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When "AI for Good" Goes Wrong

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What do AI-enabled rhino collars in South Africa, computer-vision pest-detection drones in the Punjab farmlands, and wearable health devices in rural Malawi have in common? The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture funds projects involving many such AI-enabled technologies as farmers face the vagaries of the climate crisis.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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