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Please Give USAID Your Feedback on the Global AI Research Agenda

Please Give USAID Your Feedback on the Global AI Research Agenda

Published on: Mar 28 2024 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
The rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies is taking place in a highly-connected global context, in which funding, data, talent, and computing...
Please Give USAID Your Feedback on the AI in Global Development Playbook

Please Give USAID Your Feedback on the AI in Global Development Playbook

Published on: Feb 15 2024 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please Give USAID Your Feedback on the AI in Global Development Playbook
Artificial intelligence technologies can foster greater efficiency and accelerated development results across a variety of sectors and contexts, whether in agriculture,...
Introducing USAID ADS and AIDAR Generative AI Chatbots Powered by ChatGPT

Introducing USAID ADS and AIDAR Generative AI Chatbots Powered by ChatGPT

Published on: Nov 30 2023 by Wayan Vota - 12 Comments
OpenAI recently allowed paying ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers to create their own custom chatbots known as GPTs utilizing GPT 4, the latest Generative...
Apply Now: TechGirls 2024 Interactive Technology Program

Apply Now: TechGirls 2024 Interactive Technology Program

Published on: Nov 20 2023 by Wayan Vota - 11 Comments
The global gender gap in technology continues event today. Women and girls are underrepresented in technology ownership, digital literacy, and STEM skills of all...
Apply Now: TechGirls Interactive Technology and Computer Camp

Apply Now: TechGirls Interactive Technology and Computer Camp

Published on: Dec 05 2022 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
The global gender gap in technology is sadly very persistent. Women and girls are underrepresented in technology ownership, digital literacy, and STEM skills of...
It’s Time to Connect African Entrepreneurs to Global Venture Capital

It’s Time to Connect African Entrepreneurs to Global Venture Capital

Published on: Aug 05 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on It’s Time to Connect African Entrepreneurs to Global Venture Capital
When it comes to innovation, Africa has an abundance of entrepreneurial talent. Nowhere is early-stage, technology-driven innovation more exciting than it is in...
Breaking News: President Trump Appoints a Special Envoy for North Korea Negotiations

Breaking News: President Trump Appoints a Special Envoy for North Korea Negotiations

Published on: Apr 01 2018 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Breaking News: President Trump Appoints a Special Envoy for North Korea Negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For Immediate Release, April 1, 2017 – The White House is proud to announce that President Donald J. Trump has appointed a new special envoy...
Breaking News: Apple Buys USAID and US State Department

Breaking News: Apple Buys USAID and US State Department

Published on: Apr 01 2017 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For Immediate Release, April 1, 2017 – Apple® today announced it has agreed to acquire the critically acclaimed US Department of State and...
4 Ways We Can Do More With Open Government Data

4 Ways We Can Do More With Open Government Data

Published on: Apr 21 2015 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 4 Ways We Can Do More With Open Government Data
I am Nancy McGuire Choi and I really enjoyed the recent “Do More With Data” event with State Department’s Foreign Assistance Resources office,...
Dear USAID: What Were You Thinking With Cuban Twitter?

Dear USAID: What Were You Thinking With Cuban Twitter?

Published on: Apr 04 2014 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
Imagine the scene: a stale conference room off Barcelona’s lively La Rambla, an assortment of techies, government bureaucrats, and development contractors...