Dispatch from the Digital Planet: May 2023

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Dispatch from the Digital Planet: May 2023

May 25, 2023

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PODCAST

A Warning About AI From a Founding Father of the IT Age

TECH LIFE ON BBC SOUNDS

Bhaskar Chakravorti joins Steve "Woz" Wozniak on BBC News to share their views on generative AI and its impact on the future of AI innovation.

PERSPECTIVES

The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Harvard Business Review

Bhaskar Chakravorti lays out eight qualities of successful DPI projects, and how the public and private sectors can coordinate to build them.

How GPT Mania Could Harm AI Innovation: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Foreign Policy

The scramble to win the GPT race could divert essential resources from the development of more socially meaningful uses of AI.

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Beyond Access: Fostering Sustainable and Inclusive Climate Solutions Through Digital Technologies

The private sector has an important role to play in tackling sustainable development challenges. In the last compendium of our Beyond Access case study series, we analyze three innovative companies - Nexsis, ThredUp, and Husk Power Systems - harnessing technology to foster a more inclusive and sustainable future.

DIALOGUE

The Missing Piece

ChatGPT is a powerful and intriguing tool in today's tech landscape. Its efficiency and creativity has captivated the world's imagination and dominated the conversation around AI. Does the initial hype around its potential threaten to overshadow the future value of AI?

Scripps News Live

Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses the TikTok ban in Montana and its potential impact nationwide. As data privacy becomes increasingly scarce, what is the role of government regulation?

ANALYST OF THE MONTH

Oliver Martínez

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I'VE BEEN WORKING ON

The AI for Good project, which seeks to better understand the key players in the AI agriculture landscape in select Sub-Saharan African countries while shedding light on how AI adoption can boost agricultural output and maximize profits.

AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED

The implementation of affordable and accessible AI technologies in agriculture offers massive potential for smallholder farmers to mitigate the risks of crop losses as a result of fluctuating weather patterns, pests, and diseases.

I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT

Leveraging research to drive policy decisions that aim to tackle complex global challenges in developing economies for the benefit of the public and private sectors.

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IN THE NEWS

How Tufts' Fletcher School helps the world make sense of itself | Boston Business Journal

Three years after companies doubled down on DEI, 'the pendulum swings back.' Here's why | MarketWatch

Meta to begin fresh layoffs, cutting heavily among business staff | The Washington Post

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