It is becoming clearer to the world that we can only achieve the United Nations...
- 27 February 2020
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Ten years remain to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Leaders in AI and...
- 11 February 2020
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20 December 2019 / Event & News
The Symposium on the Future Networked Car within the 90th Geneva International Motor Show, 5 March 2020, will bring...
- 20 December 2019
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27 November 2019 / Global Summit
Two cars raced around a track in northern France. Both cars had 500 horse-power, 4-wheel drive,...
- 27 November 2019
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12 November 2019 / Event & News
What does a fully autonomous, electric, high-performance race car have to do with the United...
- 12 November 2019
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*The following article is adapted from my remarks this week during the ‘AI Forum’ at...
- 24 October 2019
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*The following is a Foreword to the newly published compendium entitled, “United Nations Activities on...
- 27 September 2019
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*The article below is adapted from remarks delivered in New York this week at the “Advancing...
- 26 September 2019
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17 September 2019 / Inclusivity
According to the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report (2018), only 22 percent of...
- 17 September 2019
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Industry collaboration will be key to security in the 5G era. The sharing of network...
- 10 September 2019
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23 August 2019 / Event & News
ITU and ADA (Autonomous Drivers Alliance) aim to stimulate global dialogue around performance standards for...
- 23 August 2019
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20 August 2019 / Machine Learning in 5G
A new ITU standard has established a basis for the cost-effective integration of Machine Learning...
- 20 August 2019
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16 August 2019 / Digital Economy
After a decade of flat productivity, the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is...
- 16 August 2019
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Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest tickets in the ICT space right now –...
- 1 August 2019
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26 July 2019 / Event & News
Motorsport has always provided a proving ground for new automotive technologies. Every year the Goodwood Festival...
- 26 July 2019
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Gone are the days of writer’s block. Today’s would-be songwriters now have a game-changing tool...
- 21 July 2019
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10 July 2019 / Environment & Climate change
Today, we are facing not one but two deep transformations. The first one, driven by...
- 10 July 2019
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to improve people’s lives worldwide and accelerate progress on the...
- 8 July 2019
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- 8 July 2019
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4 July 2019 / Event & News
As the top teams compete to become the 2018 World Cup champion, there’s another spectacle...
- 4 July 2019
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- 13 June 2019
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11 June 2019 / Cybersecurity
Quantum computing is on the horizon. The emerging computing architecture renders possible a form of...
- 11 June 2019
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7 June 2019 / Digital Economy
*The following is adapted from remarks given at today’s ITU workshop on the future of television...
- 7 June 2019
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Last week’s 3rd annual AI for Good Global Summit once again showcased the growing number of Artificial...
- 7 June 2019
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31 May 2019 / Event & News
This week’s AI for Good Global Summit has focused on how Artificial Intelligence can help achieve the...
- 31 May 2019
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30 May 2019 / Global Summit
New developments in the space industry and advances in cloud computing are presenting opportunities to...
- 30 May 2019
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In the past 20 years or so, extreme poverty has fallen by some 50% globally....
- 29 May 2019
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The 3rd annual AI for Good Global Summit officially kicked off today with a range of inspiring messages,...
- 28 May 2019
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24 May 2019 / Robotics for Good
Imagine you had a robotic copy of yourself – identical in height, weight, mobility and...
- 24 May 2019
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations have been causing quite a stir in the field of arts...
- 23 May 2019
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*Mr McConaghy is leading the ‘Scaling AI for Good‘ track at next week’s AI for Good...
- 22 May 2019
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Just over three years ago, XPRIZE launched the USD 5 million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE with the mission of accelerating the...
- 21 May 2019
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21 May 2019 / Digital Economy
The world of work is riding a business transformation wave that is continuously buffeted by...
- 21 May 2019
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ITU News asked Chaesub Lee, Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau about the top use cases of...
- 20 May 2019
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Gone are the days of writer’s block. Today’s would-be songwriters now have a game-changing tool...
- 17 May 2019
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Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform our lives. The question often posed is: will it be...
- 16 May 2019
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The Association for Computing Machinery presents the ACM A.M. Turing Award annually. Often referred to...
- 9 May 2019
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Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) capture the narrative of a global population on a controversial topic?...
- 6 May 2019
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ZeroAbuse approached Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a big question: Could we use AI and big...
- 30 April 2019
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29 April 2019 / Innovation & Creativity
As we know, the iMac came out in 1998. Apple’s slogan at the time — “think...
- 29 April 2019
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26 April 2019 / Robotics for Good
Robots and AI-powered products are increasingly used for tasks that can have a high impact...
- 26 April 2019
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Online advertising is often viewed as a kind of “necessary evil” to pay for free...
- 24 April 2019
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The potential value from artificial intelligence (AI) is enormous: some $16 trillion by 2030, according to...
- 17 April 2019
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Just last week, the European Union published its Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. A few weeks earlier,...
- 17 April 2019
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We are witnessing a pivotal time in human history, as artificial intelligence (AI) is integrated...
- 15 April 2019
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Much has been said about the ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to greatly enhance productivity....
- 1 April 2019
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At their core, ‘AI for Social Good’ projects use artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and software...
- 29 March 2019
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Some futurists fear Artificial Intelligence (AI), perhaps understandably. After all, AI appears in all kinds...
- 25 March 2019
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken giant leaps forward in recent years, inspiring growing confidence in...
- 19 March 2019
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7 March 2019 / Disaster Management
At this year’s Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications (GET-2019) in Balaclava, Mauritius, I presented a new ITU...
