K4A trustee discussing AI challenges at UN event co-hosted by Slovenia

The Slovenian mission to the United Nations, the Council of Europe (CoE) and UNESCO hosted an event discussing the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) at the UN headquarters in New York. The event title Artificial Intelligence: Technology to Serve Humankind, Setting Legal Standards, released a document and shared the view that AI offered a number of advantages but also many risks. Moderated by Slovenian Justice Ministry State Secretary Gregor Strojin, with key input from K4A trustee Marko Groibelnik who talked about AI certification, the debate focused on legal and ethical issues of existing and future use of AI.

AI4D interview series: Bolanle Oladejo, University of Ibadan

Bolanle F. Oladejo, University of Ibadan (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/blog-bolanle/)
Bolanle F. Oladejo, University of Ibadan (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/blog-bolanle/)

We want to have synergy where we can overcome challenges to data sets, consultants and supporting our PhD.

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AI4D interview series: Erik Bongcam Rudloff, SLU

Erik Bongcam Rudloff (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/erik-blog/)
Erik Bongcam Rudloff, SLU (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/erik-blog/)

My bluesky project for AI in Africa is to create a portable system to immediately identify on the field the pathogens in case of massive outbreaks.

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AI4D interview series: Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis from United Nations Global Pulse

Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis, United Nations Global Pulse (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/paula-blog/)
Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis, United Nations Global Pulse (attribution by AI4D, CC-BY 2.0., https://ai4d.ai/paula-blog/)

My bluesky project is to scale many of the successful pilots that have been run in Africa in the last year.

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