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    Google pledges $25 million toward AI solutions for social issues

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    10.29.2018

    Google isn't just backing away from its military AI contract, it's promising to use that computational power for more positive purposes. The company has launched an AI for Social Good program that will unify engineering and research efforts dedicated toward noble causes, such as conserving wildlife, finding jobs, predicting floods and anticipating health risks. The effort will tap experts outside of Google for help, but that's not the only approach -- it's calling for ideas from non-experts, too.