibly the most comprehensive…
Securing Leadership in the Biorevolution
In the 21st century, biotechnology stands as the cornerstone of a transformative era: the biorevolution. This convergence of breakthroughs in synthetic biology, machine learning, and engineering biology enables humanity to manipulate life’s building blocks, offering unprecedented opportunities—and equally profound challenges. Highlighted…
Breaking Big Tech’s Grip: A Roadmap to a Democratic Digital Future
In an era where digital technologies influence nearly every aspect of modern life, the question of who controls these technologies has become increasingly urgent. The dominance of a handful of tech giants—primarily U.S.-based companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, along with…
AI vs. Organized Crime: Balancing innovation and security in a transnational fight
After the agreement on EL PAcCTO 2.0 was introduced in November 2023, the program to combat transnational crime was officially launched in March 2024 in Panama City. The initiative seeks to strengthen cooperation between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European…
The Need for Kill-Switch Deployment in High-Risk AI Systems
The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have brought about transformative possibilities across industries, but they have also raised significant concerns regarding safety, control, and ethical implications. The emergence of autonomous AI systems with advanced decision-making capabilities has amplified these concerns,…
Unlocking Global Synergies: OECD’s AI Guidelines elevate data governance and privacy to a new level
by Gergely Rideg The OECD covers a broad spectrum of artificial intelligence (AI) topics in the Artificial Intelligence Papers series. This includes topics on the different ways in which AI can be used in education, health and other policy areas. Naturally,…
The EU’s Digital Decade
by Mónika Mercz Despite the significant initiatives undertaken, according to the report on the Digital Decade, key goals are not expected to be fulfilled by 2030 at the current rate of development due to the low level of private investments.[1] Digital…
UN AI Advisory Body’s Interim Report: Governing AI for Humanity
by István Kopácsi In our previous summaries we have dealt a lot with the various regulations, statements and positions on artificial intelligence. Last year, we covered the AI Act proposal,[1] the Bletchley Declaration,[2] President Biden’s Executive Order,[3] and drew parallels between them in a…
Corporate Governance as a Tool for Investment Sustainability
Raghad Al-Shareedah Corporate governance remains of utmost significance in the competitive landscape of businesses, crucial for their survival. Its prominence became evident with the tragic demise of Robert Maxwell while cruising the Canary Islands in 1990.[1] This incident brought to light the…