UN Global Pulse, Dataminr Partnership Equips UN Teams with AI Tech to Keep Abreast of Crises

By Felicia Vacarelu, Communication Specialist, UN Global Pulse Jul 1, 2019
Photo credit: @UNHCR InnovationKnowledge is power, and when it’s delivered in real time, it can save lives and help communities thrive. Dataminr’s product for first responders is now in...
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Why Artificial Intelligence Might Owe You Something

By Miguel Luengo-Oroz, Chief Data Scientist, UN Global Pulse Jun 27, 2019
The ideas summarized below derive from an op-ed by Dr. Miguel Luengo-Oroz which first appeared (in Spanish) on 7 January 2019 in El Pais Retina. The topics discussed represent the views of...

New study by Global Pulse highlights risks of AI-generated texts, creates fake UN speeches

By Felicia Vacarelu, Communications Specialist, UN Global Pulse Jun 10, 2019
What if that speech you just read was entirely AI generated? UN Global Pulse released a new study discussing the risks that can arise from the malicious use of automated text...

UN and Dataminr partner to use artificial intelligence for humanitarian response

By UN Global Pulse May 28, 2019
(New York and Geneva, 28 May 2019) UN Global Pulse and Dataminr, the leading AI platform for first response, today announced a partnership at the AI for Good Global Summit in...

Nowcasting Inflation to Understand Indonesia's Economic Growth

By Pulse Lab Jakarta Apr 30, 2019
A country’s inflation rate can provide a sense of the health of its economy, or in everyday terms — when a country’s money is starting to gain or lose value. Inflation is the...
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