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More women needed at the top
News, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Binaifer Nowrojee, Published on 17/06/2024
» Mexico has just elected its first female president, following a rare contest between two women, and a record number of women were recently elected to South Korea's National Assembly. But while these results represent welcome gains for gender equality, they are outliers. The broader picture is disheartening.
How to attain universal cancer care
News, Sonali Johnson, Published on 22/09/2023
» At the upcoming second United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) this week, the world's governments are expected to adopt a new set of commitments focused on accelerating implementation of UHC. No resolution will be complete without the explicit inclusion of comprehensive cancer services.
Hollywood writers' AI fight is everyone's fight
Oped, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson & Austin Lentsch, Published on 05/08/2023
» Artificial intelligence is big business's new flavour of the month. Companies are rushing to showcase how they will be using new generative AI models, and the media is full of stories about the technology's transformative potential. There is no denying that it could significantly increase productivity. But who stands to benefit? The ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike may offer an answer.
How to fix the platform economy in digital era
Oped, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, Published on 25/03/2023
» Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, Twitter, and a few other tech companies have come to dominate what we see and hear on the internet, shaping hundreds of millions of people's perceptions of the world.
What's wrong with ChatGPT's rollout?
News, Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson, Published on 13/02/2023
» Microsoft is reportedly delighted with OpenAI's ChatGPT, a natural-language artificial-intelligence programme capable of generating text that reads as if a human wrote it. Taking advantage of easy access to finance over the past decade, companies and venture-capital funds invested billions in an AI arms race, resulting in a technology that can now be used to replace humans across a wider range of tasks. This could be a disaster not only for workers, but also for consumers and even investors.
Drug resistance is killing millions
Oped, Sonali Johnson, Published on 07/07/2022
» Some 1.27 million people died in 2019 directly as a result of infection because the bacteria causing the infection were resistant to the drugs designed to kill them, according to a recent study in The Lancet; overall, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is estimated to have contributed directly or indirectly to the premature, preventable deaths of nearly five million people in 2019.
How women can break the bias
Oped, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Lilian Best, Published on 06/05/2022
» Since 1911, societies around the world have dedicated days, months, and even decades (in Africa's case) to celebrating women's achievements and promoting solutions to new and persistent challenges. But over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has expanded the plight of women to outsize proportions, sharply highlighting the urgency of this year's International Women's Day theme: "Break the Bias."
Australian iron ore baron bets big on global green revolution
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2021
» MELBOURNE: Australian iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest wants to turn his company, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, into the world's biggest green energy group, but critics say his targets are a stretch even for a man who built the world's fourth-largest iron ore producer from scratch in just over a decade.
Blue Origin sets date for first space mission
Business, Eric M. Johnson, Published on 07/05/2021
» SEATTLE: Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment in a competition to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel.
Green algae, blue water add to fears over Mekong health
Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 11/01/2020
» BUNGKHLA/BANGKOK: When the normally murky brown Mekong River turned a brilliant blue late last year, villagers in northeastern Thailand were surprised.