Google AI Impact Challenge: Using Technology to Change the World
summary
Google.org runs a $25 million pool that attracts 2,600 applications from 119 countries and selects 20 winners to pair funding with Google research and credits. Projects include an operational WattTime API that uses satellite infrared imagery and ML to estimate emissions from individual power plants worldwide while exploring a mission‑source license to limit abuse, a Médecins Sans Frontières prototype that uses phone‑photo diagnostic ML to read bacterial resistance from lab tests, and a Wadhwani Institute program funded for cotton pest and TB work that is already piloting with government and NGO partners.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:15Gavin McCormick
- 7:00Dr Lederman
- 10:08Dr Wadhwani
- 16:19The Three Questions
- 19:00Risks Challenges
- 19:48Challenges
- 23:17Examples
- 25:05Partnerships
- 26:25Selfselected group
- 27:10Collaborate
- 27:41Bridge
- 31:10Final Words
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