Category: Society

When, in 2015, Open Philanthropy first donated over $1 million towards reducing the risks of advanced AI, few people took the threat seriously. That has changed.  Cari Tuna is the…

Wang Xiaochuan had been marked for greatness from a very young age. The Chengdu native won first prize in China’s National High School Maths Competition aged 14 and a gold…

Americans already know ByteDance as owner of social media phenomenon TikTok, which Congress ruled in March would be banned in the U.S. unless its Beijing-based parent divests. However, ByteDance is…

Few people spot the next big trend as consistently as Masayoshi Son. Under his leadership, Japan’s SoftBank pivoted from an internet broadband provider into a mobile phone network company and…

Despite persistent hype, educational technology (“EdTech”) has so far failed to live up to its promise of improving and democratizing education. Kristen DiCerbo, Khan Academy’s Chief Learning Officer, is cautiously…