Shaping Futures
e-magazine of The Michael Dukakis Institute
From Ankara to Boston: American Stewardship in the Age of AI
At the NATO Summit in Ankara on July 7–8, 2026, allies debated access to America’s most advanced AI systems. Beneath the surface of procurement numbers and security communiqués, a deeper […]
Physical AI Emerges as the Next Strategic Frontier
RAISE SUMMIT 2026 AND MACHINA · PARIS · JULY 7–9, 2026 At RAISE Summit 2026 and...
When a Nation Restricts a Model: Anthropic, an AI Pioneer, and the Question of Human Authority
The most consequential AI story of the past week centered on Anthropic and its CEO, Dario Amodei...
When intelligence begins to build itself
Recursive Self-Improvement, Multi-Agent Emergence, and the Architecture of Trust A new...
BGF Statement on Human Responsibility for AI-Generated Content
As artificial intelligence becomes a powerful creator and distributor of content, the Boston Global...
The Lumina Declaration Responding to Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas
Welcoming and responding to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Nguyen Anh...
Daphne Koller Urges AI Community to Embrace Richly Structured Models at “America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age”
Cambridge, Massachusetts – May 1, 2026 Daphne Koller, Founder and CEO of insitro and one of...
Building AIWS Trust Infrastructure for the AI Age
Trust as the Foundation of Society At the America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age Conference, held...
Professor Cynthia Dwork’s Acceptance Remarks
America 250: AI Pioneers Award At the America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age Conference on May 1,...