Robert Kirkpatrick
@rgkirkpatrick
Social innovator, change leader, and digital rights advocate passionate about responsible use of data and AI. Entrepreneur-in-Residence @DalbergCatalyst.
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14-03-2007 00:15:17
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Creation of digital public goods - open data, open standards, open source software, and open AI models - is crucial in ensuring #transparency, #accountability and #inclusiveness as part of our digital journey," Robert Kirkpatrick.
We need regulatory frameworks specific enough to allow for an agile and responsible use of data and #AI for response to crises, incl. #Covid19, says Robert Kirkpatrick during human rights event at #UNGA75. ➡️ webtv.un.org
In Cox’s Bazar, public health professionals & scientists from UN Global Pulse, UNHCR Innovation, UN Human Rights, World Health Organization (WHO) & academics at Durham University & MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab are working together to model 🤖 the impact of public health interventions to fight #Covid19. ➡️ bit.ly/3e0pZmB
Wanna see what we've been up to lately at UNHCR Innovation? We partnered with UN Global Pulse Durham University OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab to support UNHCR+WHO teams in Bangladesh to make evidence-based decisions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in a refugee camp unglobalpulse.org/2020/10/modell…
Tune in for #AI4ForeignPolicy tomorrow as we convene Dataminr's Morgan Hitzig, @cbjola, UN Global Pulse's Robert Kirkpatrick and experts from Tech@State and Department of State for a dialogue on diplomacy and international crisis mitigation in the digital age. Register: buff.ly/31T3J98
WHO Launches Tech Hub in Berlin With USD$100 Million From Germany | ILO Report on Social Protection | Cybersecurity Norms at the UN: Switzerland Leads the Debate at the Parliament This Fall, by The UN Brief theunbrief.substack.com/p/who-launches…
By the end of this century, more than half of the current 7,000 languages might become extinct. How can we use #digitalization and #data to leave no voice behind? By Robert Kirkpatrick, via UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳: en.unesco.org/inclusivepolic… Image via United Nations for today's #TranslationDay 🗨️
This is straight up brilliant. Datasheets represent a huge advance for the community of practice, and - more to the point - for rebuilding trust and safeguarding #humanrights in our broken digital commons. Congratulations - and thanks - to the authors. All in here UN Global Pulse!
Thrilled to announce that I am orchestrating a new initiative with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation called Adaptive Cities that aims to ignite a global effort to harness innovation in data and AI for urban adaptation to climate change: tinyurl.com/adaptivecities