UN, WHO & Mila Map the AI vs COVID-19 Battlefield
Researchers looks at current studies that are using AI to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and suggests some promising future research directions.
Tag: United Nations
AI for Good, AI for Gender Equality
The more than 2,000 participants from over 120 countries were here for the *AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva 2019* — four days of presentations and discussions on how to make the world a better place for children to grow up in by leveraging the emerging power of machine learning.
AI Beatbox and Self-Awareness: A Night of Artistic Intelligence
Hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers, UN staff and curious locals listened, watched and tapped their feet as London-born composer and human beatboxer Reeps One “battled” against an AI-powered real-time music generator trained on his own riffs.
Pittsburgh Mayor vs Uber: Can Stricter Safety Regulations End the Impasse?
David Danks commented on self-driving vehicle testing on the streets of his Pittsburgh neighbourhood: “They’re boring. You don’t notice them anymore because you see them five to ten times every day. People started to walk more and more frequently directly in front of the Uber cars, disproportionately more than they would ever in front of a human-driven car.”
UNICEF Uses AI to Help Underprivileged Children
Synced sat down with Christopher Fabian, the co-founder of UNICEF’s for-profit Innovation Fund, in Geneva, where he took us through the Innovation Fund’s innovative mandate.
by Synced
2017-06-13
Scientists and Stakeholders in Geneva for Good Artificial Intelligence
“AI for Good Global Summit,” held June 7-9 in Geneva, Switzerland.