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27/01/2025

When I was working, for example, in one of the leading institutions in the US, I can just ask for patient's name, date of birth, log in, get every single procedure that was performed in the past 15 years.
Because of the lack of digitization in these areas where we have ongoing volatility, a patient may be in one village today, tomorrow you will have conflict and they're in another one. And people don't really leave or migrate with their files in their backpacks like, oh, my health records.

So essentially what we do is help patients capture their medical histories in a digital format. And then we make sure that that record is available at their fingertips, in their phones, but also available for the doctors. And we continue to build on that record to make sure that patients get the best care possible whenever they need it. And that's kind of the capturing side of things, the capturing the data.

So essentially what we do is help patients capture their medical histories in a digital format. And then we make sure that that record is available at their fingertips, in their phones, but also available for the doctors. And we continue to build on that record to make sure that patients get the best care possible whenever they need it. And that's kind of the capturing side of things, the capturing the data.

But what we see with AI or this data economy in general is unfortunately a similar trend we've seen in the past with colonial powers, where now data is the new oil. There is a movement to capture as much data as possible. And for this data to be fed into the AI models that are currently being developed. And it’s being fed the data that exists in mostly the Western world where it's readily accessible, where you have electronic medical records. But when you look at certain villages in Libya or in other countries which are suffering now, going through conflict or have been historically kind of marginalized and underserved, there is not that attention to collecting data. We are not including the full spectrum of humanity. As we continue to build AI, we need to involve other countries in that data collection process, and not just assume that we can build a technology in the West and just parachute in.

The writer William Gibson once said, “The future is already here -- it’s just not evenly distributed.” AI has the power to really make sure that quality of care is evenly distributed to everyone, everywhere.

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A hospital in the cloud bringing health care anywhere in the world
Mohamed Aburawi
266,635 views | TED Fellows Films 2024 | April 2024, 01/2025
What if AI could help c***ect you with the right medical care, exactly when you need it? Health systems entrepreneur, surgeon and TED Fellow Mohamed Aburawi explores how his digital health platform, Speetar, uses AI to bridge the healthcare gap in underserved regions, like his native Libya, by c***ecting patients with doctors who truly understand their needs.

What if AI could help c***ect you with the right medical care, exactly when you need it? Health systems entrepreneur, surgeon and TED Fellow Mohamed Aburawi explores how his digital health platform, Speetar, uses AI to bridge the healthcare gap in underserved regions, like his native Libya, by c***e...

24/01/2025

Cybersecurity Trends for 2025 and Beyond | IBM Technology | 30 December 2024

Read the Cost of a Data Breach report → https://ibm.biz/BdGEHYIn the ever changing landscape cybersecurity landscape, Jeff Crume reviews his predictions for...

23/01/2025

Two-thirds of leaders would not hire someone lacking skills in artificial intelligence, according to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report by Microsoft and LinkedIn. The survey, which polled 31,000 knowledge workers across 31 markets, revealed particularly high agreement in Asia, with 79 percent of leaders in China, 76 percent in Vietnam, and 75 percent in India expressing this view. Regionally, the Asia-Pacific led with 70 percent of leaders prioritizing AI skills, followed by Europe (65 percent), Latin America (60 percent), and North America (57 percent).

Globally, 71 percent of leaders said they would prefer hiring a less experienced candidate with AI skills over a more experienced candidate without them. This sentiment was strongest in Asia-Pacific, where 76 percent agreed, with Thailand leading at 90 percent, followed by Taiwan (84 percent) and China (82 percent). The report also highlighted that 75 percent of workers are already using AI at work, with 78 percent of these users bringing their own AI tools, a trend especially common in small and medium-sized companies.

22/01/2025

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20/01/2025

Hindi is my first language, not English. And for those where English is not your first language, you may understand that it's one thing to be fluent at English and it's another to argue your point in it.

Well, with all of that prep, when I joined the workforce, it got further amplified because corporate environments expect you to show up in a certain way. For you to be successful, you have to be articulate, you have to be the first one to speak, you should be able to hold the space in the room and the list goes on.

Well, 2020, fast forward, as we all know, we became remote workers overnight. And the future of work was here.
Since that day, my company went fully distributed, meaning every single employee could choose every single day where they work from. We have over 12,000 employees working across 3,000 cities and locations in 14 countries.
But we are not a remote company. We are distributed.
We have over 12 physical offices which many of our employees choose to work from. But there is no return to office mandate, no compulsory days, just choice.

