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MWC26 Doha opens with call for global connectivity standards
MWC26 Doha opened in Qatar with industry leaders calling for stronger global connectivity standards and action to reduce the digital divide across the Middle East and…
UNESCO Expands Data Governance Tools for AI Across Latin America
UNESCO has expanded its data governance programme across Latin America and the Caribbean with a Spanish edition of its Data Governance Toolkit, new training…
AI security must be built in from the start, speakers tell AI for Good workshop
Security cannot be added to an AI system after development, speakers agreed at a workshop on AI security at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026. Organized with Cisco, the…
ResearchITU publishes guide on how cities manage tourism destinations with data
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has listed a 2026 publication titled "Smart tourism in action: How cities are managing destinations with data" in its…
ITU publishes paper on data offices in smart city platforms
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has listed a 2026 publication titled "Connecting smart city platforms and data spaces: The strategic role of data…
ITU warns today's digital divide could become tomorrow's AI divide
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is warning that the global digital divide risks turning into an AI divide, as AI computing capacity and investment remain…
ETSI launches standards group for semantic communications in 6G
ETSI has established a new Industry Specification Group on Semantic Technologies in AI-Native Networks (ISG SEM) to advance semantic communications and prepare the…
ITU roundtable links AI infrastructure access to standards and digital trust
A high-level roundtable at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 connected unequal access to AI infrastructure with the need for common standards and trust mechanisms.…
ITU and UAE regulator launch AI for Good Lab projects, hackathon draws 500+ sign-ups
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UAE's Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) have jointly launched four projects…
ITU's GENIE.AI gives governments an open-source toolkit for public-sector AI
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has presented GENIE.AI, a modular, open-source and model-agnostic framework that lets governments and public institutions…
UN Report Lists 408 AI Projects Across 46 Agencies and All 17 SDGs
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and 46 United Nations agencies and bodies have produced the latest "UN Activities on AI Report", which presents 408…
ITU publishes Citiverse Assembly outcome document on AI-enabled standards
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published the outcome document of the Citiverse Assembly, titled "Collaboration on Global Standards for the…
IEC and ISO push AI standards from principle to practice at AI for Good
The IEC and ISO used the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva to argue that international standards can link AI ambition to practice, from data centre energy use to human…
LEGO Education Says AI Learning Should Start With Children's Agency
Children should be treated as designers and critics of AI, not passive users, argued Andrew Sliwinski of LEGO Education at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026. He…
ITU's AI for Good programme at India Mobile Congress draws 200 hackathon teams
The International Telecommunication Union ran a five-event AI for Good programme at India Mobile Congress 2026 in New Delhi from 8 to 10 October, covering national AI…
ITU publishes guide to help regulators assess AI preparedness
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a practical guide for policy makers and regulators on collaborative AI frameworks, paired with a…