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AI, Technology, and Digital Solutions for Sustainable Development

The latest advancements continue to amaze. Similarly, companies, institutions, and individuals keep thinking about how these progresses can contribute to building a better world.

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Artificial intelligence (AI), digital technology, and other advancements can be essential in solving global problems such as climate change, food shortages, insecurity, and the lack of economic inclusion. 

AI can maximize the use of natural resources and predict climate trends, helping mitigate climate change's consequences. 

Additionally, fintech innovations are expanding the availability of financial services, enabling more individuals to participate in the global economy.

The most powerful tool in this field is one that many of us have at our fingertips: our mobile devices. 

This phenomenon highlights the indispensable nature of mobile phones as gateways to services and opportunities in an increasingly digitalized era.

Read the blog: Three Smart Phone Trends Bringing Us Closer to an Inclusive Digital Future

With the advent of new mobility options, there is a clear trend towards individuals and families adopting electric vehicles. 

However, public transportation remains an ongoing challenge in many cities in Latin America and the Caribbean, where congestion, disorganization, and lack of basic infrastructure are part of everyday life. 

The new technological paradigm offers great opportunities to combine the advantages of this new situation, enabling us to evolve new ways of doing things while addressing the significant challenges facing transportation.

Read the blog: Nine Transportation Challenges That Technology Could Solve

Another area where new technologies are making an impact is health, especially in remote locations with a shortage of healthcare facilities or medical personnel, where it is unlikely to meet needs promptly. 

Predictive AI imaging diagnostic techniques based on deep learning and machine learning have rapidly evolved in recent years. 

Since the diagnosis of symptomatic skin diseases is primarily based on the appearance of lesions, AI image analysis techniques are particularly promising.

Read the blog: Artificial Intelligence for Early Diagnosis of Tropical Diseases

Undoubtedly, artificial intelligence, digital technology, and other advancements are playing a crucial role in solving global problems such as climate change, food shortages, insecurity, and the lack of financial inclusion. 

These technologies optimize resource use, predict trends, and expand access to essential services and economic opportunities. 

The adoption of mobile devices and new mobility options, along with innovations in fintech and medical diagnostics, underscores the transformative potential of technology to build a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Authors

José Baig

José is the editor of IDB Invest's Sustainable Business blog.

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