Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2023-2024

1101Ushering in the Intelligent Age The application of AI has opened up countless new possibilities in information access, AI programmes and the future of movement – shaping the global outlook. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Malaysia has launched an Artificial Intelligence for Citizens (AI Untuk Rakyat) programme in collaboration with the Malaysian government. The programme aims to raise public literacy on AI, and open opportunities to deepen the technological knowledge essential in the digital world (see case study 1). Meanwhile, the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Rwanda has launched a pilot programme leveraging large language models (LLMs) to support key healthcare workers in remote regions through a translation model for low-resource languages (see case study 3). The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE has launched two programmes on AI: AI and Creativity, and the AI fellowship. The programme aims to harness the transformative potential of AI through collaboration within the network of centres (see Collaborations). The fellowship is designed to bridge the gap between AI experts, innovators and regulators across the globe. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Azerbaijan has introduced an AI and energy programme, aiming to identify leading use cases of AI integration in Azerbaijan’s energy sector to optimize energy usage and improve the understanding of the energy transition (see case study 7). The Centre for Trustworthy Technology (CTT) in Texas, USA has published several point-of-view papers, focusing on the application and impact of AI in various industries. One key paper has explored the current debate around the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the media industry and the technical and ethical implications of GenAI on media integrity. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has launched the AI for India 2030 initiative to position India as a global leader in AI development and adoption. The initiative’s advisory council and expert groups have contributed towards enabling AI playbooks for priority sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing in the micro, small and medium enterprises, and for an AI sandbox. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia, with the global AVIATE (Advancing Aviation Innovation and Autonomous Technologies) initiative, is prioritizing the future of movement and advanced air mobility (AAM) applications in several of its programmes, following the country’s Vision 2030 strategy. As part of its autonomous mobility programme, the centre has published a white paper on autonomous mobility, which serves as a framework for countries and regions around the world to bring autonomous and smart mobility to scale (see case study 2). The next steps will focus on advancing AAM applications in Saudi Arabia, collaborating with local stakeholders to leverage a newly designated air corridor and identifying key societally relevant use cases.