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Artificial Intelligence for Good is the theme of a new exhibition at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., showcasing how Swedish companies and organizations are using artificial intelligence to build a more open society, a healthier world and a greener planet.

Ambassador Urban Allin said at the embassy reception that Sweden’s extensive cooperation between industry, academia and government makes it a good place to apply artificial intelligence to public sectors such as clean technology, social sciences, medical research and green food supply chains. Leaders in areas of interest. This includes tracking the mood and health of the cows.

Fitbit for dairy cows

The technology was developed by dairy and agricultural machinery manufacturer DeLaval. The small earring-sized wearable device fits into a cow’s ear and tracks the animal’s activity 24/7, just like a Fitbit, said Joaquin Azocar, the company’s North American market solutions manager.

The tags send signals to receivers located throughout the farm. DeLaval’s AI system analyzes data and looks for correlations in animal activity patterns, trends and deviations to predict whether cows are sick, in heat or not eating well.

Azoka, a trained veterinarian, said dairy farmers are able to learn about changes in animal behavior earlier, which means they can provide treatment earlier, shortening recovery times.

AI midwifery

Progress has also been made in human health applications. Artificial intelligence pelvic floor programs are being developed to identify high-risk cases of pelvic floor injury and facilitate timely intervention to prevent or limit injury.

It was developed by a team of gynecologists and women’s health professionals at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden to help the nearly 20% of women who injure their pelvic floor during childbirth.

Jesica Lindgren, general counsel at international consulting firm BlueStar Strategies, said the exhibition “is a great way to showcase the many ways artificial intelligence can be used in medicine and many other fields.” “It’s important to understand how artificial intelligence develops and affects our daily lives.”

Green solutions using artificial intelligence

The exhibition includes examples of how artificial intelligence can combat climate change, including rising sea levels and declining biodiversity.

AirForestry is developing “technology for precision forestry that will select and harvest trees with complete autonomy.” The company says that “harvesting the right trees in the right place can significantly improve overall carbon sequestration and recovery capabilities.”

Artificial intelligence and defense industry

The exhibition, which outlines the development of artificial intelligence in the defense industry, acknowledges the controversy.

“Due to the complexity and computational power limitations of traditional algorithms, there are exciting possibilities for using artificial intelligence to solve problems that traditional algorithms cannot solve,” the exhibition states. “But this requires thorough consideration of how artificial intelligence should and should not be used. Active participation in AI research is necessary to understand the capabilities and limitations of the technology and help shape its ethical standards.”

Artificial Intelligence and Privacy

Show attendee Quentin Black is an engineer at Axis Communications, a leader in the video surveillance industry. He said the project stems from the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), an EU policy that provides privacy for those in public places whose images can be captured by video surveillance cameras.

Black said European privacy regulations are stricter than those in the United States.

“In the United States, the public doesn’t really have an expectation of privacy; there are cameras everywhere. In Europe, it’s different.” He said the regulation incentivized Axis Communications to develop artificial intelligence that provides privacy.

Axis Live Privacy Shield remotely monitors indoor and outdoor activities while protecting privacy in real time. The technology is free to download, he said.

Black explained the four quadrants shown on the display. A window in the display displays privacy in full-color blocking and uses artificial intelligence to differentiate between people and their environment.

Another window shows only the man’s head covered. The third window shows a pixelated representation of the person’s entire body and their surroundings. Black explains that the last window shows the clogging of the environment and is therefore “the opposite of personal privacy.”

“So, if it’s a top-secret facility or you want to see people walking up to your door and not being able to see your neighbor’s house, then that’s where it could apply,” he said.

tip of the iceberg

“I think everyone is thinking about artificial intelligence, and what I appreciate about Sweden House’s approach to this exhibition is that it emphasizes A thoughtful, scientific, business-oriented and humane philosophy. A guiding view of artificial intelligence in today’s society.”

Although artificial intelligence and machine learning have been around since the 1950s, she said it’s only now that we’re seeing “the contemporary rise and acceleration of artificial intelligence, particularly generative artificial intelligence in areas like large language models.”

“So while big companies and tech companies may want us to speed things up and think this is just terrible or just good, I think it’s a lot more nuanced than that,” she said.