Tag Archives: Athens

01Feb/26

From Sketching to Simulation: How Genie 3 and AI Power Virtual Worlds

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01, Feb. 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Artificial Intelligence acts as a catalyst for the metaverse, enhancing immersion through realistic 3D modeling and avatars. It provides personalized content, automates tasks, and improves security. Tech leaders use AI to foster accessibility and global collaboration. Artificial intelligence (AI) serves as a critical catalyst for the metaverse by enhancing realism through sophisticated world-building, lifelike interactions, and high-level personalization. Continue reading →

19Feb/24

History’s crisis detectives: how we’re using maths and data to reveal why societies collapse – and clues about the future

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Daniel Hoyer, University of Toronto

American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

I’ve been working as a historian and complexity scientist for the better part of a decade, and I often think about this phrase as I follow different strands of the historical record and notice the same patterns over and over.

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09Jan/24

Freedom of thought is being threatened by states, big tech and even ourselves. Here’s what we can do to protect it

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Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin

The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece – in part because it served a politician’s interests. The ability to speak freely was seen as essential for the new Athenian democracy, which the politician Cleisthenes both introduced and benefited from.

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