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Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP

Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, CSP, is a world-leading futurist and global AI keynote speaker who helps Fortune 500 leadership teams navigate AI and emerging technologies. Recognized by Salesforce as one of 16 global voices shaping the future of AI, he holds a PhD from University of Technology Sydney and is the author of six books on emerging technology and judgment in the AI era, including his latest book: Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change. He is the founder of Futurwise and the developer of the Intelligence Age Scorecard that helps individuals and organizations understand how prepared they are for the future.

His pioneering efforts include the world's first TEDx Talk in VR in 2020. In 2023, he further pushed boundaries when he delivered a TEDx talk in Athens with his digital twin, delving into the complex interplay of AI and our perception of reality. In 2024, he launched a digital twin of himself, offering interactive, on-demand conversations via text, audio, or video in 29 languages, thereby bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds – another world's first.

Dr. Van Rijmenam is a prolific author and has written more than 1,200 articles and six books in his career. As a corporate educator, he is celebrated for his candid, independent, and balanced insights. He is also the founder of Futurwise, which focuses on elevating global knowledge on crucial topics like technology, healthcare, and climate change by providing high-quality, hyper-personalized, and easily digestible insights from trusted sources.

Below, you can read all his articles.

Safeguarding the metaverse from digital dangers.

As the metaverse lures us into its virtual realm, cybersecurity must lockdown defences against digital dangers to safeguard our data and assets from getting plundered by cyber villains.

Why truth and transparency are vital with generative AI.

You might have seen the video with a Sudanese Barbie holding a gun or the German Barbie in an SS uniform by London Interdisciplinary School (see ) from a now-deleted article on Buzzfeed. It appears the truth is 'slightly' different than what they suggest...

How AI is trashing the internet.

AI bots and content generators are flooding sites with spam, scams, and bogus info, making it a nightmare to navigate the web - bizarre captchas and community havoc are just the start as machines take over.

AI crafts super-antibodies beyond human imagination.

An AI startup cooks up radical new super-antibodies in its robot-run lab that are beyond what human scientists could imagine. These souped-up immune cells promise more powerful disease treatments with fewer side effects for patients.

The Dawning of Biohacking 2.0: Augmenting Our Biology

Biohacking is entering a groundbreaking new phase - called Biohacking 2.0 - that promises to reshape human abilities through custom biological enhancements. Powerful technologies like artificial intelligence, genetics, and synthetic biology are converging to propel biohacking ...

Artificial Escalation

Increasingly, AI is used in warfare, but that is certainly not without risks, as this must-watch short movie shows. The movie explores why we need to avoid accidental conflict escalation at all times. 💣

All the hype around AI doesn't mean the metaverse is gone.

AI might push aside the metaverse, but it will still transform how we experience life online through immersive digital experiences. As more daily activities shift to shared digital spaces, the metaverse will influence businesses, brands, shopping, socialising, learning - and m...

How a sneaky pixel can through image-editing AI off-rails.

Researchers at MIT have developed PhotoGuard, a new technique that subtly tweaks images to confuse AI systems that might otherwise edit them without permission. It adds invisible "perturbations" to throw the AI off the scent.

Decoding the black box: a gentle guide into LLMs.

Large Language Models are massive black boxes, even for developers and researchers. However, this article peeks under the hood of chatbots like ChatGPT to explain how their mysterious brains actually work. It turns out words become numbers, neurons match patterns, and squirrel...

Google's new robots learn from the web.

Google's new AI called RT-2 enables robots to understand concepts and instructions from text and images online. This allows the robots to take on new tasks without training, bringing us closer to adaptable helper robots.