The standardization of collective memory involves the processes through which shared memories and narratives are shaped, maintained, and transmitted within a society through formal procedures and often supported by policy. In the digital age, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT has significantly impacted this phenomenon. While these models … Read more
I’m a big proponent of simplicity, mainly because I’ve witnessed the ill-effects of complexity in the finance world. Advice doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective. The two most important medical breakthroughs of the modern era are likely penicillin and washing your hands to stop the spread of infection in hospitals. Life expectancies are … Read more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Opinion 28/2024 on 17 December 2024 on the basis of Article 64(2) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This opinion addresses data protection concerns related to AI models. Requested by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) in September 2024, the opinion offers non-exhaustive guidance on interpreting GDPR … Read more
Two cardinal principles of international law emerging from the defeat of Nazism in 1945 were territorial integrity and self-determination in the sense of the political independence of equal sovereign states. It is, therefore, perhaps surprising to be considering the contemporary resonances of prominent Nazi spatial theories associated with its aggressive, territorially expansionist program. Nonetheless, in … Read more
Robert H. Wade examines what American disengagement and growing resentment among emerging market and developing countries mean for the future of the IMF. It is now widely recognised that the world has moved into a more chaotic state than a decade and more ago. The “global liberal order” is wounded (though not broken), as the … Read more