Theme: AI World Society to Examine the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Government Time: 8:30am – 12:00pm, April 25, 2019 Venue: Loeb House, Hazard University, 17 Quincy street, Cambridge, MA 02138 The forthcoming AI World Society – G7 Summit Initiative will focus...
AI World Society Summit 2019
After the great success of the AIWS–G7 Summit Conference with the AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative, Boston Global Forum organize AI World Society (AIWS) Summit to engage governmental leaders, thought leaders, policymakers, scholars, civic-societies, and non-government...
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