Machine learning

"Learn without explicit programming, using examples, to develop a model that can make decisions." - Google.org

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cosmos.gl
cosmos.gl/?path=/docs/welcome-to-cosmos-gl--docs

cosmos.gl

a high-performance WebGL library for visualizing network graphs and machine learning embeddings.

Network visualizations, Machine learning, Civic data
Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10346175

Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms

This study aimed to develop accurate short-term air quality forecasting models for Asunción, Paraguay using machine learning algorithms.

Asunción, Paraguay
Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and sensors, Machine learning
Amazon Mining Watch
amazonminingwatch.org/en

Amazon Mining Watch

Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of gold mining activities in the Amazonian countries.

Environmental data, Satellites, Artificial Intelligence
Algorithmic Accountability in the UK - How FOIA Sheds Light on Automated Welfare
era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/43635

Algorithmic Accountability in the UK - How FOIA Sheds Light on Automated Welfare

This study examines 51 Freedom of Information requests to reveal how the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions uses opaque data-driven fraud detection systems in welfare, highlighting the limited tran...

The University of Edinburgh
since 2025
Peer-reviewed research, Academia, Artificial Intelligence
Woolaroo
artsandculture.google.com/experiment/ZwE32qj5E_ls6w?cp=eyJsYW5nIjoiZW4iLCJobCI6ImVuIiwidGFyZ2V0X2xhbmciOiJpZ2EifQ

Woolaroo

Explore endangered languages using AI. Let your camera translate the world around you.

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Translation and linguistic representation, Media, Cameras
culture, Google
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387825000045?via%3Dihub&utm_source=Burnes+Center+List&utm_campaign=8431a0ebb1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8331c04252-44815c7f8e-683651584

The uneven reach of the state: A novel approach to mapping local state presence

A machine learning model trains on geo-located survey data to predict state presence.

Norway (Norge, Noreg) 🇳🇴
since 2025
Peer-reviewed research, Govtech, Artificial Intelligence
surveillance
Using publicly available satellite imagery and deep learning to understand economic well-being in Africa
nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16185-w

Using publicly available satellite imagery and deep learning to understand economic well-being in Africa

Article in Nature by Christopher Yeh, Anthony Perez, Anne Driscoll, George Azzari, Zhongyi Tang, David Lobell, Stefano Ermon & Marshall Burke

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, Satellites
No poverty
deeplearningindaba.com

Deep Learning Indaba

Annual meeting of the African machine learning and AI community.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Meet the others
Connect (GOV.UK)
ai.gov.uk/projects/connect

Connect (GOV.UK)

i.AI are using AI to match capacity to demand in the Grid connections queue

10 Downing Street
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning
Affordable and clean energy, United Kingdom (government)
Using machine learning to help vulnerable tenants in New York City
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3314344.3332484?casa_token=dQH4Ed6Iw7UAAAAA:8oFKH5kidaP9aBqus-UIS45GwDb4QvqPTd1tG7HmZKxsiMzkF3Ag2VKDo8sxRQV5rFvSOjSpkHw

Using machine learning to help vulnerable tenants in New York City

Our best-performing model can potentially help TSU find 59% more buildings where tenants face landlord harassment than the current outreach method using the same resources.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2019
Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Communicating with the people
housing
Climate Intelligence (CLINT)
climateintelligence.eu

Climate Intelligence (CLINT)

The CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE – alias CLINT – project is a European-funded project whose main objective is to develop an Artificial Intelligence framework composed of Machine Learning techniques and algori...

Europe
Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
Climate action
LAPD to use AI to analyze body cam videos for officers' language use
latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-22/lapd-to-use-ai-to-analyze-body-cam-videos-for-officers-language-use

LAPD to use AI to analyze body cam videos for officers' language use

One of multiple studies in the US using artificial intelligence to analyze the tone and word choice police officers use, to determine whether it leads to unnecessarily escalations with the public.

Los Angeles, CA
since 2023
Generative AI, Machine learning, Open justice
police violence, policing, labor
Hugging Face
huggingface.co

Hugging Face

The HF Hub is the central place to explore, experiment, collaborate and build technology with Machine Learning.

