The Hummingbird Vol. 11 No. 12

The Caribbean and artificial intelligence: past, present and future

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SIDS 4: Now or never for small island survival

Especialista del ILPES participa en la Reunión Preparatoria para la Novena Conferencia Ministerial sobre Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe (eLAC)

La Agenda digital para América Latina y el Caribe (eLAC) tiene como misión promover el desarrollo del ecosistema digital en la región mediante un proceso de integración y cooperación regional, fortaleciendo las políticas digitales que impulsen el conocimiento, la inclusión y la equidad, la innovación y la sostenibilidad ambiental.…

Report of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

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Harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence to create public value in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

Caribbean governments need to proactively harness and adopt artificial intelligence technology in public sector organizations to create public value. Despite its numerous benefits, public sector organizations in the Caribbean are lagging in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. AI is a disruptive technology that has become increasingly ubiquitous and pervasive in modern societies. Extremely transformative, they have advanced rapidly, and affect virtually every aspect of our existence, including the way we interact with and transact within society. AI has provided many benefits, which were pre…

Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean Sustainable Development

Toward AI Policies for the Caribbean

Artificial Intelligence offers extraordinary opportunities for accelerating human progress across a range of fields from healthcare and education, to combating climate change and disasters. However, if left unregulated, AI could exacerbate inequalities, undermine human rights and threaten peace.…

Director’s Desk: Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean sustainable development

2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…

AI Governance for the Caribbean

This year, 2023, has seen the advent of increasingly powerful Artificial Intelligence systems becoming available to the public, and greater global discourse around the safety and accuracy of these systems. Caribbean countries are actively engaging with the question of how AI systems should be governed to ensure that this powerful technology is used safely, responsibly and ethically, with a focus on accountability, minimizing risks and maximizing benefits.…

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O catch-up tecnológico da China: uma análise das empresas nacionais (indigenous companies) fabricantes de equipamentos de telecomunicações

Este trabalho é composto de duas partes. Esta segunda parte analisa a evolução do mercado de fabricantes de equipamentos de telecomunicações na China, principalmente mostrando a essencialidade da articulação entre as operadoras de telecomunicações e as políticas públicas do governo chinês para fortalecer as empresas nacionais, as quais tiveram uma trajetória de catch-up tecnológico substancial no período recente, em especial usando como principal elemento para esse sucesso o investimento em inovação. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar o catch-up tecnológico da China no setor de telecomunicaç…

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The Role of Data for SDG Advancement in the Caribbean