Dr Jovan Njegic is the head of Diplo's Data and AI Team. He also works in academia as a lecturer in postgraduate studies. Jovan holds a doctorate in Economics in the field of data science application, and a master’s in Finance. His areas of interest ...
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On the emergence of digital foreign policy you can consult:
aresearch report, and
conference summary from the conferenceheld on 2nd March 2021
All countries (albeit with differences in emphasis dependin...
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Start the new year with one of our most popular online courses:
Artificial Intelligence: Technology, Governance, and Policy Frameworks
Diplomatic Theory and Practice
Introduction to Internet Governance
Public Diplomacy
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22 Feb 2021
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The artificial intelligence (AI) Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) can write texts on any topic. OpenAI, the organisation that developed and released it as a beta version in June 2020, describes it as a general-purpose application for crea...
24 Sep 2020
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On 21 September, DiploFoundation launched the humAInism Speech Generator as part of its humAInism project. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and the expertise of Diplo’s cybersecurity team, this tool is meant to help diplomats and ...
22 Sep 2020
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Dr Jovan Kurbalija, conductor of the orchestra called DiploFoundation, proposed a project called HumAInism: Visionary governance for humanity with artificial intelligence. The main aim of the vision would be to find a way towards an outline of a ‘new...
21 Jul 2020
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On June 11, UN Secretary General António Guterres launched the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation based on the report of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation. The launch was accompanied by a series of discussions on the Roadmap’s key recommendati...
1 Jul 2020
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‘Black people live the estrangement that science fiction writers imagine.’
― Greg Tate (US writer, musician, and founding member of the Black Rock Coalition)
Just as the world began to step out of its paralysis and panic about the peak of t...
10 Jun 2020
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Transportation as the growth engine of the economy has been one of the industries that has been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has substantially impacted how we work, how we travel, and how we use technology. It has put an inc...
9 Jun 2020
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Online meetings and conferences are now a necessity for most organisations.
In this highly interactive, practice-based course participants learn how to plan, manage, and run successful online events: choosing and using an appropriate te...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a broad term that encompasses high-end technologies capable of ‘performing human-like cognitive processes such as learning, understanding, reasoning and interacting’, according to Szczepanski. Nowadays, societies are e...
16 Mar 2020
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November 2019, when the film Bladerunner is set, came and went. How well did this film – made in 1982 – predict the future? Well, we don’t have androids (replicants) that think and look like us, and there are no flying cars (yet). But, technology has...
9 Mar 2020
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The second edition of the course ‘Artificial Intelligence: Technology, Governance and Policy Frameworks’ offered by DiploFoundation took place from 4 October to 13 December 2019. One of the goals of the course was to combine sound theoretical knowled...
3 Mar 2020
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‘The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window, or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is...
3 Mar 2020
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Although artificial intelligence (AI) can be a force for good, it also poses many challenges. Governance is a tool to build trust and create a better future for all.
This interactive conference is a unique opportunity to co-create and stress-test ne...
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Just as other aspects of our everyday lives have benefited significantly from the advancement of technology, so has our health. These advancements in technology not only provide us with tools to encourage us to monitor our health, but also help us st...
6 Feb 2020
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‘This is what we have now. We can say this kind of research has been done in human behavior. We can refer to other kind of research that focuses on machine learning systems. Not only the AI systems, but try to understand the origins of these system...
27 Jan 2020
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to influence decision-making in foreign affairs and diplomacy. It has been reported that in recent years, a Chinese AI system has reviewed almost every foreign investment project. The Chinese Department of E...
17 Dec 2019
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On Friday, 20th December, from 17.00 to 19.00h CET, at the Centre for the Promotion of Science in Belgrade, Dr Jovan Kurbalija, director of DiploFoundation, Dr Biljana Scott, senior lecturer at DiploFoundation and an associate of the Chinese Institut...
20 Dec 2019
Event
The proceedings of the Third Edition of the London Diplomatic Summit will focus on four themes around AI:
AI balance of power
AI and inequality and disorder
Global governance and regulations of AI
AI and international policy-making...
26 Nov 2019
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