Shaping Futures
e-magazine of The Michael Dukakis Institute
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 – one of the America 250: AI Pioneers. The United States issued an […]
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,...
Google’s $40 Billion Bet on Anthropic: A Signal of a New AI Era
Google’s plan to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic marks one of the most significant AI...
America Wakes Up to AI’s Dangerous Power
A new Economist leader, “America wakes up to AI’s dangerous power,” points to an important...