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Machine learning
Fingerspelling
fingerspelling.xyz

Fingerspelling

Fingerspelling.xyz is a browser-based app that uses a webcam and machine learning to analyze your hand shapes so you can learn to sign the ASL alphabet correctly.

Assistive and Accessible Tech, Games and gamification, Machine learning
2023 Webby Awards
Deepfakes for good
theconversation.com/deepfakes-are-being-used-for-good-heres-how-193170

Deepfakes for good

An article tracking the development of pro-social deepfakes, despite the vast majority consisting of pornographic images of women

Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Deepfakes
LandOS
earthshot.eco/landos

LandOS

LandOS facilitates project design, due diligence, finance and certification – all key to unlocking supply at scale.

Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, Artificial Intelligence
Climate action, sustainability, Sustainable cities and communities
Botcheck
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/botcheck-me

Botcheck

This project uses advanced machine learning techniques to detect propaganda accounts on Twitter.

Media, Fight disinformation, Machine learning
X (Twitter), extensions
Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
cswaccelerator.com

Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator

AI/ML fueled social impact venture accelerator, powered by Alchemist. Leveraging entrepreneurship, data, etc. to help solve our community's pressing challenges!

Accelerators, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning
Machine Learning and the Rule of Law
web.archive.org/web/20220307234212/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3302507

Machine Learning and the Rule of Law

Predictive judicial analytics holds the promise of increasing the fairness of law.

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, Machine learning
research
Perspective
perspectiveapi.com

Perspective

Perspective is an API that uses machine learning to spot abuse and harassment online.

Google, 8th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, Machine learning
APIs, harassment
Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning
arxiv.org/abs/1906.05433

Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning

Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate.

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
Climate action, research
Assembl
bluenove.com/en/offers/assembl

Assembl

Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short...

Paris
since 2014
Civic forums, Engagement tech, Online forums
ChatGPT
Fora
cortico.ai/platform

Fora

Human-Led + AI-Supported Listening

68 Harrison Ave Boston
since 2016
Artificial Intelligence, Engagement tech, Group decision making
apps
Autogrid Flex
auto-grid.com

Autogrid Flex

Flex, the company’s flagship product, predicts and controls tens of thousands of energy resources from millions of customers by ingesting, storing, and managing petabytes of data from trillions of end...

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech
Sustainable cities and communities
Programa de Derechos Humanos
ibero.mx/prensa/fosas-desenterrando-la-verdad-clandestina

Programa de Derechos Humanos

El Programa de Derechos Humanos busca, desde su creación en el año de 1998, contribuir a la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en México a través de la investigación con pertinencia social, la inc...

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
since 1998
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
Innowatts
innowatts.com

Innowatts

A startup developing an automated toolkit for energy monitoring and management

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
Climate action
ML5js
ml5js.org

ML5js

ml5.js aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser,...

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech
Hate speech: measures and counter-measures
web.archive.org/web/20220201234222/https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/hate-speech-measures-and-counter-measures

Hate speech: measures and counter-measures

Measuring, analysing and countering online hate speech with advanced computational methods

96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, UK
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
harassment, hate speech, racial equity
Facebook AI mapping for humanitarian aid and development
ai.facebook.com/blog/mapping-the-world-to-help-aid-workers-with-weakly-semi-supervised-learning

Facebook AI mapping for humanitarian aid and development

Building on our previous publication of similar high-resolution population maps for 22 countries, we're now releasing new maps of the majority of the African continent, and the project will eventually...

Palo Alto
Artificial Intelligence, Civic data, Data visualization
Facebook
Managing uncertainty in government modelling
web.archive.org/web/20201128195845/https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/quantifying-uncertainty-and-preserving-privacy-synthetic-data-sets

Managing uncertainty in government modelling

Understanding the balance between utility, privacy and the uncertainty associated with synthetic data sets

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Artificial Intelligence, Deep learning, Emerging Tech Report Tools
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