Archives for AI for social good

23 Feb

In Conversation With Dr Alpan Raval, Head of Data Science At Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence

This is the ninth article in the weekly series of Expert’s Opinion, where we talk to academics who study AI or other emerging technologies and their impact on society and the world. This week, we spoke to Dr Alpan Raval, Head of Data Science at Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Wadhwani AI is an independent,…

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20 Nov

Top Initiatives In the Year Of AI By Telangana

In recent news, the Microsoft AI classroom series, a joint initiative of Microsoft and NASSCOM FutureSkills, has partnered with the Telangana government to prepare 30,000 undergraduate students for AI. The programme, which will commence on 23rd November this year, was created in partnership with the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) and Telangana State…

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19 Nov

What An Oversight Body Could Mean For The Growth Of AI In India?

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has proposed setting up of an oversight body that will play an enabling role across different aspects of artificial intelligence. In its draft titled, ‘Enforcement Mechanisms for Responsible #AIforAll’, the think-tank has proposed an oversight mechanism that will play an enabling role in research, education, logistics, and policy among other areas…

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19 Nov

What An Oversight Body Could Mean For The Growth Of AI In India?

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has proposed setting up of an oversight body that will play an enabling role across different aspects of artificial intelligence. In its draft titled, ‘Enforcement Mechanisms for Responsible #AIforAll’, the think-tank has proposed an oversight mechanism that will play an enabling role in research, education, logistics, and policy among other areas…

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17 Jul

5 Times When AI Was Used For Social Good

While artificial intelligence has found a lot of use cases in many industries, another area that is witnessing a lot of traction is for Social Good. Many companies and organisations are either collaborating with not-for-profit organisations or are developing solutions that may help communities and society in general by integrating AI.  AI is solving some…

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09 Aug

As DeepMind Posts Losses, ‘AI For Social Good’ Takes A Hit

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Late last year, DeepMind made a significant breakthrough with AlphaFold. Be it diagnosing fatal diseases or engineering a bacteria to eat up plastic, the knowledge of a protein structure helps tackle problems which were previously thought to be impossible and irreversible. The successful demonstration of AlphaFold established trust in DeepMind’s goal and kept the AI…

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