ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
At the AI Action Summit in Paris, Yann LeCun underscored a fundamental shift in artificial intelligence—one that moves beyond the brute-force approach of large language models (LLMs). Instead of systems that merely predict the next token, the future of AI hinges on *world models*—structured, adaptive representations that can infer, reason, and plan. This vision holds …
Yann LeCun, Meta, gives the AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture at the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meetings on “Mathematical Obstacles on the Way to Human-Level AI.” This talk was introduced by Bryna Kra, Northwestern University, President of the AMS. Watch the Video here.
The United States of America Intelligence Agencies 2025 Treat Assessment Report to Congress. Watch the Video here.
A documentary video in the Somali Kilil (region) of Ethiopia. Watch the Video here.
John Gray’s writing on political philosophy is not easily pigeonholed. Over the last 50 or so years, he has favoured ideas that span the political spectrum and pissed almost everybody off—his central thesis being that growth and progress are not inevitable. In his new book, his attention turns to the changing fate of ‘the west’. …
The Global Risks Report 2025 highlights an increasingly volatile landscape, marked by accelerating geopolitical, technological and environmental challenges. As risks evolve across short, medium and long-term horizons, how can global leaders prepare for emerging threats and build resilience against shocks? This session was developed in collaboration with The Economist. This event is linked to the …
As AI evolves from a support tool to a co-pilot, the dynamics of building and running a company are changing. Companies are increasingly relying on technology enabling one individual to achieve what previously required entire teams. How far are we from a true one-person unicorn and what does this mean for the future of employment …
The barriers to building secure economic prospects and a high quality of life for young people today are bigger than ever before. What collaborative effort is needed to restore optimism in the future for young people globally amid the present characterized by crises, conflict and climate change? Speakers: Gyri Reiersen, Olajumoke Adekeye, Shehrbano Jamali Niazi, …
But with rising concerns about job losses, surveillance and deepfakes, will AGI be a force for progress or a threat to the very fabric of humanity? Watch the Video
On today’s #NCFWhittle, we are joined by Prof. David Betz, Professor of War in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London where he heads the MA War Studies programme. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Prof. Betz’s most recent book, The Guarded Age: Fortification in the 21st …