Microsoft has launched the AI for Humanitarian Action initiative, a $40m, five-year scheme offering support to developers creating products and tools which help humanity. The project has four areas of focus: human rights, the needs of children, refugees and displaced people and disaster response. It is Microsoft's third such initiative, following the $50m AI for Earth, launched in May this year, and the AI for accessibility programme, announced in 2017.
Microsoft has launched the AI for Humanitarian Action initiative, a $40m, five-year scheme offering support to developers creating products and tools which help humanity. The project has four areas of focus: human rights, the needs of children, refugees and displaced people and disaster response. It is Microsoft's third such initiative, following the $50m AI for Earth, launched in 2017, and the AI for accessibility programme, announced in May this year.