SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AI and Global Governance: Using International Standards as an Agile Tool for Governance

With coordinated efforts of governments, businesses, and civil society, international standards have an important role to play in overcoming challenges in the emerging global governance landscape for artificial intelligence.

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.

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

2019•02•07
Edward Jones, Manzoor Qadir and Vladimir Smakhtin United Nations University

Removing Arsenic from Groundwater: We Have the Tools, Let’s Use Them

2019•02•04
Yina Shan McMaster University, Praem Mehta and Duminda Perera United Nations University, Yurissa Varela University of Ottawa

Artificial Intelligence in Africa is a Double-edged Sword

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019•01•16
Clayton Besaw and John Filitz One Earth Future

Why We Need an Intergovernmental Panel for Artificial Intelligence

2018•12•21
Nicolas Miailhe The Future Society

Developing Resilient Economies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

2018•12•12
Yujia He Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Three Distinct Artificial Intelligence Challenges for the United Nations

2018•12•10
Nicholas Wright Georgetown University Medical Center

The Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Stability

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018•12•07
Vincent Boulanin Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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