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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: Hyperagentic interference is preventable Hyperagentic interference is the extreme scenario, but it is already happening. Reporting around the planning for military strikes against Iran suggests some targeting decisions were made by AI systems—due in part to excess deference to those systems making lists…

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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