AI for Good Depends on Global Cooperation, Says ITU's Doreen Bogdan-Martin

AI for Good depends on global cooperation, says ITU's Doreen Bogdan-Martin

“Connectivity is an enabler, but it’s not evenly distributed,” says Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the ITU. In a conversation with GZERO’s Tony Maciulis at the 2025 AI for Good Summit in Geneva, Bogdan-Martin lays out the urgent global challenge: a widening digital divide in AI access, policy, and infrastructure. “Only 32 countries have meaningful compute capacity. And 85% don’t have an AI strategy.”She calls for investment in local …

AI for Good Summit closes with bold vision for standards, inclusion, human potential

Over 20,000 participants join, in person or online, global summit exploring how AI can drive social impact, from health and education to accessibility and ethics - Anadolu Ajansı

‘Inclusion is not a trend, it’s a standard we must build’

This week Women in Solar+ Europe gives voice to Jesús Alijarde, founder and CEO of Spain's Ibersyd / Cerfo. He says one of the earliest biases he had to confront was the idea of men as protectors of women. "It may sound noble, but in practice, it reinforces inequality," he states.When I reflect on gender equality in the solar industry, I see a sector that mirrors many others where technical work, design, and financial management intersect. The b…