We moved to team anywhere and when we were doing that, we had to really get focused in terms of how we work, because where we work is one variable of the equation, but how we work is the most important variable. And there is a spoiler alert for all of you, that we had to get really, really good at collaborating.

First, we had to move to asynchronous ways of working, meaning work happens in its own time. So meetings are not the default. Meetings are the last resort

Second thing we had to focus on was we got really deliberate about how we design our workday. Today, 65 percent of knowledge workers think that it's more important to respond to a notification rather than moving actual work forward.
So we get our teams to really design their day, which is divided in three halves.
One designated time for meeting.
There is designated work block to only do deep work and focused work, and then there is allocated time to do project work with your teams.

The third most important aspect is how do you build real c***ection in a distributed world.
Ninety-two percent of our employees say that they are doing [the] best work of their lives, and one third of them have seen improvement in focus.

Today, the talent is not defined by whether you live close to an office or a city.
When you give people the choice of when and where they work, you are giving them the key to accelerate their full potential.

For me, that is the future of work. Where we stop focusing on when and where the work gets done and start focusing on the how. A world where work works for everyone.

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TEDNext 2024 | October 2024, 01/2025
How distributed work can unlock your potential
Avani Prabhakar
The option to work from home means that work truly works for everyone, says Avani Prabhakar, chief people officer of a large tech company. She explains how flexibility and asynchronous collaboration in a distributed workplace can unlock diverse global talent, level the playing field for introverts and actually increase productivity — without damaging company culture. (Made in partnership with Atlassian)

The option to work from home means that work truly works for everyone, says Avani Prabhakar, chief people officer of a large tech company. She explains how flexibility and asynchronous collaboration in a distributed workplace can unlock diverse global talent, level the playing field for introverts a...

17/01/2025

4 Incredibly Powerful Questions To Ask Yourself Every Day
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Tony and Sage address the source of our human suffering -- the mind’s repetitive thoughts and limiting beliefs -- that shape our emotions and drive our behavior. They discuss “The Work” of their dear friend, Byron Katie, renowned author and teacher whose transformative method of inquiry has
inspired countless individuals worldwide to achieve greater self-awareness and emotional freedom.

Tony and Sage Robbins are excited to share this practical and instructive excerpt from their recent Inner Circle members event as they guide a volunteer thro...

16/01/2025

Number 4 shows how false information is the biggest threat in different regions of the globe.
According to the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risk Report, false information is one of the major threats facing the world, with misinformation and disinformation rated as top risks in many countries. India ranks highest for these risks, with experts identifying them as the most significant threat, surpassing concerns like infectious diseases and inequality.

15/01/2025

How to feed 10 billion people — without destroying nature | Andy Jarvis | TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Food | June 2024
Feeding 10 billion people without wrecking the planet means rethinking protein, from plant-based and fermented foods to lab-grown meat that tastes like the real thing. Presenting an exciting menu of sustainable options, food futurist Andy Jarvis highlights innovations, investments and policies that could help drastically lower our carbon footprint and provide everyone with the nourishment they need — without telling anyone what to eat.

Feeding 10 billion people without wrecking the planet means rethinking protein, from plant-based and fermented foods to lab-grown meat that tastes like the real thing. Presenting an exciting menu of sustainable options, food futurist Andy Jarvis highlights innovations, investments and policies that....

14/01/2025

Over 300 blind users tested these glasses which allowed independent navigation without a cane. https://link.ie.social/SJYsZv

Romanian startup .lumen is transforming mobility for the visually impaired with innovative glasses that combine self-driving technology and haptic guidance to replicate the essential functions of a guide dog.

13/01/2025

Working on Roman's AI and being able to talk to him again helped me grieve. It helped me get over one of the hardest periods in my life. I saw first hand how an AI can help someone, and I decided to build an AI that would help other people feel better.

This is how Replika, an app that allows you to create an AI friend that's always there for you, was born. And it did end up helping millions of people. Every day we see how our AI friends make a real difference in people's lives.

Earlier this year, "Nature" published our first study with Stanford, showing how Replika improves emotional well-being for people and even curbed suicidal ideation in three percent of the cases. And Harvard released a paper showing how Replika helps reduce loneliness.

