Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the talk of the town in Geneva. The year-round AI for Good initiative led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) draws a lot of media attention, while AI as a topic and as a tool has already begun a quiet revolution in many organisations, transitioning the nature of the tasks under their respective mandates.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and ITU have established a Focus Group on AI for Health (FG-AI4H) to examine AI-based methods for diagnosis, triage, and other treatment decisions. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has adopted AI-enabled smart searches and translations to facilitate intellectual property documentation work. The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is investigating the implications of military AI and its incorporation into traditional weaponry and autonomous systems. The list of ‘someone doing something about AI’ in Geneva is growing.
