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We need to be smarter about AI

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and it happened fast. For those of us who remember the days of the COVID pandemic, not long ago, AI was virtually nonexistent. In the last four years, hundreds of billions of dollars have been poured into development of AI infrastructure, large language models that support generative AI services, and the companies that make it all…

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Infuse Climate Progress into Existing Services

A policy note from Earth Civics, from the June 2026 Resilient Prosperity Forum debrief on midyear climate change negotiations The most significant factor in determining whether climate policies turn into real-world benefits is their ability to support everyday economic activities. “Mainstreaming” is the process of connecting climate policy to local needs and priorities and the activities…

Jobs vs. AI – how to avoid a dystopian future

Artificial intelligence (AI) poses three main threats to human health and wellbeing: The elimination of jobs, on a scale so far-reaching the existing economic system will no longer be viable; Disinformation, where virtually no one can readily access detailed fact-based reporting by human professionals; Hyperagentic interference with human decision-making, undermining freedom, rights, and security. Hyperagentic…

SM26: Cooperate to prevent chaos

The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (SM26) bring together diplomats, agency directors, experts, and stakeholders, from more than 100 countries. After a year of painful, deadly, and destabilizing shock cuts to development and humanitarian programs, the future of development finance itself may be on the line. The same tension as…


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