5 July 2022 / Innovation & Creativity
At the European Robotics Forum, the stars of the show were not the speakers or...
- 5 July 2022
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Earlier this month ITU’s AI For Good Innovation Factory showcased start-ups that are using artificial...
- 30 June 2022
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Earlier this month, ITU’s AI for Good Innovation Factory focused on successful Swiss start-ups and...
- 27 June 2022
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Mental health matters. According to the World Health Organization, (WHO) 1 in 8 people in...
- 22 June 2022
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20 June 2022 / Innovation & Creativity
For the past decade, the US city of Pittsburgh has been testing and adjusting new...
- 20 June 2022
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Together, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital innovation have the incredible opportunity to create long-term improvements...
- 20 June 2022
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World Oceans Day is a great opportunity to remind us about the important responsibility we...
- 8 June 2022
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As robots move from pure imagination to rapid implementation in more and more facets of...
- 7 June 2022
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Discover how artificial Intelligence (AI) and mobile technologies are improving farmers livelihoods in emerging markets....
- 1 June 2022
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From imagining possible digital futures to building and designing solutions for today, the Generation Connect...
- 27 May 2022
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From monitoring environmental changes and measuring waste, to predicting poverty and even helping health workers...
- 13 May 2022
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At the inaugural edition of the “Cannes Neurons Awards“ held at the World Artificial Intelligence...
- 3 May 2022
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“What does Antarctica smell like?” It’s a question only a child could — and did...
- 21 April 2022
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One of the most pressing issues facing cities and urban spaces are the future impacts...
- 20 April 2022
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ITU is ready to take part in the very first edition of the "Cannes Neurons...
- 8 April 2022
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25 February 2022 / Data, Digital Economy, Environment & Climate change, Health, Innovation & Creativity
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at an increasingly rapid pace. New technological applications and systems...
- 25 February 2022
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ITU / Inclusivity
Technology holds the potential to address some of today’s greatest life challenges. But it can’t...
- 23 February 2022
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In the 1960s, emerging research on the effects of poverty and its impact on education...
- 22 February 2022
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by Sarah Wray, Editor, Cities Today Artificial intelligence (AI) offers potential benefits for cities such...
- 18 February 2022
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14 February 2022 / Digital Economy, Environment & Climate change, Food, Innovation & Creativity, Pandemic
By Sheri Hinish, IBM Sustainability Services Global Lead Businesses cannot succeed in societies that are failing. The...
- 14 February 2022
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The next wave of technological progress to sustain the world’s fastgrowing global population will capitalize...
- 8 February 2022
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1 February 2022 / Innovation & Creativity
The UN has identified 17 goals for Sustainable Development. Looking at them shows the massive...
- 1 February 2022
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Even before the world began to grapple with COVID19, many turned to Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
- 26 January 2022
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The effects of climate change and rapid urbanization around the world degrade the natural world,...
- 20 December 2021
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17 December 2021 / Robotics for Good
At the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Forum on AI and Robotics (NAIA.R) the robots came to play! During...
- 17 December 2021
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Geneva - 15 December, 2021 The top teams competing in the ITU AI/ML in 5G...
- 15 December 2021
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After a year-long quest, AI for Good has announced the winner of the global startup...
- 10 December 2021
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3 December 2021 / Event & News
IBM Watson Assistant and IBM Cloud connects players and fans to improved tournament experiences. Its...
- 3 December 2021
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2 December 2021 / Uncategorized
To cap-off an exciting year of scaling-up AI for Good, we have been featured in...
- 2 December 2021
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Despite covering 71 per cent of Earth's surface, oceans remain a vast unknown in terms...
- 22 November 2021
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The IAEA has joined the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and 37 other United Nations organizations to work together in identifying artificial intelligence (AI) applications that accelerate reaching the UN Sustainable Development...
- 18 November 2021
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12 November 2021 / Environment & Climate change
In one of the biggest breakthroughs at the ongoing COP26 summit in Glasgow, world leaders...
- 12 November 2021
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As a United Nations agency with a specialized focus on digital technologies, the International Telecommunication...
