ITU Newsletter - 11 July 2023

Working together for a better AI future

Last week’s #AIforGood Global Summit featured diverse perspectives on how artificial intelligence (#AI) and advanced #robotics can make the world better for everyone. The Imternational Telecommunication Union (ITU) plans to keep up the momentum with partners in the United Nations and beyond. Read more

AI for Good Global Summit?: Where do we go from here?

Now is the time for cooperation and collaboration, said ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin as the two-day event concluded. Read her closing remarks

Tools to drive forward the UN 2030 Agenda

Alongside clear dangers, AI has the potential for enormous good, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said.

Summit closing?

From humanoid robots to human investors, policy experts and tech visionaries, the landmark event showed how AI can reinvigorate sustainable development.

First human-robot press conference

Nine humanoid robots took questions on how they and their kind could shape the world’s future.

Find more on the ITU YouTube Channel, with 63 videos including interviews, snapshots, B-roll, and more from the two-day summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Innovation Factory winner

The ground-breaking Ultrasound AI platform utilizes AI to examine patients and reduce pre-term pregnancies. Learn more

Find out more about?AI for Good.

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In case you missed it

Ongoing

ITU Council 2023?opened on 11 July and continues until 21 July in Geneva, Switzerland.

Upcoming

13 July

• Exploring the #metaverse: A new world of possibilities for cities and communities?– a?session organized by Greece and ITU in a virtual format during the UN?High-Level Political Forum?(8?9:30?am EST / 2?3:30?pm CEST)

18 July

• Harnessing the power of digital innovation for a sustainable world post-COVID?19: WSIS Action Lines for advancing the achievement of the SDGs?– organized by: Peru?and the UN Group on the Information Society (UNGIS)/WSIS at the UN?High-Level Political Forum

19 July

• Universal and meaningful digital connectivity: The new policy imperative?– ITU?organized session at the UN?High-Level Political Forum?in New York (Conf. Room?B; 1:15?2:30?pm EST)

SDG Digital day:?17 September

Sponsorship opportunities for SDG #DigitalDay are now available. More?here.