Data

Decoding the Animal Kingdom: AI’s Role in Understanding Biodiversity
Alexandra Bustos Iliescu20 September 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing at an unprecedented rate, extending its reach beyond human language into the realm of animal communication.
Groundbreaking Report Highlights Artificial Intelligence in Africa
14 July 2022
The new State of AI in Africa Report created by the AI Media Group from South Africa, offers an analytical insight into the growing Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector in Africa, a topic that has not been fully explored up until now.
An AI solution aligning sustainability and corporate objectives
27 June 2022
Earlier this month, ITU’s AI for Good Innovation Factory focused on successful Swiss start-ups and their innovative solutions that have a sustainable and positive social impact.
Women on the verge of transformational leadership
28 March 2022
Women remain underrepresented at the top. Let’s do something to change that. Though the leadership pipeline of women has grown in a variety of professional, managerial and SVP roles, the newest IBM research warns that many are still not breaking into the C-suite or executive board.
4 current and future trends in AI
Wang Xinhui, General Manager of Wireless Standardization, and Industrial Relations, ZTE25 February 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at an increasingly rapid pace. New technological applications and systems are currently being used to simulate, extend, and expand human intelligence.
Getting a ‘Head Start’: Using data driven decisions to improve quality education
22 February 2022
In the 1960s, emerging research on the effects of poverty and its impact on education came to light.
5 ways Data Ecosystems can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
4 February 2022
With less than 10 years to go, the United Nations is not on track to meet the goals set out for Sustainable Development by 2030. Urgent global action is needed. Innovative solutions using the latest technologies can help us understand the data and how to get back on track.
Action-oriented community building: Scaling AI as a force for good
10 November 2021
As a United Nations agency with a specialized focus on digital technologies, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) strives to align new and emerging tech with global sustainable development goals.
Be first to read the new ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies
23 December 2020
“Free, fast, for all, the Journal aims to promote accessibility of research to academics and industry researchers across the world,” says the ITU Journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Ian F. Akyildiz.
Better Breakthroughs: Four calls to action for the AI for Good community
6 October 2020
What do we need to build a better and more equal world for everyone on this planet? And how can artificial intelligence (AI) help us get there faster?
Join the Global Initiative on ‘AI and Data Commons’
23 April 2020
Datasets relevant to sustainable development, expertise in AI and humanitarian action, and ‘AI for Good’ projects with ambitions to achieve global impact – these are the three key pillars of the Global Initiative on AI and Data Commons.
How can data act as a force for good? Find out in the second issue of the ITU Journal.
17 December 2018
“With ICTs everywhere, data is being generated everywhere,” says ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao. “We have amassed an enormous wealth of data, creating a resource of enormous productive value.”
How data standards will improve IoT and Smart Cities: report
1 October 2018
The Georgia Institute of Technology is an Academia Member of ITU. The university’s Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) recently released a new paper titled “Foundational Research in Integrated Building Internet of Things (IoT) Data Standards.”
‘Roadmap Zero’ to AI and data commons
25 May 2018
As momentum to build new ‘AI for Good’ projects emerges from last week’s AI for Good Global Summit, experts and leaders are recognizing the need to share resources to help such projects achieve significant scale.
Top tech topics at Davos: AI, blockchain, broadband, big data
26 January 2018
Every January, big technology trends become more central to key discussions as the world’s top business and political leaders gather at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting  in Davos, Switzerland.
Singapore’s data strategy targets regional growth
19 January 2018
The story of Singapore’s birth in 1965 is ingrained in the population to this day. The single-layer government knew at the time that it had to be creative to build Singapore’s economy.

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