The International Telecommunication Union convened the first for Good Global Summit in Geneva with UN partners, government officials, researchers, civil society and technology companies. The summit was designed to identify practical uses of AI that could accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals and to connect technical experts with organizations working on global problems. It subsequently developed into the year-round AI for Good platform and a recurring global summit led by ITU in partnership with numerous UN entities.
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It created the UN system’s longest-running global platform devoted specifically to AI applications, standards and partnerships.
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Development & Policy
- So what
- AI for SDG applications got a standing UN venue linking technical experts with organizations tackling global problems.
- Watch for
- Track the recurring AI for Good summit and year-round AI for Good platform led by ITU with UN partners.
- Use it
- Use “AI for Good” in concept notes and partnership outreach as an established UN platform for practical AI and the SDGs.
Front Office
- So what
- When your principal needs a concrete UN AI venue, anchor on AI for Good: the UN system’s longest-running platform on AI applications, standards and partnerships.
- Watch for
- The next AI for Good Global Summit and ITU’s year-round platform activity with UN partners, where SDG-focused AI uses and partnerships keep surfacing.
- Use it
- Safe line: "AI for Good is the UN system’s longest-running global platform on AI applications, standards and partnerships."
Builders
- So what
- AI for Good became the UN system’s longest-running practical platform for AI applications, standards and partnerships around the SDGs.
- Watch for
- Track the recurring AI for Good summit and its year-round platform; that is where UN-linked AI use cases, standards and partnerships keep appearing.
- Use it
- Show up to AI for Good when you need partners, use cases or standards signals; cite the first summit: 7–9 June 2017, ITU.
Peace & Security
No Peace & Security reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created the UN system’s longest-running global platform devoted specifically to AI applications, standards and partnerships.
Human Rights
No Human Rights reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created the UN system’s longest-running global platform devoted specifically to AI applications, standards and partnerships.
Data & Digital
No Data & Digital reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created the UN system’s longest-running global platform devoted specifically to AI applications, standards and partnerships.
OPGA
No OPGA reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created the UN system’s longest-running global platform devoted specifically to AI applications, standards and partnerships.
Permanent Missions
No Permanent Missions reading was written for this one: it was judged to sit outside that desk. It created the UN system’s longest-running global platform devoted specifically to AI applications, standards and partnerships.
How other roles read this
Development & Policy
- So what
- AI for SDG applications got a standing UN venue linking technical experts with organizations tackling global problems.
- Watch for
- Track the recurring AI for Good summit and year-round AI for Good platform led by ITU with UN partners.
- Use it
- Use “AI for Good” in concept notes and partnership outreach as an established UN platform for practical AI and the SDGs.
Front Office
- So what
- When your principal needs a concrete UN AI venue, anchor on AI for Good: the UN system’s longest-running platform on AI applications, standards and partnerships.
- Watch for
- The next AI for Good Global Summit and ITU’s year-round platform activity with UN partners, where SDG-focused AI uses and partnerships keep surfacing.
- Use it
- Safe line: "AI for Good is the UN system’s longest-running global platform on AI applications, standards and partnerships."
Builders
- So what
- AI for Good became the UN system’s longest-running practical platform for AI applications, standards and partnerships around the SDGs.
- Watch for
- Track the recurring AI for Good summit and its year-round platform; that is where UN-linked AI use cases, standards and partnerships keep appearing.
- Use it
- Show up to AI for Good when you need partners, use cases or standards signals; cite the first summit: 7–9 June 2017, ITU.