IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence XPRIZE
Details of the organization
Name *
XPRIZE
Country *
United States of America
Website (URL)
https://ai.xprize.org/
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Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence XPRIZE
Title acronym
AIXP
Description *
The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE is a $5 million competition, challenging teams globally to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with powerful AI technologies to tackle the world’s grand challenges. The prize aims to accelerate adoption of AI technologies and spark creative, innovative, and audacious demonstrations of the technology that are truly scalable and solve societal grand challenges. To encourage innovation in any form, the competition is an open challenge in AI. Rather than set a single, universal goal for all teams, this competition will invite teams to each create their own goal and solution to a grand challenge. The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE is a four-year competition with annual milestone competitions in 2017 and 2018. The top three finalists will compete for the Grand Prize at TED 2020.
Project website
https://ai.xprize.org/
Geographical coverage *
International implementation
Countries of implementation
Australia, Barbados, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Viet Nam
Status *
Ongoing
from 01/06/2016
to
15/04/2020
Partners
IBM Watson
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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Information and communication infrastructure
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Access to information and knowledge
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Capacity building
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Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
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Enabling environment
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ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
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E-learning
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E-health
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E-environment
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Protect environment
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Ensure sustainable ICTs
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Monitor/prevent disasters
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E-agriculture
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E-science
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Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
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Media
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Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
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