Jul 14 2020
Perspective
Over a decade into the AI revolution bias remains a pernicious problem. From medical recommendation systems that allocate less care to Black people to human resource algorithms that are biased …
Jul 14 2020
Press Releases
Helps first responders and healthcare workers anywhere in the U.S. keep track of their mental health and connect to resources
Helps healthcare and first responder organizations better support their …
Jul 13 2020
Press Releases
Lacuna Fund pools funding from philanthropies, public agencies, and the private sector to mobilize labeled datasets that solve urgent problems in low- and middle-income contexts globally. Monday, July 13, 2020—Lacuna Fund …
Jul 08 2020
As we speak—and browse, and post photos, and move about—artificial intelligence is transforming the fabric of our lives. It is making life easier, better informed, healthier, more convenient. It also …
Technology and Innovation Global
Jun 25 2020
Perspective
We are facing an unprecedented crisis in this country. In addition to the chronic stress that is Covid-19, we have already begun to face the downstream economic impacts as a …
Jun 24 2020
Video
The Covid-19 pandemic has burdened the well-being of families already battling fiscal insecurity, with a wave of widespread unemployment exacerbating the universal concern of protecting family health from illness during …
Jun 23 2020
Video
#Breaking: The frontiers of data science & technology will transform our capacity to serve the world’s most vulnerable. Our president, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, & Mike Froman, Mastercard, share how #DataDrivesImpact.
Jun 12 2020
Perspective
Around the world, 1.7 billion adults don’t have a bank account. Many more have an account but pay significant fractions of their income to do basic transactions, wait days for …
Jun 11 2020
An online dashboard that tracks the number of available hospital beds and ventilators in real-time. An emergency assistance wizard that helps small business owners zero in on state, federal and …
Jun 09 2020
Perspective
Before Covid-19 struck, nearly 168 million people worldwide needed humanitarian assistance to survive. The pandemic has increased the number of vulnerable people worldwide and has compounded risk for countries already …