Author: Colin Henderson

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Geopolitics

Rubiks Cube of Global Security – Davos 2025

Colin Henderson

Foreign Affairs at World Economic Forum 2025 Rubiks Cube of Global Security – Davos 2025 The global security landscape has deteriorated sharply in the past decade, with nearly 15% of the world’s population now living in conflict-affected areas. As these conflicts combine with climate and technological risks, as well as the re-emergence of threats of nuclear proliferation, what can leaders do to stem the breakdown of longstanding security norms and institutions and bolster long-term comprehensive collective security? Speakers: This session was developed as a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Foreign Affairs. Continue reading Rubiks Cube of Global Security – Davos 2025

AI

Donald Trump to announce up to $500bn for Stargate AI project

Colin Henderson

Donald Trump to announce up to $500bn for Stargate AI project The initial investment of $100bn for an advanced data centre is set to climb as the world’s biggest tech investors, including Sam Altman and Larry Ellison, get involved January 21 2025, The Times Masayoshi Son, chief of a tech investment company, met Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in December President Trump is set to announce plans for investment worth hundreds of billions of dollars in America’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. The funding, which could climb to $500 billion, will be part of a joint venture by some of the world’s biggest … Continue reading Donald Trump to announce up to $500bn for Stargate AI project

AI

What Is #Multi-Agent RAG?

Colin Henderson

The rise of AI agents has revolutionized the development of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (#RAG) systems, leading to the evolution of agentic and multi-agent RAG architectures. These systems embody a modular and scalable approach to handle diverse and complex workflows, moving beyond the limitations of single-agent designs. What Is #Multi-Agent RAG?Multi-agent RAG introduces an advanced framework where tasks such as reasoning, retrieval, and response generation are distributed across specialized agents. Instead of a single agent juggling all responsibilities, the system leverages multiple agents, each tailored for specific roles or data types. This specialization enhances efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. Multi-Agent Agentic RAG Workflow: … Continue reading What Is #Multi-Agent RAG?

AI

Spotlight on gen AI at Davos

Colin Henderson

Spotlight on gen AI at Davos Davos 2025 January 19, 2025Gen AI dominated conversations at last year’s Annual Meeting, and its impact has only accelerated since. This year at Davos, the dialogue evolves. How can organizations capture the value of this technology and navigate its profound impact on the future of work? “Breaking open the gen AI opportunity requires companies to rewire how they work,” write McKinsey senior partners and Davos delegates Alexander Sukharevsky and Rodney Zemmel. To seize the $4.4 trillion opportunity, organizations need to rewire across six core dimensions: strategy, talent, operating model, technology, data and AI, and adoption, scaling, and sustainability. … Continue reading Spotlight on gen AI at Davos

Economy1 Comment

Jeff Bezos’ Space Ambitions Take Flight as New Rocket Blasts Off

Colin Henderson

After years of delays, the billionaire’s Blue Origin space company launched its New Glenn rocket early Thursday Micah MaidenbergJan. 16, 2025 at 2:17 am “All of the things we want to do in the future rely on New Glenn,” Bezos said in a recent interview.  New Glenn measures more than 320 feet tall. It is designed to conduct regular flights using reusable boosters, lofting commercial and national-security satellites into orbit. The rocket eventually is meant to launch astronaut crews. It is also years behind schedule. Blue Origin had intended to have New Glenn readyyears ago but struggled with technical and production … Continue reading Jeff Bezos’ Space Ambitions Take Flight as New Rocket Blasts Off

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Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies

Colin Henderson

An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis. Jan. 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ET A tantalizing vision of a women-centric society has emerged from an ancient cemetery in the bucolic countryside of southwest England. Whereas women commonly left home to join their husbands’ families upon marriage, the Durotriges, a Celtic tribe that lived in Dorset 2,000 years ago, bucked the mold with a system called matrilocality, wherein women remained in their ancestral communities and men migrated for marriage. By analyzing the genomes of … Continue reading Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies

Economy

The Costs of Falling Fertility

Colin Henderson

John Authers Bloomberg Falling fertility is a problem across the developed world. Unlike many other risks, demographic changes can be predicted with some certainty; sliding birth rates translate directly into smaller populations ahead. That is a good thing in many ways. Two hundred years ago, the Malthusian fear was of population growth so rapid that it outstripped natural resources. But there are other ways in which it’s a serious problem, which could also create opportunities for those who offer solutions. And so the McKinsey Global Institute offers a new report on “confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality.” As it sounds, … Continue reading The Costs of Falling Fertility

AI

The Banking Stack: A Techno-Regulatory Framework for the Future of Finance

Colin Henderson

BCG The Banking Stack: A Techno-Regulatory Framework for the Future of Finance The financial landscape is rapidly evolving, with banks transforming into platforms offering services and integrating third-party solutions. This image of “The Banking Stack” highlights how financial institutions can leverage hashtag#APIs, digital public infrastructure, and interbank systems likehashtag#CBDCs to deliver seamless services to consumers, hashtag#SMEs, and corporates. Key Takeaways:1. Embedded hashtag#finance and third-party services are disrupting parts of the traditional hashtag#bank model.2. Banks can scale by outsourcing and insourcing key processes while leveraging financial infrastructure technology.3. Strategic partnerships can help banks offer new services like digital asset custody, health … Continue reading The Banking Stack: A Techno-Regulatory Framework for the Future of Finance

AI

Evaluation of the Cyber AI Hub programme

Colin Henderson

Published 8 January 2025 Britain has multiple initiatives underway which serve to embed emerging and future technologies into the educational infrastructure. I subscribe to a weekly update and am frequently surprised. I am a believer in the importance of rapidly diffusing AI into the educational system which will brain faster improvements in systems and embed growth mindsets that will transfer the possible productivity benefits from AI into the mainstream. Here follows the full report in this weeks weekly update: Evaluation of the Cyber AI Hub programme 1. Introduction   In November 2023, The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT’s) Cyber Security … Continue reading Evaluation of the Cyber AI Hub programme