Category: Digital Governance
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Mark Your Calendars: The AI Action Plan is coming soon!
July has arrived, which means we now have a full-fledged summer outside our windows, a long weekend ahead, and something else worth watching—on July 23rd, the U.S. Executive Branch will announce its artificial intelligence (AI) Action Plan. Under Executive Order 14179, issued on January 23, 2025, the administration was tasked with delivering the AI Action…
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UN Report Contribution: Addressing the Impact of AI on Human Creativity
Past month, in collaboration with BE Side By Side, I responded to a call and invitation for contributions on artificial intelligence (AI) and creativity, initiated by the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Prof. Alexandra Xanthaki. The takeaways will be presented at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and…
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![Melting Sand: On the right of everyone […] to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications (Art. 15, ICESCR, para. 1, letter b)](https://niparko.online/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ms1.png?w=1024)
Melting Sand: On the right of everyone […] to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications (Art. 15, ICESCR, para. 1, letter b)
Some argue that the way we melted sand to make glass brought prosperity and a comparative advantage to Europe. Then, in North America, people melted sand to build the first chips, and those chips have continued to power technological and artificial intelligence (r)evolutions. Melting sand sounds so surreal, and yet someone, somewhere, tried it—and ended…
