Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean Sustainable Development

“It’s messy, but we have to do it now” – Craig Ramlal, UN advisor, on AI regulation

Few technological advances created more global buzz in 2023 than artificial intelligence: One tool captured global attention by generating text in different formats based on simple prompts; another created new covers of recent songs by singers who passed away decades ago; and others created full works of art in distinct styles based on user descriptions.…

Caribbean Must Build Knowledge Economy – ECLAC Caribbean Development Seminar 

This year, the two-day seminar in Port-of-Spain is themed “Positioning the Caribbean in the knowledge economy: The role of data”. It is being held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre in Port of Spain. Ramdin presided at the opening ceremony. Minister Ramdin said “…our economies are commonly characterized as either services-based or goods-based; never knowledge-based. Meanwhile, the current global labour market is increasingly becoming knowledge-intensive… Understanding and appropriately responding to these market forces requires, among other things, a better appreciation for, an…

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 10

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 9

2023 UN Datathon: Data professionals are invited to develop ideas and solutions that contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Participants in this global data science competition are expected to develop innovative data-driven statistical applications, tools or models that combine geospatial data with other data sources that help advance the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.…

Datathon 2023 de las Naciones Unidas: se invita a los profesionales de datos a desarrollar ideas y soluciones que contribuyan al logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

Se espera que los participantes de esta competencia global de ciencia de datos desarrollen aplicaciones, herramientas o modelos estadísticos innovadores basados en datos que combinan datos geoespaciales con otras fuentes de datos que ayuden a avanzar en la implementación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.…

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 5

The Role of Data for SDG Advancement in the Caribbean