- 10 November 2021
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18 October 2021 / Smart Cities
Aiming to halve deaths and injuries due to road crashes by 2030, partners under the...
- 18 October 2021
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recently connected with pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) expert Kai-Fu Lee,...
- 15 September 2021
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As India’s cities keep expanding, so does the waste they generate. The more than 62 million...
- 30 July 2021
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The ITU Challenge on AI and Machine Learning in 5G welcomes you to join students and professionals...
- 19 July 2021
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13 July 2021 / AI for Good
The climate crisis is becoming more urgent and more serious, with increasingly extreme events happening...
- 13 July 2021
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The impact of disasters stemming from natural hazards could worsen in the years ahead, with...
- 7 July 2021
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- 7 June 2021
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20 May 2021 / Global Summit
A heart attack during a training session led former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas on...
- 20 May 2021
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COVID-19 has put the world on a steep learning curve – not least for university...
- 14 May 2021
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As countries worldwide struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, their health and economic response policies need...
- 12 May 2021
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US President Joe Biden recently announced a goal for 70 per cent of the adult...
- 7 May 2021
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As artificial systems (AI) get increasingly complex, they are being used to make forecasts –...
- 28 April 2021
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Cybersecurity failure could be among the greatest challenges confronting the world in the next decade,...
- 28 April 2021
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13 April 2021 / Global Summit
Cities worldwide are not just growing, but also trying to reconfigure themselves for a sustainable...
- 13 April 2021
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8 April 2021 / Smart Cities
A pilot scheme in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) in the United Kingdom will see...
- 8 April 2021
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31 March 2021 / Event & News
Last week’s Symposium on the Future Networked Car 2021 proved much is happening in the connected car space....
- 31 March 2021
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As the realities of climate change take hold across the planet, the risks of natural...
- 24 March 2021
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19 March 2021 / Event & News
Ahead of next week’s Symposium on the Future Networked Car, ITU News caught up with Chaesub...
- 19 March 2021
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11 March 2021 / Global Summit
More than 40 million people around the world are enslaved today. Eliminating modern slavery has been particularly...
- 11 March 2021
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Internet use is skyrocketing in rural India, thanks to more affordable smartphones, some of the cheapest...
- 10 March 2021
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5 March 2021 / Event & News
The 2021 Symposium on the Future Networked Car: Moving towards automated driving, 22-25 March online, will examine...
- 5 March 2021
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In a digital world overloaded with content and short on resources, reaching and engaging new...
- 25 February 2021
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Can simple digital tools lead to healthier lives for children, adolescents, and mothers? In Tanzania...
- 19 February 2021
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Even before the world began to grapple with COVID-19, many turned to artificial intelligence to fast-track...
- 10 February 2021
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1 February 2021 / Disaster Management
The use of artificial intelligence holds promise in helping avert, mitigate and manage disasters by...
- 1 February 2021
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The ITU Journal is inviting contributions to five upcoming special issues on Bio-NanoThings for healthcare,...
- 23 December 2020
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“Free, fast, for all, the Journal aims to promote accessibility of research to academics and...
- 23 December 2020
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Ved P. Kafle and Abu Hena Al Muktadir of Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications...
- 18 December 2020
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18 December 2020 / Machine Learning in 5G
It all started with an idea: how might ITU create a community that can produce...
- 18 December 2020
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The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies has sparked the need for a sustainable...
- 17 December 2020
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As part of our participation in the ITU Focus Group on Machine Learning for Future...
- 16 December 2020
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In a world where an estimated 1.7 billion people do not have a bank account, can artificial...
- 4 December 2020
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Greyparrot, a start-up which uses computer vision for waste management, has been voted the winner...
- 24 November 2020
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Estonia, a world leader in digital governance, is now harnessing the power of artificial intelligence...
- 18 November 2020
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*The following Cities Today article has been reposted with the publisher's kind permission. The original...
- 12 November 2020
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Technology has drastically transformed the world we live in and the way we lead our...
- 10 November 2020
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- 9 November 2020
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2 November 2020 / Event & News
*The following Cities Today article has been reposted with the publisher's kind permission. The original...
