A look at the blossoming machine-learning community in Africa, where IBM and Google are trying to use AI to tackle challenges like hunger, poverty, and disease (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review)

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:
A look at the blossoming machine-learning community in Africa, where IBM and Google are trying to use AI to tackle challenges like hunger, poverty, and disease  —  In the last few years, the machine-learning community has blossomed, applying the technology to challenges like food security and health care.

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