So today I want to talk about the dangers of AI companions, the potential of this new tech, and how we can build it in ways that can benefit us as humans.

Today we're going through a loneliness crisis. Levels of loneliness and social isolation are through the roof. Levels of social isolation have increased dramatically over the past 20 years. And it's not just about suffering emotionally, it's actually killing us. Loneliness increases the risk of premature death by 50 percent. It is linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. And for older adults, social isolation increases the risk of dementia by 50 percent.

At the same time, AI is advancing at such a fast pace that very soon we'll be able to build an AI that can act as a better companion to us than real humans. Imagine an AI that knows you so well, can understand and adapt to us in ways that no person is able to. Once we have that, we're going to be even less likely to interact with each other. We can't resist our social media and our phones, arguably "dumb" machines.
What are we going to do when our machines are smarter than us?

There's all this talk about what AI can do for us, and very little about what AI might do to us

In the end of the day, today's loneliness crisis wasn't brought to us by AI companions. We got here on our own with mobile phones, with social media. And I don't think we're able to just disc***ect anymore, to just put down our phones and touch grass and talk to each other instead of scrolling our feeds. We're way past that point. I think that the only solution is to build the tech that is even more powerful than the previous one, so it can bring us back together.

Imagine an AI friend that sees me going on my Twitter feed first thing in the morning and nudges me to get off to go outside, to look at the sky, to think about what I'm grateful for.
Or an AI that tells you, "Hey, I noticed you haven't talked to your friend for a couple of weeks. Why don't you reach out, ask him how he's doing?"
Or an AI that, in the heat of the argument with your partner, helps you look at it from a different perspective and helps you make up?
An AI that is 100 percent of the time focused on helping you live a happier life, and always has your best interests in mind.

So how do we get to that future?
First, I want to tell you what I think we shouldn't be doing. The most important thing is to not focus on engagement, is to not optimize for engagement or any other metric that's not good for us as humans. When we do have these powerful AIs that want the most of our time and attention, we won't have any more time left to c***ect with each other, and most likely, this relationship won't be healthy either. Relationships that keep us addicted are almost always unhealthy, codependent, manipulative, even toxic. Yet today, high engagement numbers is what we praise all AI companion companies for.

Another thing I found really concerning is building AI companions for kids. Kids and teenagers have tons of opportunities to c***ect with each other, to make new friends at school and college. Yet today, some of them are already spending hours every day talking to AI characters. And while I do believe that we will be able to build helpful AI companions for kids one day, I just don’t think we should be doing it now, until we know that we're doing a great job with adults.

Another thing I found really concerning is building AI companions for kids. Kids and teenagers have tons of opportunities to c***ect with each other, to make new friends at school and college. Yet today, some of them are already spending hours every day talking to AI characters. And while I do believe that we will be able to build helpful AI companions for kids one day, I just don’t think we should be doing it now, until we know that we're doing a great job with adults.

We should stop designing only for productivity and we should start designing for happiness.

Researchers at Harvard are doing a longitudinal study on human flourishing, and I believe that we need what I call the human flourishing metric for AI. It's broader than just happiness. At the end of the day, I can be unhappy, say, I lost someone, but still thrive in life. Flourishing is a state in which all aspects of life are good. The sense of meaning and purpose, close social c***ections, happiness, life satisfaction, mental and physical health.

And if we start designing AI with this goal in mind, we can move from a substitute of human relationships to something that can enrich them. And if we build this, we will have the most profound technology that will heal us and bring us back together.

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16,109 views | TEDAI San Francisco | October 2024, 01/2025
Can AI companions help heal loneliness?
Eugenia Kuyda
AI companions could either be the cure to our loneliness epidemic … or humanity's final downfall, says Eugenia Kuyda, creator of Replika — an app that allows you to create AI friends. She explores the potential of this technology to either exacerbate isolation or encourage c***ection, advocating for an AI whose success is driven not by clicks and screen time but by human happiness and flourishing.

AI companions could either be the cure to our loneliness epidemic … or humanity's final downfall, says Eugenia Kuyda, creator of Replika — an app that allows you to create AI friends. She explores the potential of this technology to either exacerbate isolation or encourage c***ection, advocating...

10/01/2025

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09/01/2025

The telecom sector surged 38.9%, and IT rose 35.7% YTD in 2024, driven by the rise of generative AI and 5G 🤖
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