Olaf J Groth PhD
@OlafGrothSF
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Founder, Professor & Author helping leaders shape the future of industries and nations disrupted by emerging tech and geopolitics.
San Francisco Bay Area
Joined December 2008
What’s the difference between a tech firm and an arms dealer? Government contracts in tech aren’t new — Silicon Valley was quasi founded on them. Salesforce helping ICE with ERP for hiring? - Pretty tame. And frankly, we want our government to stay on the cutting edge than fall
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We have maybe 12-24 months, I'd guess. We are the epicenter of global #AI — trillions in play. I share the vision, not the complacency. “Be patient” isn’t a strategy. Massive investment this fast must show real returns, or confidence collapses. Tech will survive — it always
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Loved it! What a fun crowd. Young and old, executives, students, even parents with their kids. What is the future of productivity and prosperity? It’s not man versus machine, but a higher plane where humans and #AI play to their strengths in a powerful symbiosis. I don’t buy
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Watch my address to President Tokayev and our AI Council yesterday. For any smaller economy, the future of AI should be designed through a strategic balance of partnerships and sovereignty. It should not be externally defined. @AiCambrian @BerkeleyHaas
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AI is reshaping economies & industries. In this article, Dr. Olaf Groth @OlafGrothSF discusses the risks and promise of AI, calling on leaders to prioritize responsible and principles innovation. https://t.co/PjtJz9Pqte
#AI #leadership #innovation #futureofwork #ucberkeley
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Big day here in Astana: Inaugural meeting of the #AI Council of #PresidentTokayev, who is elevating AI as a core driver of the Kazakhstan's evolution. Clear vision to make the country a hub for the global Cognitive Economy through capabilities and partnerships, led by Deputy PM &
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Censorship — whether coming from the left or right — threatens democracies and capital markets. America’s strength and resilience come from open, lawful debate and transparency, not control like China or Russia. Truth emerges through hard dialogue, sometimes offensive to
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If you're going, meet me there. I'll be speaking. This is an event of global import: #Kazakhstan's and Central Asia's are central hubs between east and west, north and south. Their digital development amid geoeconomic and geopolitical forces is critical to the evolution of the
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As I said in my @BBCNews interview yesterday, big potential in the US-UK “Tech Prosperity Deal.” But real impact for ordinary Brits (like Satya Nadella's 10% growth) hinges on how and where value is created and reinvested. Big money → big power → big responsibility. I hope PM
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The "Tech Prosperity Deal" is big, economically and geopolitically. 👉 The UK gets much needed #AI infrastructure and energy investment to scale its Cognitive Economy and inject much needed productivity growth. 👉 The US gets top notch science and entrepreneurship talent,
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Big mistake. #PresidentTrump has made @intel's life harder and US economic and security options weaker by claiming a share in the company. This well-argued piece by Michael Schmidt and Todd Fisher deserves a few more points. This risks ... 👉 Crowding out private capital –
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My teaser video for the fireside keynote during Handelsblatt WirtschaftsWoche Weltmarkführer Summit on September 25th. Germany’s Gordian Knot of "Geotech:" Germany’s strategic optionality hinges on three foundations: scaling AI, building an effective European data market, and
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Friends, my new article with Tobias Straube on “The Coming Agentic Twin Economy” is live on Handelsblatt’s Weltmarktführer-Blog at https://t.co/T3qwvWuMmw…. While most are still busy with Gen AI and and Agentic AI the next frontier is the fusion of agents with human digital
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Honored to open this year’s "Handelsblatt WirtschaftsWoche Weltmarktführer Innovation Day" on Sept 25 with a fireside keynote. Register here: https://t.co/WtsmaARJUq Germany and Europe stand at an inflection point and the stakes have rarely been more existential: 👉 #AI and
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