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IGF 2025 panelists examine AI progress, cybersecurity risks, digital fragmentation, and child online protection—calling for global cooperation to advance WSIS goals and rebuild digital trust.

Today’s WSIS+20 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) session at UN Headquarters brought forward a rare, candid conversation about one of the most urgent but least acknowledged digital challenges of our time: the widening generational divide — and what it means for online safety, AI governance, and global inequality.

Jeff Bezos has quietly launched Project Prometheus, a $6.2 billion AI startup developing advanced world-model technologies that go beyond traditional chatbots. Co-led with former Google Moonshot scientist Vik Bajaj, the secretive company aims to build AI systems capable of understanding physical space—powering breakthroughs in robotics, engineering, aerospace, and manufacturing. Reports say Prometheus already has around 100 employees.

WSJ uncovers how China is legally bypassing U.S. export controls on Nvidia AI chips using U.S. subsidiaries, Indonesia cloud providers, and remote compute access. Analysts warn these loopholes undermine U.S. AI and national-security controls.

As nations grapple with how to balance innovation, safety, and ethics in AI, India’s potential role as a bridge-builder between technology and governance could prove transformative.

As AI infrastructure expands, its massive water footprint is becoming a pressing environmental issue.