Diplo Blog
Digital etiquette in 2023: Can AI make online communications more polite?
29 January 2023
Digital etiquette will further evolve in 2023 with ChatGPT and AI-driven communication. Will AI be more polite than us? Can we reverse the trends of increased impoliteness and less critical debates online? Digital eti...
Digital governance in International Geneva in 2023: What to expect and how to respond
25 January 2023
Authors: Jovan Kurbalija and Stephanie Borg Psaila Predicting the future is a tricky affair, but existing patterns provide good clues on what to expect, and how to respond. In general, it’s a gloomy outlook fo...
How should we visualise AI?
19 January 2023
It is not an easy task. When trying to convey a substantive message, there is always the risk of falling back on stereotypes, cliches, or jargon. The following dialogue summarises many of the dialogues that have taken...
WEF 2023: Is Davos becoming tech shy?
17 January 2023
The World Economic Forum has always been enthusiastic about tech. Their concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been driven by digitalisation. This year at the traditional pre-Davos press conference, digitalis...
2023 predictions: 12 digital governance and diplomacy trends
06 January 2023
You can read the French translation here. We’ve started off 2023 with some positive news. In spite of all the geopolitical tensions, the internet infrastructure has remained intact, with the main internet pr...
Prévisions 2023 : 12 tendances en matière de gouvernance numérique et de diplomatie
06 January 2023
Ce blog est également disponible en anglais. Nous avons commencé l'année 2023 avec des nouvelles positives. Malgré toutes les tensions géopolitiques, l'infrastructure de l'internet est restée intacte...
Are companies responsible for the security of their digital services and products, and to what extent?
29 December 2022
The IoT will remain insecure unless government steps in and fixes the problem. We’re unlikely to get any regulation forcing backbone companies to clean up either DDoS attacks or spam, just as we are unlikely to get ...
What’s new with cybersecurity negotiations? The informal OEWG consultations on CBMs
26 December 2022
The UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security held informal intersessional consultations on confidence-building meas...