artificial intelligence
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Culture and Education
UNESCO launches consultation on fair payment for news in the digital age
UN cultural agency UNESCO has launched a global consultation process to inform its Draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News,…
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Economic Development
From malaria to energy: Why solutions from the Global South aren’t reaching the people who need them most
Innovators – especially in the Global South – are too often locked out of funding and opportunity despite offering solutions…
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Women
AI is getting women wrong as gender bias persists, data reveals
As artificial intelligence reshapes how people work, communicate and access information, UN Women warned on Monday that the technology is…
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Human Rights
Hate speech is ‘first step down the path of dehumanisation’
As online platforms continue to fuel a surge in real-world violence against vulnerable communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is warning…
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Climate Change
AI’s environmental costs threaten water, land and climate
Artificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology’s environmental footprint is also expanding…
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Law and Crime Prevention
When justice fails: Why women can’t get protection from AI deepfake abuse
She woke up to messages flooding her phone. Doctored images of her, sexualised and viral, had spread while she slept.…
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SDGs
AI in advertising risks fuelling information crisis, UN warns
With spending on advertising topping $1 trillion a year worldwide, the United Nations on Wednesday highlighted the untapped power of…
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Economic Development
Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer
If AI is “a very fast car with no steering wheel” then regulation must provide one, insists Nobel laureate and…
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Economic Development
Putting humans at the centre: UN AI panel begins work on global impact study
The UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI – the first global body of its kind – is gearing up…
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Culture and Education
How AI is already reshaping working conditions
From delivery couriers compelled to follow the demands of online platform algorithms to content moderators who confront pornography and death…
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