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Public AI Is the New Multilateralism

WASHINGTON, DC – An international coalition of AI labs and cloud providers just did something refreshingly practical: they pooled their compute resources to make Apertus, a Swiss-built open-source large language model (LLM), freely accessible to users around the world. The queries Apertus receives might be served by Amazon Web Services in Switzerland,

Are We in a Financial Bubble?

That means there will be a higher floor under any drop in asset value, which suggests that the bubble is

Policing, Politics, and Public Perception: The Resilience of Nepal Police

Given this, the demand to arrest former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak appears to

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

The corporations profiting from AI – including Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, and ASML – have a vested interest in maintaining the current

Can Humanity Fix What It Has Broken?

As we stood together in the shadow of a magnificent mountain range next to the Caribbean Sea, the wisdom they

Democracy and the Case for Protecting Livelihoods

To provide an antidote to Trump’s brand of politics, we must understand where his MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement

Harnessing AI Without Undermining Democracy

Start with elections. Especially in the United States, election administrators are severely understaffed and underfunded. Many argue that AI could help by

Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card

Since the first Trump administration, the US playbook has been to blacklist leading Chinese tech firms and tighten export controls

How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger

The G20 must tackle the hunger crisis head-on or risk forfeiting what remains of its credibility. South Africa can lead

Crisis, Courage, and Clarity: How Nepal Police Demonstrated Prudence

The Nepal Police, often criticized in normal times, have in this instance shown commendable courage, discipline, and devotion to duty.