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Why governments vs. Big Tech is the wrong question
by ian bremmer

Why governments vs. Big Tech is the wrong question

It’s been three and a half years since I first laid out the idea of a technopolar world: one no longer dominated solely by states, but increasingly shaped – and sometimes steered – by a handful of powerful tech companies with the newfound ability to influence economies, societies, politics, and geopolitics.

Is AI's "intelligence" an illusion?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Is AI's "intelligence" an illusion?

Is ChatGPT all it’s cracked up to be? Will truth survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, cognitive scientist and AI researcher Gary Marcus breaks down the recent advances––and inherent risks––of generative AI.

Elon Musk's Starlink cutoff controversy
Quick Take

Elon Musk's Starlink cutoff controversy

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Walter Isaacson's massive blockbuster bio is about to come out on Elon Musk, and the big story is that Elon had taken away Starlink for Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, wouldn't give them permission. Should an individual centibillionaire CEO be making these decisions about outcomes of life and death for 44 million Ukrainians?

Ian Explains: Why big tech will rule the world
Ian Explains

Ian Explains: Why big tech will rule the world

Who runs the world? It used to be an easy question to answer, but the next global super power isn’t who you think it is—not the US, not China. In fact, it’s not a country at all ... It’s technology. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down the three global orders of the current geopolitical landscape.

What is a techno-prudential approach to AI governance?
AI

What is a techno-prudential approach to AI governance?

In a new video series on AI, Ian Bremmer introduces the idea of “techno-prudentialism.” A mouthful of a word that will almost certainly come to define the way AI is governed, regulated, and controlled. According to Ian, AI’s power paradox is that it’s both too powerful to easily govern, but too beneficial to outright ban.

What is a technopolar world?
AI

What is a technopolar world?

Ian Bremmer introduces the concept of a technopolar world––one where technology companies wield unprecedented influence on the global stage, where sovereignty and influence is determined not by physical territory or military might, but control over data, servers, and, crucially, algorithms.

A vision for inclusive AI governance
AI

A vision for inclusive AI governance

Casting a spotlight on the intricate landscape of AI governance, Ian Bremmer, president and founder of GZERO Media and Eurasia Group, and Mustafa Suleyman, CEO and co-founder of Inflection AI, eloquently unravel the pressing need for collaboration between governments, advanced industrial players, corporations, and a diverse spectrum of stakeholders in the AI domain. The exponential pace of this technological evolution demands a united front and the stakes have never been higher. There is urgency of getting AI governance right while the perils of getting it wrong could be catastrophic. While tech giants acknowledge this necessity, they remain engrossed in their domains, urging the imperative for collective action.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Tesla CEO Elon Musk in New York.
Science & Tech

Elon Musk's geopolitical clout grows as he meets Modi

But his chumminess with three authoritarian leaders is no harbinger of democracy for the technopolar world.

Ian Bremmer during his TED Talk
by ian bremmer

Who runs the world?

That’s the subject of Ian Bremmer's just-released TED Talk. And, believe it or not, it used to be an easy question to answer.

Ian Bremmer: the risk of AI and empowered rogue actors
Global Stage

Ian Bremmer: the risk of AI and empowered rogue actors

For years, the conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has mostly put artificial intelligence on the back burner. Not anymore. We're now in a "transformative" moment for AI in terms of how the tech can disrupt the world in both good and bad ways, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer says in a Global Stage livestream conversation hosted by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft.