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From human rights to mathematical research: how AI is being applied for good
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While many fear the potential dangers of AI, some experts across the cybersecurity and human rights communities want to wield it as a tool for good.
Key facts
- CHEMI LHAMO: They're outside of Waldorf Hotel in Washington, D.C., which is hosting the Chinese government's dictator Xi Jinping
- ANJANA RAJAN: What does this future of technology look like as things become more software-defined and now increasingly more AI-defined
- So let's start right here in D.C. The Human Rights Foundation was hosting a hackathon with 10 activists from around the world, plus a big team of software developers and coders
- She's the former assistant national cyber director at the White House under President Biden
Summary
AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:. Foreign governments are using AI to hunt for vulnerabilities in systems they want to break into. NPR cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin has stories about people using AI for good. JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: Hey. The reporter has been reporting on technology and all the ways it can be abused and exploited for the last decade or so, but the reporter does have a little bit of hope after this week.