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A newspaper article published last week announced that the “US plans to boost tech diplomats deployed to Embassies”. The plan would see the State Department deploy a diplomat “trained in tech issues” to each of its 168 embassies. US diplomats stated that there was an urgent need to get diplomats with tech expertise into the... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- Is time up for Twitter? (BBC News) Twitter blue tick: Multiple Hillarys and New Yorks as verifications disappear (BBC News) Russia's Sberbank releases ChatGPT rival GigaChat (Reuters) From pope’s jacket to... Continue Reading →
In recent weeks I have begun to explore how ChatGPT, a generative Chatbot created by Open AI, may impact the work of diplomats and diplomatic institutions. One blog post examined how ChatGPT may help diplomats automate the creation of texts ranging from social media posts to addresses at the UN. A second blog post examined... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The Delusion at the Center of the A.I. Boom (Slate) The AI Disaster Scenario (The Atlantic) Is Globalization Over? (Project Syndicate) ChatGPT is making up fake Guardian articles. Here’s how we’re... Continue Reading →
Ever since its launch in November of 2022, ChatGPT has attracted considerable media coverage. News reports have positively depicted the chatbot’s capabilities with journalists marveling at its ability to pass entry exams to law schools and medical schools, formulate court petitions, author legislation, and even pass medical licensing exams. These news reports all suggest that... Continue Reading →
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week- The TikTok Teens Go To Washington (Data & Society) The Data Delusion (The New Yorker) The Vulkan Files: Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions (The Washington Post) ChatGPT... Continue Reading →
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