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Famous mobile payments technology like Kenya’s M-PESA has revolutionized economic development by giving people new tools to access financial resources. But other important aspects of financial inclusion are getting neglected due to the growing overreliance on digital markers of financial inclusion.
Beijing is leading the way in AI regulation, releasing groundbreaking new strategies to govern algorithms, chatbots, and more. Global partners need a better understanding of what, exactly, this regulation entails, what it says about China’s AI priorities, and what lessons other AI regulators can learn.
The EU and ASEAN have diverging priorities in climate, security, technology, trade, and democracy. Stronger cooperation in these fields would enable the two blocs to tackle shared challenges and pursue common interests.
Blaming Russian propaganda for the southern hemisphere’s relative ambivalence toward the war is colonialism by any other name. Ironically, such misplaced focus risks reinforcing the very ambivalence it aims to counter.
Over the last 20 years, Russia has invested heavily in systems capable of attacking the network of underwater cables that account for 95% of all online traffic
With the AI regulation debate in Washington at a critical juncture, the United States cannot afford to sit on the sidelines while China and Europe decide these fundamental issues for the world.
Bolstering cybersecurity has become an increased priority in the financial sector. Maintaining a secure cyberspace for the financial system has implications for digital financial inclusion, particularly among vulnerable populations.
With big data, California policymakers could improve everything from infrastructure to air quality—but first they need the tools to make use of it
So it is wise to expect not only compelling and lively new chapters in the human story—written partly in human longhand and partly in machine learning model weights – but also soul-searching about our lives and institutions, distress, and conflict as we probe how commoditized intelligence can reshape who we become.
The Central African Republic faces many challenges in adopting digital financial solutions, but it can learn from other post-conflict countries and improve its approach.