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by Wim Naudé May 2020

The rush to harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fight against the pandemic may be an opportunity for developing countries to accelerate the...

• COVID-19
• Artificial intelligence
• Public health

Background Note

In this note, I will refer to current efforts to harness artificial intelligence (AI) in the push back against COVID-19, note its promises, limitations, potential pitfalls, and identify priorities for developing countries. Artificial Intelligence is...

• Artificial intelligence
• COVID-19
• Developing countries

Annual Lecture

• Technology
• Technological innovations
• Artificial intelligence

Journal Article

This study draws lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for the relationship between data-driven decision making and global development. The lessons are that: (i) users should keep in mind the shifting value of data during a crisis, and the pitfalls its...

• Data science
• Data
• Artificial intelligence

Working Paper

The COVID-19 pandemic holds at least seven lessons for the relationship between data-driven decision making, the use of artificial intelligence, and development. These are that (1) in a global crisis, the shifting value of data creates policy...

• Data science
• Data
• Artificial intelligence