Cathy Li is Head of the Centre for AI Excellence and a Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum. She leads the Forum’s global work on artificial intelligence, advancing efforts to shape responsible and innovative approaches to emerging technologies. Since joining the Forum in 2018, Cathy has served as Head of AI, Data and Metaverse, where she helped drive the organization’s digital transformation agenda and positioned it as a trusted platform for technology governance. She currently oversees the AI Global Alliance (AIGA), a flagship initiative that convenes leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society to prepare countries and societies for the intelligent era. AIGA focuses on building frameworks, incentives, and practices that enable the responsible development and deployment of AI at scale. Before joining the Forum, Cathy was a Partner at GroupM, WPP’s media investment arm, and held senior roles across WPP’s global portfolio in digital strategy, data and analytics, and financial communications, with experience spanning London, New York, and Beijing. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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The metaverse needs regulatory scrutiny to ensure unfair competition does not go unchecked, according to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who says it is "time for us to start asking...
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在过去的一年中，工业元宇宙的概念吸引了广泛的关注与兴趣。简而言之，工业元宇宙是一个高度沉浸式的、虚拟和现实互联的世界，将实现前所未有的连接性和数据分析水平。虽然工业元宇宙的确切愿景及其实施细则仍具有不确定性，并且还处于广泛讨论中，但很明显，支撑各种工业元宇宙愿景的技术大多已经存在。目前正在使用的关键技术包括数字孪生、物联网、人工智能、云计算与边缘计算、区块链以及扩展现实等...
This article was first published in Caixin.
互联网的下一代即将到来。各种技术的融合造就了“元宇宙”这一沉浸式、可互操作和同步的数字世界，预计至2024年其市场规模将达8000亿美元。元宇宙的塑造将广泛依赖于扩展现实（XR）技术的应用。扩展现实结合了增强、虚拟和混合现实技术以及可用于开展商务和社交活动的数字资产、钱包和身份技术。
Safety challenges related to harmful content and conduct can be amplified and complicated in the digital world, where long-standing problems, including child sexual exploitation and abuse...
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Meta is cutting more than 11,000 jobs as it doubles down on its metaverse bet amid declining advertising and decades-high inflation. The layoffs represent 13% of its workforce and are the...
The International Criminal Police Organization, better known as INTERPOL, has unveiled a metaverse space designed specifically for police officers around the world.
More companies are hiring chief metaverse officers, according to Bloomberg, including firms as diverse as consumer products giant Procter & Gamble, Spanish telecoms company Telefonica...
The scale of harm online is growing and bad actors are becoming more sophisticated when perpetrating such harm. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which works to tackle child sexual abu...
公共舆论研究发现，几乎有五分之二（38%）的美国人认为自己非常熟悉或比较熟悉元宇宙。这一数字在年轻人（18-34岁）和家中有孩子的人群中上升到一半以上（53%）。
