The Threat of Weaponized Synthetic Intimacy
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The rapid rise of AI companions represents a profound shift in...
AI Companions: The New Frontier of Disinfromation
Last week, The Economist published a review of the burgeoning AI companion industry. The companion industry is gaining momentum globally, with individuals either customizing...
Digital Diplomacy in an Asocial World
Over the past few weeks, several reports and publications have suggested that social media is entering a new era. The reason being that social...
AI Guardrails as the New Censors of Democratic Debate
In recent months, a growing number of news articles have focused on the practice of prompt busting- a technique used to overcome AI guardrails....
In the Digital World, MFAs Must Change
The digitalization of diplomacy has led to profound changes in MFAs (ministries of foreign affairs) across the world. This change has structural, normative, and...
How Different AIs Frame America’s Support for Ukraine
In a previous blog post, I sought to examine a possible Country-of-Origin Effect in Generative AI applications. In the late 1990’s nation branding scholars...
AI’s Country of Origin Effect
Power is often defined as the ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. An interesting question is...
The New Digital Language of “PopAI”
On July 17, 2025, a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert captured Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR chief Kristin Cabot embracing, prompting viral...
National Image Management in the Digital Age
Scholars have long since asserted that nations have images. Although scholars differ on what these images consist of, and whether these images can be...
Diplomacy in a World without Popular Culture
In recent years diplomats have increasingly employed pop culture in their digital communications. Some nations, for instance, celebrate Star Wars Day on May the...
