Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

UNDP Accelerator Labs Network and Nesta’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design launch "UNTAPPED: Collective Intelligence for Climate Action"

Explore how 40 Entities are leveraging new approaches and cutting-edge technologies in their work.

Briefing Note on Artificial Intelligence and the Humanitarian Sector by UN OCHA.

The WFP Innovation Accelerator Year in Review 2023 showcases the tangible impact of its efforts to source, support and scale innovations ending hunger and achieving the SDGs.

WFP's first-ever global data strategy is rooted in the WFP I&T strategy and charts an ambitious course for the organization's use of data and emerging technologies to accelerate progress toward the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Toolkit for Responsible AI Innovation in Law Enforcement supports the global law enforcement community in their journey towards responsible AI innovation.

Witness the newest cohort of cutting-edge startups and social entrepreneurs pitch live in front of potential funders, government officials, and industry leaders.

Leveraging AI, this report examines the technology accelerator trends across publicly available FAO knowledge reports, technical guidance and convening summaries.

This study explores biases in three significant large language models (LLMs): OpenAI’s GPT-2 and ChatGPT, along with Meta’s Llama 2, highlighting their role in both advanced decision-making systems and as user-facing conversational agents. Across multiple studies, the brief reveals how biases emerge in the text generated by LLMs, through gendered word associations, positive or negative regard for gendered subjects, or diversity in text generated by gender and culture.

This paper proposes the use of synthetic training data generated by large language models to improve machine learning SDG classifiers. It shows that supplementing existing training data with synthetic data produced by the ChatGPT tool improves the performance of the SDGClassy classifier.

The UN Innovation Update highlight how 40 UN Entities from across the system are leveraging innovative approaches in their work.

This policy brief discusses the significance of inclusive crossborder data flows. It also proposes an all-encompassing strategy to promote global cooperation to synergize global conversations on cross-border data flows and AI.

This talk comments on Responsible AI in a multi-dimensional approach and delves into the complexities surrounding the apparent oversight of the human factor in these impressive adaptive algorithms.

The SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda explores the transformative potential of digital and highlights how it is already positively impacting lives and livelihoods around the world.