Can Digitalisation Save Us?
With concerted planning, cooperation, and governance, digital technologies could rapidly accelerate progress on overcoming the world’s most pressing development challenges.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Turning the Tide on Crime with Predictive Policing
Artificial intelligence-powered predictive policing could be a game-changing technology for law enforcement, but if the data that drives this technology is biased, the risks will trump any benefits.
Quenching Humanity’s Freshwater Thirst Creates a Salty Threat
With rising freshwater demand driving operation of 16,000 desalination plants in 177 countries, we must address the impacts and management of the 140 million cubic meters of hypersaline, chemical-laden brine that is produced every day.
Removing Arsenic from Groundwater: We Have the Tools, Let’s Use Them
Artificial Intelligence in Africa is a Double-edged Sword
Why We Need an Intergovernmental Panel for Artificial Intelligence
Developing Resilient Economies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Three Distinct Artificial Intelligence Challenges for the United Nations
The Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Stability