ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Technology (United Nations, New York) – June 27, 2024
Delivered a talk on AI safety at the ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Technology, a high-level United Nations event bringing together global leaders from governments, industry, and academia to shape the future of technology. The discussion focused on designing AI systems that are safe, equitable, and aligned with human behavior, highlighting the importance of addressing risks such as bias, manipulation, and unequal access while leveraging AI for sustainable development.
Delivered a talk on Safety by Design at the Trust & Safety Summit UK, sharing approaches to embedding safety into product architecture to reduce risk, address abuse, and improve trust at scale.
Delivered a talk on Safety by Design at Generative AI Week, highlighting practical approaches to embedding safety into generative AI systems to support enterprise-scale deployment, manage risk, and drive sustainable business value.
Delivered a talk on Safety by Design at DataFest Tbilisi, highlighting the importance of embedding safety, user behavior, and ethical considerations into the design of AI and data systems to ensure responsible and scalable innovation.
News Articles
One in five Nigerians suffer chronic depression (The Guardian) [Link]
Working homeless study offers insights (Yahoo! Finance) [Link]
Don’t Over-Depend On Natural Resources For Devt — World Bank [Link]
World Bank urges Ghana to deal with stunting in children [Link]
Expand Infrastructure to Employ More Youth—World Bank (Modern Ghana) [Link]
Ghana’s poverty rate drops (Goldstreet Business) [Link]
Ghana loses $25m annually to unfinished projects (Ghana Business News) [Link]
Richest Ghanaians are in private sector and poorest in agriculture (Ghana Business News) [Link]
CSOs make inputs into the World Bank’s strategy for Ghana (Ghana News Agency) [Link]
Ghana records GHȼ282 million underpayments on incomes in 2014 (Ghana News Agency) [Link]
Providing housing to slum dwellers is urgent policy issue (Ghana Business News) [Link]
World Bank Blogs
Depression and its links to conflict and welfare in Nigeria [Link]
Ghana’s growth history: New growth momentum since the 1990s helped put Ghana at the front of poverty reduction in Africa [Link]
Ghana’s challenges: Widening regional inequality and natural resource depreciation [Link]
Ghana’s pathway to the future: jobs and opportunities for the people [Link]
UNICEF Ghana Facebook
"The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey provides data that we need to achieve the SDGs." [Link]