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The Future of Work is Coming: MIT Seeks Tech Solutions to Adapt to the Impending Transformation
High-tech innovations like artificial intelligence, automation and the cloud are dramatically changing the nature of work. Some believe these changes will lead to massive job losses, while others imagine a future with plentiful and satisfying careers in industries we’ve yet to imagine. MIT’s Solve initiative is looking for solutions that ensure that no one is left behind by technology. Hala Hanna encourages innovators and entrepreneurs to enter Solve’s Work of the Future Challenge, which is open until July 1.
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Cutting Edge Agriculture: How Artificial Intelligence, Satellites and Big Data are Transforming Farmers’ Access to Finance
There are many reasons for the $450 billion global agricultural finance gap. But much of the challenge stems from lenders' inability to monitor farmers' output, estimate their income and assess their risk of default, says Ruchit G Garg of Harvesting Inc. He explores how artificial intelligence and satellites are addressing that data imbalance, helping lenders reach many of the world’s 500 million smallholder farmers for the first time.
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- Agriculture, Technology, Telecommunications
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Viewpoint: AI and Automation Advances Upend Old Models of Economic Development
Whether one should be optimistic or not about these emergent trends, one thing is clear; there is no getting off the train of technological progress anytime soon. Regardless of which side of the debate one is on, within current debates over AI and automation two injustices are repeatedly committed by both parties.
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Will AI be a bane or boon for global development?
From tracking cattle to bespoke weather forecasts, AI technology is helping smallholders across Asia and Africa. But it is by no means clear yet whether it will be a game changer in eliminating global poverty.
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India’s agritech startups are employing data mining and AI to improve crop yield, make farming profitable
Agritech startups seem to be having their moment in the sun. There are many startups like SatSure that are disrupting the Indian agricultural economy in unexpected ways. Intello Labs, for example, uses image-recognition software to monitor crops and predict the health of farm yields.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- South Asia
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Accenture, Grameen Foundation collaborate to leverage AI, AR to help low-income women
New applications leverage the power of artificial intelligence and augmented reality to improve financial capacity and decision-making for and by the poor.
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Report: Blockchain, AI to shape fintech’s future
The report highlights emerging products and services, technology-enabled sub-segments, new business models, and innovations that are set to disrupt the industry.
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- Finance, Technology
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India’s first AI research institute opened in Mumbai
Based in Mumbai, the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI) is partnering with the government of Maharashtra for its mission to create AI solutions for social impact. The Maharashtra government will help the institute identify problems, and test and scale the solutions.
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- South Asia