top of page
What's New
Some of my blog articles, events, videos or books!
![Setting Guardrails for an AI-Enabled World](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_6a6d69149e414729bed0df2db2ccb312~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_6a6d69149e414729bed0df2db2ccb312~mv2.webp)
Jul 8, 2024
Setting Guardrails for an AI-Enabled World
What does it mean to set guardrails in an AI-Enabled world? This will be a thought provoking panel. We will discuss the possibilities of...
![Building Health Guardrails](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_120f4c724fe74010830ca25f05ab68b6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_120f4c724fe74010830ca25f05ab68b6~mv2.webp)
Jun 19, 2024
Building Health Guardrails
AI can help when we have issues with geographical access or an inadequate number of health providers (thanks @Ricardo, who spoke about...
![Open Source AI - What does it mean?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_dcb08ca20d0d4d778fec3524bc1ad834~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_dcb08ca20d0d4d778fec3524bc1ad834~mv2.webp)
Jun 18, 2024
Open Source AI - What does it mean?
How many times have you heard about Open Source AI and assumed it is good? Open source means different things and it is important the...
![Wisdom versus Data: Something to Consider in the World of AI](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_4d3ceadc87c94963872d72aa00c0414f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_4d3ceadc87c94963872d72aa00c0414f~mv2.webp)
Jun 16, 2024
Wisdom versus Data: Something to Consider in the World of AI
We are all familiar with the Data Pyramid, but I want to give you a different interpretation on it. Especially, as it is applied today in...
Jun 16, 2024
When Regulators are Unable to Manage Industry Cross-Overs
We are seeing more movement of products across industries and the inability of regulators to catch these. Take for example the case of...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_99c9fe5cb8e64be7b100e7b10b1aa706~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_99c9fe5cb8e64be7b100e7b10b1aa706~mv2.webp)
![Right to Childhood in an AI, gamified online world.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_99c9fe5cb8e64be7b100e7b10b1aa706~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_99c9fe5cb8e64be7b100e7b10b1aa706~mv2.webp)
Jun 15, 2024
Right to Childhood in an AI, gamified online world.
The right to childhood (and its an ambiguous one) would fall more likely under The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), more...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_769784951a8e4a7087fe56426962e1f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_769784951a8e4a7087fe56426962e1f3~mv2.webp)
![Future Government Skills](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_769784951a8e4a7087fe56426962e1f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_769784951a8e4a7087fe56426962e1f3~mv2.webp)
Jun 3, 2024
Future Government Skills
If you work in the public sector (or aspire to, or work with the government affairs department of a private sector company), this open...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_e62faa1d7bac46db8e184487dbd7bef6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_e62faa1d7bac46db8e184487dbd7bef6~mv2.webp)
![Post-COVID](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_e62faa1d7bac46db8e184487dbd7bef6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_e62faa1d7bac46db8e184487dbd7bef6~mv2.webp)
May 11, 2024
Post-COVID
Post-COVID, life was supposed to get easier - we had onboarded AI and remote working/learning, embraced delivery services.....but we are...
![Responsible AI and More: Cybersecurity, Crisis Management and AI Literacy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_c206053ac0be4a0096e342a7c84cce9e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_c206053ac0be4a0096e342a7c84cce9e~mv2.webp)
Apr 25, 2024
Responsible AI and More: Cybersecurity, Crisis Management and AI Literacy
The State of Lebanon recently reported that its internet provider, Ogero, was under a 10-day cyber attack. A digital expert noted that...
![OECD-EU Online Workshop on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_4aa722b4442347859208e7a40fa5b752~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_4aa722b4442347859208e7a40fa5b752~mv2.webp)
Apr 18, 2024
OECD-EU Online Workshop on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
I listened to two panels: "Competition in the market for foundation models” and “The role of data in development models.” The...
Apr 18, 2024
New AI proposal: INDIA
#EU has the #AIAct (first in the world). #USA has recommended the hiring of a Chief AI Officer for every Federal Agency. But, right now,...
![Can AI Think? Or Reason?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_d1dd4c4d9e8841a2be320d64500f92af~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_350,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_d1dd4c4d9e8841a2be320d64500f92af~mv2.webp)
Apr 4, 2024
Can AI Think? Or Reason?
It is the age of LLMs or GenAI - but can these machines think? Or reason? The answer is NO. Here is why. These examples above show you...
Mar 27, 2024
Antitrust laws and AI Tech Firms
Microsoft has found a unique way to get around antitrust competitive laws. Wow they have lawyers working overtime in this space (and lots...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_bfd71d759e1d466a9353d252865c061d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_bfd71d759e1d466a9353d252865c061d~mv2.webp)
![Autonomous Avatars & Digital Me](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_bfd71d759e1d466a9353d252865c061d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_bfd71d759e1d466a9353d252865c061d~mv2.webp)
Mar 26, 2024
Autonomous Avatars & Digital Me
According to Kozuka, “There can be three possible approaches to the law of avatars. They are to treat an avatar either as a device...
![AI Ethics: Accountability – Can We Achieve it?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_7e9435f717bf4b7184bb14c9e0fd45ba~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_7e9435f717bf4b7184bb14c9e0fd45ba~mv2.webp)
Mar 13, 2024
AI Ethics: Accountability – Can We Achieve it?
Accountability is an AI ethics term used by Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Palantir [Not a term used by Nvidia, Amazon, Boston Dynamics,...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_9404097132824351941200307d245103~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_9404097132824351941200307d245103~mv2.webp)
![AI Enabled Business - Our Book Launch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_9404097132824351941200307d245103~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_9404097132824351941200307d245103~mv2.webp)
Mar 6, 2024
AI Enabled Business - Our Book Launch
Yesterday was special, we launched our new book, AI Enable Business: A Smart Decision Kit at MBR School of Government. We started this...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_03dd44be267c44e2bd2ee316ca822e77~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_03dd44be267c44e2bd2ee316ca822e77~mv2.webp)
![AI Hardware - Geopolitics](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_03dd44be267c44e2bd2ee316ca822e77~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_03dd44be267c44e2bd2ee316ca822e77~mv2.webp)
Nov 8, 2023
AI Hardware - Geopolitics
AI is not just software - while much of the regulations/frameworks and guidelines focus on software and data - you do need to consider...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_ba64ecc6e87f451ea7ab92058df8005b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_ba64ecc6e87f451ea7ab92058df8005b~mv2.webp)
![AI regulations: Review Oct-Nov 2023](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_ba64ecc6e87f451ea7ab92058df8005b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_ba64ecc6e87f451ea7ab92058df8005b~mv2.webp)
Nov 7, 2023
AI regulations: Review Oct-Nov 2023
AI regulations are coming fast! Besides the anticipated EU AI Act (which will have consequences for AI firms), there is lot more mention...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_b5693920a6754e4daeda34ac61443ed2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/a52d0c_b5693920a6754e4daeda34ac61443ed2~mv2.webp)
![Leadership: Surviving the Storm](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_b5693920a6754e4daeda34ac61443ed2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a52d0c_b5693920a6754e4daeda34ac61443ed2~mv2.webp)
Aug 30, 2023
Leadership: Surviving the Storm
Leaders are often considered founders, top management, heads of ministries, department heads, or board members, the stewards of an...
![Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Primer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a52d0c_1a3dd70601584b4083d9c3b99c5f4a7f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a52d0c_1a3dd70601584b4083d9c3b99c5f4a7f~mv2.webp)
Jul 28, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Primer
The quest to create machines that mimic humans has been going on for a long time. Sometimes out of academic endeavor, sometimes out of...
bottom of page