As policymakers and tech luminaries descend on Paris for next week’s AI Action Summit, they are already finding their carefully crafted agenda upended by an unexpected gatecrash: DeepSeek. The Chinese firm claims to have developed a large language model rivaling the best American offerings, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT,
A manual for mitigating harm Since 2010, the world has seen a sharp uptake in the use of crime prediction technologies. Although these tools have the potential to improve public safety, they are often deployed without sufficient training and oversight, adherence to procedural safeguards, or
In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global politics, economies, and societies, the need for informed and responsible AI policymaking has never been more urgent. Recognizing this demand, the Igarape Institute and New America have just released a comprehensive guide, “Responsible and Safe
The development of new predictive technologies is accelerating and transforming societies worldwide. As governments, companies and nonprofits rush to deploy predictive analytics to “optimize” everything from the deployment of policing resources to preventing illegal deforestation or improving public transit and energy consumption, the potential risks
The promise and peril of Artificial intelligence (AI) dominated the global agenda in 2023 and will be an even more pressing concern in 2024. This Global Futures Bulletin considers the global AI regulatory landscape – asking where AI safety and alignment policies are produced and
Cybercrime is high on the agenda of nation states, corporations and international organizations everywhere.
Between July 25 and 29, UN member states gathered in New York for the third substantive session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the security in and of information and communications technologies (OEWG)
The Americas have been a global hotspot when it comes to the spread of cybercrime. In the region, different types of already known threats have been adapted along with the digital transformation, for example: cryptocurrencies is being used for money laundering, the increase of online
Data privacy exchanged for frictionless convenience is being compromised, stolen and leaked with disturbing regularity.
If we didn’t know already, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the fact that data is the most important strategic asset of the 21st century
Robert Muggah’s contribution focuses on resilience, the now essential concept in helping organisations withstand intrusions, wherever they come from
Central Asia is the staging ground for a new digital Great Game
Louise Marie shares below some reflections on the importance of Cyber Portals to CCB and the lessons learned from the process of developing the national portal
O Instituto lançou o seu Artigo Estratégico 54, Cibersegurança no Brasil: uma análise da estratégia nacional
The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies, both online and off.
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang called La Local in the port city of Buenaventura.
All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating long-term effects spread unnoticed worldwide
Louise Marie Hurel contributed with a chapter on cyber-security governance in Brazil.
At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Central Asia was long a digital backwater
Brazilians are preparing nervously for their own municipal elections on November 15
The digital economy has finally arrived.
Recent political developments in the United States are threatening internet freedom and cybersecurity across Latin America.
What remains of the global, open internet came under attack this month.
Published in Internet Governance Project By Louise Marie Hurel Late February this year, Brazil published its first national cybersecurity strategy. With more than 100 countries worldwide having released their strategies and considering that Brazil is the biggest economy in Latin America, one might ask: why has it taken
Published in Council on Foreign Relations By Louise Marie Hurel The February 20 Brazil-EU Cyber Dialogue signaled the most recent step taken by Brasília and Brussels to collaborate on advancing responsible state behavior in cyberspace. While there have sometimes been differences in the two
This article explores two basic questions: (1) What are the cyberthreats facing cities and their residents; and (2) How can cities and city networks work to improve their digital safety? These may be among the most significant – if under-appreciated – questions facing cities in the 21st century.
Homicides in Brazil are projected to have fallen 16 percent in 2019 as compared to the previous year, although Latin America’s most populous nation still had more than 41,000 murders, the highest total number in the region
Rio de Janeiro’s ultra-conservative governor, Wilson Witzel, was elected in 2018 on a tough-on-crime ticket.
After years of procrastination, Brazil has finally adopted comprehensive data protection legislation. In mid-2018, the government approved Law 13.709, known by its Portuguese acronym, LGPD.
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