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About this course

As AI technologies become increasingly ubiquitous across governments and public services, cities have taken on a larger role in governing, monitoring, and overseeing its use. Cities have become innovation hubs for AI governance. How will cities reconcile the risks and benefits of AI use? These and other questions will be explored in this self paced online course.

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at learners who have an interest in AI and the role that cities can play at a more localised level.

What will you learn?

By the end of this course you will have an understanding of the responsible use and design of AI at the local level. 

Topics overview: Some of the areas that this course will look at include energy, education, social care, housing etc. all at the local level

How much time you need to invest: This course should take approximately 60 minutes to complete

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for entry to this online course 

Course Certificate: A course certificate will be generated on the successful completion of the final quiz

Course Developers: This course has been developed by AI Ethics in cooperation with Stefaan Verhulst of the Governance Laboratory at New York University

Course Contact: In case of technical troubleshooting or questions, please reach out to fairforward@giz.de

Course License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0


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