How The Sharing Economy Has Been Taken Over By Big Businesses The sharing economy began as a promise, fairer prices, empowered individuals, and community-driven services. But a decade later, platforms like Uber and Airbnb have shifted from grassroots disruptors to corporate powerhouses. What was meant to democratise access has been overtaken by big money, rising housing costs, and exploitative gig work. How The Sharing Economy Has Been Taken Over Read more […]
AI and Its Ethical Boundaries As we enter 2025, we carry powerful technology in our hands and pockets. AI now enables voice recognition, synthesized voices, augmented reality, and driverless vehicles. Scandals like Cambridge Analytica have highlighted the ethical risks of AI. People are now more aware of how AI can threaten privacy, fairness, and human autonomy. Big tech companies face growing pressure to act responsibly. How can we ensure AI protects human values? AI’s Read more […]
Blockchain and AI Technology: Benefiting the Ordinary Citizen What happens when machines not only think for us but also protect our rights? From blockchain voting in South Korea to AI health assistants, these tools are making governance more accountable and life more equitable, putting the power of progress in people’s hands. Are we ready for a future where trust and transparency are coded, not controlled? Blockchain and AI, particularly machine learning, are two quite Read more […]
AI Agents: AI Strategies For Business & Content AI agents are the most important disruption, and growth can be used for business growth by automating complex tasks, personalising customer experiences, and continuously optimising marketing efforts to boost website traffic and conversion rates. By reasoning, planning, and acting autonomously, these agents can free up human teams to focus on strategy and creative work. What you need and your KPIs 1. Communities and social media Read more […]
AI and Taxes: Data Estate & Governance The data estate architecture described here provides the foundation for sustained AI innovation in tax administration over 5-to 20-year time horizons, while maintaining the highest standards of security, privacy, and governance. Read part 3: https://www.dinisguarda.com/ai-taxes-priority-use-cases-ranked-roi-feasibility/ The foundation of AI-enhanced tax administration rests on a comprehensive data infrastructure that spans decades of fiscal Read more […]
AI And Taxes: Priority Use-Cases (Ranked by ROI & Feasibility) Successful AI transformation in tax administration requires strategic prioritisation of use-cases based on return on investment, technical feasibility, and institutional readiness. Priority Use-Cases include AI-driven audit selection, real-time transaction analytics, revenue forecasting, casework copilots, and transfer pricing detection, creating a roadmap that ensures early wins and long-term capability building. Artificial Read more […]
AI and Taxes: Vision & Design Principles AI can revolutionise tax systems, turning fragmented data into real-time insights that boost efficiency, fairness, and trust. Success depends on clear principles, sovereign control, explainable decisions, human oversight, and compliance-first design. When integrated thoughtfully, AI becomes more than automation; it drives a proactive, knowledge-driven, and accountable tax administration for the modern era. Read part 2: https://www.dinisguarda.com/ai-tax-solutions/ AI Read more […]
AI in Taxes: Existing Gaps in Global Tax Infrastructure and AI Solutions Tax systems worldwide face revenue losses, inefficiency, and fairness issues that traditional methods cannot solve. AI can transform tax administration by automating processes, detecting fraud, improving compliance, and enabling real-time monitoring, helping governments recover billions, close gaps, and deliver better public services. Read part 1 here: https://www.dinisguarda.com/ai-taxes-key-insights-current-infrastructure-frameworks/ Tax Read more […]
AI And Taxes: Key Insights, Current Infrastructure & Frameworks Generative AI (GenAI) for every central area of the tax function is an enabler of transformation: governance & leadership, people, controls, processes, and technology/data, as well as determining whether tasks are more suited for insourcing (done internally) or outsourcing. Tax administrations worldwide are undergoing a fundamental transformation driven by the adoption of digital technology, the development of regulatory Read more […]
Metaverse ABC Metaverse ABC and the new admirable world of NFTs, Web 3.0, Internet, Blockchain, AI powered by Avatars and new social economic reward gamification models. The Metaverse or Metaverses are changing humanity as we know it. The Metaverse(s) are as we speak the ultimate augmentation of humanity and its perception. And the way we manage the Metaverse narratives, technologies and special the related platforms will make it become an agora for our dreams (and, of course, nightmares), Read more […]