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04/09/2018

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10/20/2017

GovernmentCIO Magazine hosted its inaugural 'CXO Tech Forum' yesterday and welcomed thought leaders from Congress, federal health agencies and departments, and the private sector to discuss the future of Health IT. Read about it here https://goo.gl/RrJL32.

10/18/2017

Our fourth "Powering AI Through Crowdsourcing" blog piece examines how a team of researchers at the University of Austin at Texas are developing an intelligent AI-based search engine at scale. Learn about their project here https://goo.gl/kNShpk.

10/06/2017

The Senate recently passed its defense spending bill for the 2018 fiscal year. Unsurprisingly, it calls for hundreds of billions of dollars in spending. But what might come as a surprise are the specific calls to improve transparency and efficiency through digital technology. Read how this legislation aims to create a more modern and open government. https://goo.gl/SNM6Bn

10/04/2017

The Open Government Initiative's final co-ceation workshop took place last week to finalize the government's approach to adopting Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Open Data. We had the opportunity to participate and work alongside emerging technology thought leaders from the public and private sectors, along with nonprofit organizations and acadamia. Here's what you might might expect to see when the goals are officially released later this month https://goo.gl/w7Pks8.

09/29/2017

As we continue our "Powering AI Through Crowdsourcing" blog series, learn about Jeff Bezos's first major philanthropy initiative, which will be guided by crowdsourcing and AI technology

In June, Amazon’s Founder & CEO Jeff Bezos launched a crowdsourcing campaign

09/26/2017

The National Day of Civic Hacking brought together innovators from around the country to tackle governemnts' greatest challenges. Fore a recap of the events that took place in Washington, D.C. at the Sibley Innovation Hub, click here.

On September 23rd, cities from around the United States participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking, a series of volunteer hackathon events designed to facilitate private-public sector collaboration and problem solving by introducing technologists to government innovation opportunities. Each h...

09/21/2017

The CROWDSOURCING WEEK Seattle Summit is only two weeks away! To preview the event, we held a Q&A with Founder & CEO, Epi Ludvik Nekaj.

We are just two weeks away from the Crowdsourcing Week Seattle Summit! On October 5th, learn about trending​ ​topics​ ​such​ ​as​ ​collective​ ​intelligence​ ​(AI​ ​+​ ​HI),​ ​microtasking,​ ​crowdsourcing​ ​in​ ​machine learning​ ​and the​ ​gaming​ ​industry,​ ​the​ ​latest​ ​developments​ ​in​ ​cr...

09/20/2017

As part of our "Powering AI Through Crowdsourcing" blog series, learn how District Department of Transportation and Mayor Bowser are leveraging crowdsourcing to prevent traffic deaths in Washington, D.C.

Road traffic is the 9th leading cause of death every year. It is responsible for taking 1 million lives around the world each year, 30,000 of which occur in the United States.

09/14/2017

We are pleased to announce the completion of another successful crowdsourcing challenge with the CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network! Meet the three winners of the 'Enviro Health App Challenge' and learn how they are helping us better understand potential health hazards caused by location-specific environmental conditions. https://goo.gl/1GeikM

09/13/2017

We are thrilled to be working with The Nature Conservancy to help one of the world's largest and biodiverse lakes sustain its rich ecosystem. Read how crowdsourcing innovation will help that four African countries so heavily depend on. Blog post:

The Nature Conservancy, a leading global nonprofit focused on protecting the lands and waters we all need to survive, launched a prize challenge last week with SensisChallenges.

09/11/2017

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry is increasingly adopting crowdsourcing as a way to accelerate its development. To further explore this relationship, we're publishing a blog series that will feature different examples of crowdsourcing's vital role in the AI boom.

Our first post discusses how crowdsourcing is currently being leveraged to solve one of AI's greatest challenges, the 'analogy gap.' Check it out here:

Since the invention of the Turing machine in the early 20th century, computers have become increasingly adept at crunching massive collections of data. Under the guidance of Moore’s Law, modern computers are now a trillion-fold more powerful as scientists continue to pack more punch into microchips.