In the last few years, the machine-learning community has blossomed, applying the technology to challenges like food security and health care, writes Karen Hao.
Travel headaches: The difficulties associated with travelling both within and beyond the continent have often left its researchers out of the international conversation.
Despite the odds: The machine learning sector in Africa is flourishing. IBM and Google have opened AI research labs in Africa, and ICLR, a major AI research conference, will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next year.
The promise: Africa might offer a context in which AI can return to its original promise: creating technology that tackles pressing global challenges like hunger, poverty, and disease. Its vast number of languages are helping to improve natural-language understanding, too. And it offers a large pool of young, skilled, and ambitious researchers. Read the full story here.
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