The OpenAI saga – in which founder and CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired and then reinstated, together with a new governing board – may have been enthralling, but it was neither novel nor surprising. Historically, capital usually wins out when there are competing visions for the future of an innovative product or business model.
shows why OpenAI’s efforts to preserve its founding non-profit mission never stood any chance.
Climate change is expected to displace tens of millions of people by mid-century, especially in the Global South. By enhancing international cooperation, we could improve the lives and livelihoods of the displaced and develop sustainable solutions that enable affected communities to rebuild.
urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
Antara Haldar
advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
伦敦—2019年7月,英国外交大臣杰里米·亨特(Jeremy Hunt)在与加拿大政府共同组织的伦敦会议上发起了一场争取媒体自由的全球运动。“今天,来自100多个国家的代表团加入了我们的行列……从来没有这么多国家在这项事业中走到一起,”他自豪地宣布。 该活动成立了媒体自由联盟,此后已有50多个国家加入。
媒体自由倡议背后的推动力是2018年10月 沙特记者贾迈勒·卡舒吉(Jamal Khashoggi)在沙特驻伊斯坦布尔领事馆被暗杀。卡舒吉的可怕谋杀是国家批准的杀戮,由沙特政权的最高层。卡舒吉死后,媒体自由迅速上升到英国政府外交政策议程最重要的位置。
媒体自由运动是2016年英国脱欧公投和美国总统特朗普当选后紧张的地缘政治气氛中罕见的平静。它还为英国提供了一个独特的机会,在国际社会几乎被忽视的问题上发挥真正的领导作用。
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