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posted by chromas on Monday October 29 2018, @10:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the a-force-for-good? dept.

Google pledges $25 million toward AI solutions for social issues

[Google] is ramping up a AI Impact Challenge that asks academia, non-profits and other organizations (whether they're AI-savvy or not) to submit proposals using AI to solve "social, humanitarian and environmental" problems. Any proposal that makes the cut will receive funding from a $25 million pool, join an accelerator program and receive consulting as well as custom support with the help of the data science non-profit DataKind. Google will pick the winners in spring 2019 with assistance from a panel of experts.

Google.org announcement. Google.org. Also at The Verge and Reuters.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Monday October 29 2018, @11:12PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 29 2018, @11:12PM (#755411) Journal

    My proposal: solve the issue of "personal data privacy and the cessation of online tracking" as one of the social problem.
    You reckon it will be accepted by Google?

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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Monday October 29 2018, @11:58PM (1 child)

    by legont (4179) on Monday October 29 2018, @11:58PM (#755432)

    I have a very specific proposal in this space. Imagine an AI that would spend time online instead of me - clicking likes and reading news and adds - just pretending to be me but with different configurable properties - say hard working professional; liberal NY style socialite. I even have a rather clear plan how to implement one.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:15PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @10:15PM (#755828)

      Done and done. [reddit.com]

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @12:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @12:41AM (#755442)

    "personal data privacy and the cessation of online tracking"

    Hey, Google is pledging $25 million, not $700 billion that they are worth today.