Google's Pichai is just the latest Silicon Valley leaders to travel to Washington to speak with Congress – following trips by the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter earlier this year. The firms in the fastest growing industry in the US have suffered under the weight of calls for heightened regulatory scrutiny and increased sensitivity to the politically disruptive impact of their business models. Here's a look at the wild ride in their share prices over the past 18 months.
Author Jeffrey Ding says that scaling AI, not just inventing it, drives national power. He shared insights on AI diffusion and inclusion in a Global Stage livestrem at the 2025 UN STI Forum.
GZERO's Emilie Macfie reflects on a week of discussions between top European and American leaders at the Munich Security Conference's Washington, DC installment.
As artificial intelligence races ahead, there’s growing concern that it could deepen the digital divide—unless global inclusion becomes a priority. Lucia Velasco, AI Policy Lead at the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, warns that without infrastructure, local context, and inclusive design, AI risks benefiting only the most connected parts of the world.
Listen: In the latest episode of the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen to unpack what he calls a constitutional crisis unfolding under the Trump administration.
Hundreds of millions of people now use artificial intelligence each week—but that impressive number masks a deeper issue. According to Dr. Juan Lavista Ferres, Microsoft’s Chief Data Scientist, Corporate Vice President, and Lab Director for the AI for Good Lab, access to AI remains out of reach for nearly half the world’s population.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Geneva on Saturday in a bid to ease escalating trade tensions that have led to punishing tariffs of up to 145%. Ahead of the meetings, Trump said that he expects tariffs to come down.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer achieved what his Conservative predecessors couldn’t.
On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first American pontiff — defying widespread assumptions that a US candidate was a long shot.