The below is a transcript of UNOGAI director Elna Ødegaard’s opening lecture for the 2020 WCAIR. The Smart City has the future. However, to implement the concept of the Smart City, municipalities need an underlying infrastructure and a reliable network…
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The Thinkhub Goes Online
The triumvirate of cities involved in the U.S. Thinkhub Data Pipeline project have skyrocketed in the rankings this week, thanks to bringing their AI-controlled information sharing network online a full 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Project representatives in Boston, Austin…
Artificial Intelligence is making good on its destruction of chess
AI has really revolutionized chess; it has made it more interesting and easy to access. Many chess players nowadays prefer playing AI chess over humans. AI is usually ready, willing and able to play at any hour of the day…
The Hands and Eyes Behind AI
The Hands and Eyes Behind AI As we continue to dive deeper and deeper into integrating artificial intelligence into our everyday lives, it is becoming more common to accept that artificial intelligence devices and presence have been there all…
The 2021 WCAIR begins!
Judging officials have arrived in their host cities and the 2021 UN World City AI Rankings have begun! The 2021 program includes some of the most impressive pilot projects we’ve seen yet, spread across a huge range of fields. Current…
How Africa is Changing Health Care with Artificial Intelligence
As diseases and infections, such as the novel coronavirus COVID-19, continue to greatly affect countries and world economies, scientists and global officials have longed feared that countries without strong markets would be ravaged by such disasters. However, the situation throughout…
Artificial intelligence takes gameplay to the next level
AI has revolutionized the gaming industry and can be considered to be the fourth Industrial Revolution as it has also advanced firms, agriculture, and even medicine. Through AI technology, games have become smarter than ever. In video games of today,…
The Robot Future: Have We Gone Too Far?
We talked to an expert regarding the direction in which our civilizations are heading as robots slowly replace nearly all of the human interactions within lower-income groups. What are we sacrificing? What are we gaining? If we ever stray too…
United Nations Office for Global Artificial Intelligence announces 2021 World AI City Rankings Competition
The United Nations regulatory body charged with incentivizing global Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has announced the 20 finalists for their 2021 competitive program, which will select one international city or town for substantial AI infrastructure development funding. In a news…
Artificial Intelligence helps the continent of Africa take great strides
Artificial Intelligence is one of the most advanced technologies today. The majority of AI building industries are in North America, Europe, and Asia. African countries are pushing towards AI technology in a bid to improve the diversity of technology to…