AI for Good


The AI for Good Global Summit is a United Nations platform, centered around annual Global Summits, that fosters the dialogue on the beneficial use of Artificial Intelligence, by developing concrete projects. The impetus for organizing global summits that are action oriented, came from existing discourse in artificial intelligence research being dominated by research streams such as the Netflix Prize.
The AI for Good Global Summit series aims to bring forward Artificial Intelligence research topics that contribute towards more global problems, in particular through the Sustainable Development Goals. The AI for Good Global Summit 2020 has been . AI for Good is organised by the Standardization Sector of ITU.

Global Summit 2020

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak the Global Summit 2020 was moved to online, including a series of webinars focused on using mobile phones for contact tracing was introduced.

Global Summit 2019

The third AI for Good Global Summit took place from 28 May to 31 May, and gave rise to the ITU Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous and Assisted Driving with several Day 0 workshops and VIP events having taken place on May 27.Some of the speakers included:
The second AI for Good Global Summit took place from 15 to 17 May 2018 at the ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and generated 35 AI project proposals including the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health with the World Health Organization. Speakers included:
The ITU also relaunched its Journal during the 2018 Global Summit, with the first edition being a special on Artificial Intelligence.

Global Summit 2017

The first AI for Good Global summit took place from 7 to 9 June 2017. Speakers at the event included:
One of the outcomes of the 2017 Global Summit was the creation of an ITU-T Focus Group on .

AI Repository

In order to further promote Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning research that advance the achieving of the Sustainable Development Goals, an AI Repository was created, which includes AI for Good projects and examples.

Related applications

Several similar terms have been used to describe related applications of AI to global issues. These include "AI for Earth", referring specifically to environmental applications; "Humanitarian AI", referring to applications for humanitarian ends; and "AI for Healthcare".