Mark Scott

3 weeks ago | southsydneyherald.com.au | Mark Scott

This article is sponsored by the University of Sydney. Authorised by Vice-Chancellor and President Prof. Mark Scott. Enquiries: 9351 2000; [email protected]___________________________________________________________________The University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum has repatriated 16 human crania to Papua New Guinea. The skulls, taken from Papua New Guinea’s Rai Coast in 1876-1877, were officially returned in a ceremony at Gorendu in Madang Province held on Wednesday February 19.

1 month ago | guam.stripes.com | Mark Scott

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Quinata, left, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicole Legaspi, assigned to the Guam National Guard 94th Civil Support Team, take readings in a clandestine drug laboratory during a training event in Barrigada, March 11, 2025. National Guard Civil Support Teams respond to HAZMAT, weapons of mass destruction, and other scenarios in their home states and around the Nation in support of civil authorities.

1 month ago | techpolicy.press | Mark Scott

A week has passed since Germany’s federal election, and many are breathing a sigh of relief. Friedrich Merz, a 69-year-old center-right politician, will almost certainly become the country’s next Chancellor, though a ruling coalition government — between Merz’s Christian Democrat Union (CDU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP) — won’t be formed until mid-April, at the earliest.

2 months ago | techpolicy.press | Mark Scott

PARIS — As global leaders gathered in the French capital for this week’s AI Action Summit, countries doubled down on efforts to dominate the emerging technology that has captured the public’s imagination.

2 months ago | dfrlab.org | Mark Scott

Banner: French President Emmanuel Macron takes a selfie with attendees at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. (Source: Aurelien Morissard/pool via Reuters)When the United Kingdom gathered global leaders outside of London in late 2023 to talk about artificial intelligence, the key focus was safety. Fast forward 18 months, and the latest global AI Summit — held in Paris on Feb 10-11, 2025 — has shifted its attention, almost exclusively, to competition.