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How Rwanda can leverage the Fourth Industrial Revolution to strengthen post-COVID-19 resilience
Rwanda's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution aims to harness new technologies and Africa's young generation to boost resilience and equity for all.
Rwanda
How Rwanda’s vision for data and AI is revolutionizing its services and healthcare system
The World Economic Forum and Rwanda are promoting the adoption of new technologies in the country to drive innovation on data policy and artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence
Chatbots RESET Framework: Rwanda Artificial Intelligence (AI) Triage Pilot
In this insight report, the World Economic Forum’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning platform, in close collaboration with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Rw...
Artificial Intelligence
People trust AI fake faces more than real ones, according to a new study
AI can create faces that are indistinguishable - and more trusted - than real faces, finds a new study, which urges more safeguards to prevent deep fakes.
Climate Change
Could cities hold the key to accelerating net-zero progress?
In cities, where emissions are high, digital twin technology is able to provide accurate data to track and improve net-zero progress more efficiently.
The Metaverse
Metaverse real estate prices are booming. This is why
Prices for land in the metaverse are surging, but how does virtual real estate work, and why are people prepared to pay millions of dollars for it?
Internet of Things
IoT security: How we are keeping consumers safe from cyber threats
A collaboration convened by the World Economic Forum has formed a global consensus for baseline IoT security measures to protect consumers.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Why learning to unlearn prepares us for transformative change
Leveraging our brain’s capacity to reason away what no longer applies and open it up to exploring new ideas and concepts can lead to transformative breakthroughs.
Gender Inequality
We need more women in tech. Could apprenticeships bridge the gap?
There is a significant gender gap in STEM, particularly in technology. Apprenticeships are proving a successful alternative for women keen to work in tech.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia, on how technology can drive economic growth
The President of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende, and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, sat down to discuss the ambitions of the newly announced Centre for the Fourth Indu...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These 6 trends are shaping the businesses of the future
Forward-thinking business leaders are capitalizing on the disruption that characterizes today’s global marketplace to build pathways to future success.
India
FIRST Cancer Care: Leveraging Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies for cancer care
The FIRST Cancer Care initiative based out of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in India explores how technological advances can revolutionize cancer care, and drives action...
Health and Healthcare
6 experts reveal the technologies set to revolutionize cancer care
We need to transform the quality of cancer care by harnessing emerging technologies like AI and ML. We asked experts which technologies will shape the future of cancer care.
Book Club
What’s the best way to tackle COVID and climate change? Anthropology, says the woman who predicted the global financial crisis
From pandemics to the pitfalls of AI, journalist Gillian Tett joins the Book Club Podcast to explain how an anthropologist’s view of global risks can help understand and solve them.
Energy
What are low-carbon emitting technologies? An expert explains
Low-carbon emitting technologies such as carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), hydrogen, solar photovoltaics, etc can enable the net-zero transition. We need to create the marke...
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