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ITU AI for Good
BeginsMay 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)
EndsMay 30, 2019 (2019-05-30)
VenueITU
Location(s)Geneva
CountrySwitzerland
Most recent2018
Next event2019
Attendance800 (2018)
Organised byITU, UN
Websitehttps://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/AI/

The AI for Good is a United Nations platform, centered around annual Global Summits, that fosters the dialogue on the beneficial use of Artificial Intelligence, by developing concrete projects. It was created jointly by XPRIZE and ITU [1] [2] in 2016. The impetus for organizing global summits that are action oriented, came from existing discourse in artificial intelligence (AI) research being dominated by research streams such as the Netflix Prize (improve the movie recommendation algorithm). [3] The AI for Good series aims to bring forward Artificial Intelligence research topics that contribute towards more global problems[4][5], in particular through the Sustainable Development Goals, while at the same time avoiding typical UN style conferences where results are generally more abstract.

Global Summit 2018

Anousheh Ansari speaking at AI for Good 2018

The second AI for Good Global Summit took place from 15 to 17 May 2018 at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and generated 35 AI project proposals[6] including many in public health[7][8]. Speakers included:[9][10]

The ITU also relaunched it's Journal ICT Discoveries during the 2018 Global Summit, with the first edition being a special on Artificial Intelligence[11].

Global Summit 2017

Fei-Fei Li speaking at AI for Good 2017

The first AI for Good Global summit took place from 7 to 9 June 2017 and was coorganised by ITU and Xprize[12]. Speakers at the event included:[13] [14][15]

One of the outcomes of the 2017 Global Summit was the creation of an ITU-T Focus Group on Machine Learning for 5G.

AI Repository

In order to further promote Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning research that advance the achieving of the Sustainable Development Goals, an AI Repository was created, which includes AI for Good projects and examples.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "United Nations summit seeks to save humanity with artificial intelligence". Digital Trends. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Near-term Opportunities to Apply AI for 'Good' Focus of Global Summit". Business World. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "AI for Good 2018". 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ Butler, Declan (2017-06-06). "AI summit aims to help world's poorest". Nature. 546 (7657): 196–197. doi:10.1038/546196a. ISSN 0028-0836.
  5. ^ "How Can We Optimize AI for the Greatest Good, Instead of Profit?". www.technologyreview.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  6. ^ "ITU annual global summit generates 35 pioneering AI for Good proposals | OpenGovAsia". www.opengovasia.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. ^ Bradley, Simon. "AI has 'enormous' potential to transform health sector". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  8. ^ "An AI can now tell how malnourished a child is just from a photo | New Scientist". www.newscientist.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  9. ^ "Meet the Experts". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  10. ^ "AI for Good Global Summit 15-17 May 2018, Geneva - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  11. ^ "The impact of Artificial Intelligence". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2018-07-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "UN Summit on AI: 'The most significant technology we will ever create'". euronews. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  13. ^ "AI for Good Global Summit – Speakers". ITU. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  14. ^ ITU. AI for Good Global Summit 2017 Report. ITU (Report). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  15. ^ "AI for Good - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  16. ^ "AI Repository". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  17. ^ ITU (2018-04-25). "Tell the world about your AI for Good project on ITU's AI Repository". ITU News. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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