Shaping Futures
e-magazine of The Michael Dukakis Institute
Boston Global Forum Statement on Yoshua Bengio’s Warning About AI and Human Extinction
Issued October 5, 2025 | Boston, MA The Boston Global Forum (BGF) shares the deep concerns expressed by Professor Yoshua Bengio, one of the “Godfathers of AI,” regarding the existential […]
Sam Altman Predicts Artificial General Intelligence by 2030, Says AI Could Take Over 40% of Tasks
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has projected that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could become a...
The UNGA Science Summit 2025: A Glimpse into the Future of AI
At the United Nations General Assembly Science Summit 2025, experts, policymakers, and innovators...
AI Is Changing the Structure of Consulting Firms
By David S. Duncan, Tyler Anderson, and Jeffrey Saviano – Harvard Business Review, September...
IBM and AMD Join Forces on Quantum and Next-Generation Computing
A landmark partnership was announced on August 26, 2025, as IBM and AMD revealed plans to combine...
USAi: America’s AI Experimentation Platform
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has launched USAi, a secure generative AI evaluation...
Photonic Computing in AI World Society
The newly launched Report on Emerging Computing Pathways in Quantum, Neuromorphic, and Photonic...
The Trump-OpenAI AI Partnership: A Catalyst for Government Productivity and AI Infrastructure Investment
The Trump-OpenAI AI partnership, announced earlier this month, marks a seismic shift in how the...
U.S. Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: Charting a Path Forward
As artificial intelligence becomes a central driver of economic growth, innovation, and national...