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Leading in the Age of AI: How to Build an AI-Enabled State

Colin Henderson

 Summarize Tony Blair https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/leading-in-the-age-of-ai-how-to-build-an-ai-enabled-state?utm_medium=email&utm_source=salesforce&sftoken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE3OTAyODY1MTIsImV4cCI6MTc5MDI4NjU3MiwiaW5kaXZpZHVhbElkIjoiMDBRU3EwMDAwMGZmc2xKTUFRIiwidGVuYW50SWQiOiJhMzYwL3Byb2QxMy80YTJiMjQ0ODA1YzA0MDUzODA5NTRkYjRjOGFmMDU4ZSIsImNvcmVUZW5hbnRJZCI6ImNvcmUvcHJvZC8wMERkMzAwMDAwMlp4akpFQVMifQ.DSEi6U6fhKW8KflQAEEOS0axalMt3OoxG_MImqN8Xrs Foreword The question leaders should be asking themselves is not whether AI is a good thing or a bad thing. Rather, it is simply the thing: the defining technological reality of our age. Their task is to understand it, shape it and ensure that their countries have the mechanisms to both harness and control it.  AI is often compared with the Industrial Revolution, but even that comparison risks understating the scale and speed of what lies ahead. The previous revolution transformed our world over generations; AI will do so within a decade. The speed is without … Continue reading Leading in the Age of AI: How to Build an AI-Enabled State

Culture, Cybersecurity, Innovation

The paperless home: a realistic way to get started

Colin Henderson

 Summarize ​ Written by: SoftMaker The Friday Chat  The stack of paper on your desk keeps growing, the file folder is bursting at the seams, and at some point you make the decision: from now on, everything goes digital. A few weeks later, the stack is growing again – and your guilty conscience right along with it. The problem is almost never the technology. It’s the sorting. Why the paperless home so often fails Most guides to the paperless home read like an instruction manual for a second full-time job. Every document is supposed to be scanned, sensibly named and filed … Continue reading The paperless home: a realistic way to get started

AI, Innovation, Military, Ukraine

Like the movies’: How Ukraine’s ground robots are changing rules of war

Colin Henderson

 Summary ​ They carry ammunition, can conduct kamikaze missions and have shown they can capture enemy positions. Mansur Mirovalev Ternopil, Ukraine – A ground robot carrying ammunition and resembling a real-life cousin of Wall-E, the 2008 Pixar cartoon’s rusty protagonist, got stuck late one night in a trench in northeastern Ukraine. Named Murakha (ant in Ukrainian), the robot was a bit more than a metre high, but had a large clearance to trudge across rugged terrain, bombed-out streets, mud, sleet or snow on tank-like tracks at up to 12km (7.5 miles) per hour. Its pilots were hidden in a bunker tens … Continue reading Like the movies’: How Ukraine’s ground robots are changing rules of war

AI_factories, Infrastructure, Innovation

Nebius publishes 2025 Sustainability Report, outlining blueprint for scaling responsibly

Colin Henderson

Share Sets out how Nebius is building resource efficiency into the expansion of its global AI cloud footprint toward gigawatts of capacity Average power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.25 across Nebius’s data center portfolio in 2025, ahead of the global industry average of 1.54 Expanding community engagement programs support STEM education, skilled-trades apprenticeships, and workforce development AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nebius (Nasdaq: NBIS), the AI cloud company, today published its 2025 Sustainability Report, setting out a year of environmental performance data across its expanding global footprint and detailing its investment in the communities where it operates. As Nebius scales its AI cloud toward … Continue reading Nebius publishes 2025 Sustainability Report, outlining blueprint for scaling responsibly

AI, AI_regulation, Canada, EU, Europe, Frontier_AI, Innovation, US

AI sovereignty at G7: Europe’s structural complaint goes formal

Colin Henderson

AI sovereignty at G7: Europe’s structural complaint goes formal European leaders arrived at Évian with a specific grievance: US AI export controls — including the Mythos export restrictions — have exposed European dependence on American cloud, chip, and AI infrastructure. Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez (who acquired Aleph Alpha) framed the session goal as expanding sovereign AI ecosystem partnerships to all G7 nations. The EU AI Act high-risk compliance deadline of 2 August 2026 is six weeks away. New today: CNBC reports that Mythos and GPT-5.5 Cyber export controls have “changed everything” in the transatlantic AI relationship; the G7 AI session … Continue reading AI sovereignty at G7: Europe’s structural complaint goes formal

Development, Economy, Innovation

New Data: China, India & CEE buck investment trends, Venture capital soars, US capital left on the sidelines

Colin Henderson

Latest Data & Analysis Report by the Global Private Capital Association. The Q1 Report features in-depth private capital data and key trends across global markets. N.B. GPCA represents private capital investors managing >US$2 trillion in assets across the Middle East, Asia, LatAm, Africa, and C&E Europe. Highlights          – Chiefly due to less PE & Infrastructure mega-deals closing. Deal volume remained steady India & China buck this trend – value up 44% y-o-y in India, and 10% in China Second highest quarter on record for Digital Infrastructure build – AI infrastructure, computing power and data storage – $5 billion-  Acceleration continues – … Continue reading New Data: China, India & CEE buck investment trends, Venture capital soars, US capital left on the sidelines

AI, aml, Cybersecurity, Development, Innovation, Regulations

New tensions for Banks from regulators on both sides of Atlantic with deadlines

Colin Henderson

US Treasury released AI Based plan to regulate financial services core funtions Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in core financial services functions – from fraud detection and cybersecurity to credit underwriting and operational risk management. As adoption accelerates, regulators and institutions must ensure that governance, supervisory approaches, and market practices evolve alongside technological capability. This will undoubtedly create tension within Banks to meet the requirements. I must add my own view the Treasury deployment is moving at such speed I doubt it can meet its own deadline as well as incorporate all their own objectives. There is a parallel and … Continue reading New tensions for Banks from regulators on both sides of Atlantic with deadlines

banking, Canada, Diplomacy, Innovation, Military, NATO

Canada in the running to headquarter new multinational defence bank

Colin Henderson

Canada in the running to headquarter new multinational defence bank PIPPA NORMANPublished November 13 2025, 4:15AM Banks like this don’t come around too often. Most recently, the New Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Bank were established in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Similar institutions such as the World Bank Group are set up to mobilize capital to address issues affecting multiple countries. In the case of the DSRB, that issue is an increasingly divided world in which countries all over the world are increasing their defence spending.A handful of institutions, including Royal Bank of Canada, JPMorgan Chase & Co., ING Group … Continue reading Canada in the running to headquarter new multinational defence bank

AI, Business Models, Innovation, productivity

Blackrock Investment themes 2025

Colin Henderson

In listening to Blackrock Jay Jacobs Head of ETF he mentioned the investment themes Blackrock has identified in the context of re-industrialisation of the economy. See below for detail, but the core three are: Mega Force Description & Investment Implications Demographic Divergence Aging populations in developed economies are expected to constrain growth and productivity, while emerging markets with younger populations and expanding middle classes may benefit from higher growth potential[3][5]. Digital Disruption & AI The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and digital technologies is transforming productivity, business models, and entire industries. BlackRock sees AI as a foundational driver of future … Continue reading Blackrock Investment themes 2025