- 7 March 2019
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8 February 2019 / Machine Learning in 5G
“ML techniques, so far, are more or less related to prediction, classification and decision-making in...
- 8 February 2019
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23 January 2019 / Innovation & Creativity
Academia play an important role in the research and development of telecommunications and information and...
- 23 January 2019
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22 January 2019 / Cybersecurity
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have come a long way and are already being...
- 22 January 2019
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11 January 2019 / Cybersecurity
What are the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for security, understanding...
- 11 January 2019
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20 December 2018 / Inclusivity
ITU recently trialed an advanced software tool developed by the University of Southern California’s Signal Analysis and...
- 20 December 2018
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“With ICTs everywhere, data is being generated everywhere,” says ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao. “We have...
- 17 December 2018
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Ahead of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP-18) – the top policy-making body of the International Telecommunication Union,...
- 17 October 2018
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To mark the International Day of Rural Women ITU News looks at the work of a female...
- 15 October 2018
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12 October 2018 / Digital Economy
In 2015, world leaders at the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the ambition...
- 12 October 2018
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The following was adapted from ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao’s opening remarks at the Global Symposium for Regulators 2018 in...
- 7 October 2018
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The Georgia Institute of Technology is an Academia Member of ITU. The university’s Center for...
- 1 October 2018
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ITU Telecom World 2018, taking place this week in Durban, South Africa, brings together government...
- 14 September 2018
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11 September 2018 / Machine Learning in 5G
The world of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) is facing another wave of change as...
- 11 September 2018
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6 September 2018 / Digital Economy
The following was adapted from a speech delivered by Malcolm Johnson, ITU Deputy Secretary-General, at...
- 6 September 2018
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28 August 2018 / Innovation & Creativity
When you think about the potential of emerging technologies to improve people’s lives around the...
- 28 August 2018
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27 August 2018 / Cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been termed a “Digital Quake.” This term powerfully illustrates the impact...
- 27 August 2018
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10 August 2018 / Digital Economy
Flattening smartphone growth and the promise of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance user services are increasingly...
- 10 August 2018
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The autonomous shipping industry is making waves, as established companies and tech start-ups apply emerging...
- 9 August 2018
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6 August 2018 / Event & News
As autonomous vehicle (AV) technology evolves, regulators must address growing concerns about the realities of...
- 6 August 2018
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Jack Aldane spoke to Jonathan Reichental, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Palo Alto to hear what it’s like...
- 2 August 2018
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31 July 2018 / Cybersecurity
Singapore’s Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) recently announced the creation of an Advisory Council on...
- 31 July 2018
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31 July 2018 / Cybersecurity
Cyber risk is an increasing concern in our complex, connected world. What can we do...
- 31 July 2018
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27 July 2018 / Smart Cities
Jonathan Andrews reports from Moscow on how the city has dramatically reduced bureaucracy and modernised its...
- 27 July 2018
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26 July 2018 / Event & News
The 2018 Tour de France isn’t just a display of athletic prowess and endurance; it’s...
- 26 July 2018
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“Whenever we view video, take photographs, see digital displays in places like the Great Wall,...
- 24 July 2018
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There is incredible potential for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help the world achieve the United...
- 24 July 2018
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The days when Artificial Intelligence (AI) was a niche technological possibility are long behind us....
- 20 July 2018
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19 July 2018 / Event & News
In 2011, Peter Thiel confronted his Silicon Valley peers with this observation: “We were promised...
- 19 July 2018
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Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are rapidly...
- 18 July 2018
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How can information and communication technology (ICT) regulators respond to an increasingly dynamic, interconnected world?...
- 17 July 2018
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Jack Aldane spoke with Mark Paris, Managing Partner, Urban Us and Managing Director of URBAN-X, which is providing investment to support...
- 12 July 2018
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12 July 2018 / Innovation & Creativity
The following was adapted from Brahima Sanou’s opening remarks at the Global Symposium for Regulators 2018 in Geneva on 10...
- 12 July 2018
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4 July 2018 / Digital Economy
Leveraging fast-emerging technologies like self-driving cars, artificial intelligence and data-intensive precision medicine to address social...
- 4 July 2018
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An Australian water utility is using artificial intelligence (AI) to bring down electricity costs in...
- 29 June 2018
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14 June 2018 / Environment & Climate change
An army of drones is joining the fight against plastic pollution. Why? Because to fix...
- 14 June 2018
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12 June 2018 / Event & News
Autonomous vehicles could lead to four possible urban futures, according to the National League of Cities...
- 12 June 2018
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11 June 2018 / Digital Economy
International trade has dominated the global headlines recently. Much of the discussions have been focused...
- 11 June 2018
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4 June 2018 / Machine Learning in 5G
The deadline to submit a paper to Kaleidoscope 2018: Machine Learning for a 5G future, the tenth...
- 4 June 2018
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Cities worldwide are considering ways to better leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance,...
- 4 June 2018
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4 June 2018 / Digital Economy
Humanity has always endeavoured to speed up manual tasks. From the first use of animal...
- 4 June 2018
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When Joelle Casteix envisioned a project to end child abuse, she did not figure that...
- 1 June 2018
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30 May 2018 / Global Summit
Since the birth of commercial satellite systems in the 1960s, satellites have grown to deliver a broad...
- 30 May 2018
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As momentum to build new ‘AI for Good’ projects emerges from last week’s AI for Good...
- 25 May 2018
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