- 2 November 2020
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26 October 2020 / Global Summit
Roads must be safe and accessible for everyone. But according to the WHO, nearly 1.35 million...
- 26 October 2020
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*Technovation is one of the projects working to scale up as part of the Global Initiative on...
- 23 October 2020
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21 October 2020 / Smart Cities
*The following Cities Today article has been reposted with the publisher's kind permission. The original...
- 21 October 2020
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20 October 2020 / Disaster Management
Natural and human-made disasters upend lives and livelihoods around the world on a recurring basis....
- 20 October 2020
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12 October 2020 / Event & News
*The following Cities Today article has been republished with the publisher's kind permission. The original...
- 12 October 2020
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What do we need to build a better and more equal world for everyone on...
- 6 October 2020
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30 September 2020 / Smart Cities
*The following Cities Today article has been republished with the author's kind permission. The original...
- 30 September 2020
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As the world races to control the spread of COVID-19 and find a vaccine, what...
- 30 September 2020
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At some stage we should expect the machines to take control - at least, that...
- 29 September 2020
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25 September 2020 / Inclusivity
A real world built and designed using data for men ignores the needs of half...
- 25 September 2020
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22 September 2020 / Environment & Climate change
Many countries around the world came to an abrupt standstill due to COVID-19 this year...
- 22 September 2020
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Transformed in 2020 into all-online showcase of action-oriented AI projects and interactive expert talks, the...
- 17 September 2020
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A new ad-hoc group within the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health aims to establish best practices...
- 7 September 2020
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The dream of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to develop smart cities stemmed from the...
- 24 August 2020
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5 August 2020 / Machine Learning in 5G
Hundreds of competitors from over 50 countries have entered the ITU Challenge on AI and Machine...
- 5 August 2020
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28 July 2020 / Global Summit
It’s no secret now that esports are taking over both real and virtual worlds with...
- 28 July 2020
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15 July 2020 / Global Summit
With a global audience of 450 million, annual growth rates of 20 per cent and...
- 15 July 2020
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ITU News caught up with Chaesub Lee, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, to...
- 6 July 2020
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By ITU News Datasets relevant to sustainable development, expertise in AI and humanitarian action, and...
- 24 June 2020
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential to help us solve humanity’s biggest challenges. From climate...
- 24 June 2020
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23 June 2020 / Digital Economy
Africa is on the rise. Mobile and Internet penetration continue to rise, according to the...
- 23 June 2020
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*Today, ITU marks World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). This year’s theme, “Connect 2030: ICTs...
- 17 May 2020
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For decades, the number of hungry people was declining. This isn’t true anymore. The COVID-19...
- 13 May 2020
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12 May 2020 / Environment & Climate change
Fish have returned to the canals of Venice. Villagers across northern India can see the...
- 12 May 2020
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has a bias problem. Actually, AI has many well-documented bias problems. Chief...
- 6 May 2020
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We have never before modified our Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) Predictions in the middle...
- 4 May 2020
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29 April 2020 / Event & News
At a time when people around the world are observing social distancing measures to halt...
- 29 April 2020
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Datasets relevant to sustainable development, expertise in AI and humanitarian action, and ‘AI for Good’...
- 23 April 2020
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15 April 2020 / Event & News
The recent COVID-19 crisis has reignited an intense discussion about rapidly deploying driverless cars. Indeed,...
- 15 April 2020
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Digital health technologies are critical tools in the ongoing fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic....
- 15 April 2020
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14 April 2020 / Machine Learning in 5G
The ICT industry is accelerating its investigations into AI and Machine Learning with a view...
- 14 April 2020
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Now more than ever, hospitals are under great stress, and the people bearing the brunt...
- 7 April 2020
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Contact tracing is a key public health response to limit infectious disease outbreaks such as...
- 6 April 2020
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The Republic of Korea has been successful so far in containing COVID-19 without shutting down...
- 2 April 2020
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23 March 2020 / Event & News
Cars are becoming increasingly automated. Drivers already benefit from a wide range of advanced driver-assistance...
- 23 March 2020
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