On DeepSeek, AI and “Post-Time”
Sociologist Manuel Castells famously argued that digital societies relentlessly strive to annihilate time and space. Time is annihilated by the reversal of traditional roles...
DeepSeek- An Awesome Chinese AI Tool for Disinfromation
The past week saw the launch of DeepSeek, a Chinese Generative AI tool. The launch of a Chinse rival to American AIs such as...
The Return of the Website? Lessons from Ukraine’s Digital Diplomacy
For nearly a decade, the term digital diplomacy has been closely associated with social media. In many MFAs, digital diplomacy units are actually tasked...
The Enduring Allure of Nostalgia in Digital Diplomacy
Now is the age of nostalgia. Throughout the world we are witnessing an insatiable longing for the past. In the post-Brexit haze, the UK...
Between Measuring Engagement and Measuring Resonance
In the early days of digital diplomacy research, scholars were enamored by “engagement metrics”. Given that digital diplomacy was closely associated with public diplomacy,...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Diplomats and the X-odous
Note: This post was co-authored by Bar Fishman and Ilan Manor and was originally published on the USC CPD Blog.
In recent years, the platform...
The Roaring 2020s? On the AI Frenzy and the Future of Digital Diplomacy
The rapid and consecutive launch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools over the past two years has generated a global frenzy. Large language models such...
Monday’s Digital Diplomacy Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week-
Germany...
What An AI Fashion Show Tells us About Tech Moguls
On July 21st, Elon Musk shared a tweet featuring an AI-generated fashion show of world leaders. The AI fashion show soon went viral, given...
Monday’s Digital Diplomacy Must Read List
Each week, I publish a list of interesting articles, essays and reports that may be of interest to the digital diplomacy community. This week-
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