Thoughts from the CEO – Building a More Responsive Society
Data is a double-edged sword. On one hand, we need the numbers in order for government and institutional leaders to develop and, ultimately, implement programs for law and policy change. On the other, such a narrow focus on the numbers
How Spain is Producing Data to Stop Hate Speech in its Tracks
An elusive subject like “hate speech” with a definitive object like “data” are rarely paired together - at least not effectively. Why? Because social issues - like hate speech - don’t exactly translate into hard numbers. On social media, derogatory
Tuning Into the Right Voice to Guide UN Sustainable Development Goals
The year 2030 has a lot to live up to - it’s the appointed year for all member states to meet the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals as defined in its agenda. Effectively implementing the objectives of the 17
World Summit Awards confirms Citibeats as the best Civic Analytics platform
Barcelona based startup awarded for world’s best Government and Citizen Engagement product. Citibeats is the first company in history to win the World Summit Awards twice. The company has been officially recognized as the first AI for measuring the UN
Citibeats is one of the WORLD SUMMIT AWARD WINNERS 2018!
Citibeats RANKS BETWEEN 40 BEST DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIAL IMPACT IN THE WORLD 2018 We are very happy to let you know that Citibeats was selected by the WSA Grand Jury as one of the WORLD SUMMIT AWARD WINNERS in the category
Social Coin at Smart City Expo World Congress 2018
Social Coin will be at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2018, where we will present our advanced, AI-powered text analytics platform, Citibeats, under the Governance & Finance category, in Hall 2, Street D (get a hold of the venue
Weak vs Strong AI: Our not too distant future
At this point there’s no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all around us, and it’s here to stay. The question, now, is: what is AI? Is it a unitary, coherent thing? The answer is no, and the topic is
Out of the loop: How disconnected leaders fail to predict major events
Engage citizens For years, we’ve been using the same tools to predict major world events: polls, surveys, financial markets, civic analysis. But in recent years, these tools have failed us. The election of Donald Trump in the U.S., Brexit vote in
An -unequal- World of Data
Marc Puig, CTO This is the second post from Marc's series about Artificial Intelligence, you can read the first one 'AI, an innovation from the 2nd century B.C.' here. The challenge is for AI to help reduce inequalities instead of increasing them. Ever
Why should cities bet on the Sustainable Development Goals?
The UN Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) aim to vastly improve outcomes in poverty reduction, healthcare, climate action and urbanization by 2030. One of the SDGs specifically addresses cities: Goal 11 is to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient