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Using data to address complex challenges<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Foundations all over the world are grappling with their role in the emerging field of data and artificial intelligence but despite the potential of using data for social good, philanthropy isn\u2019t engaging in this field fast enough, and is well behind other sectors.  What does philanthropy need to build more capacity in this area?  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Foundations all over the world are grappling with their role in the emerging field of data and artificial intelligence. The field is fraught with potential controversy but also with possibility. Data has the potential to help us work at a larger scale than ever before, be more efficient, and solve problems more effectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the potential, philanthropy isn\u2019t engaging in this field fast enough, and is well behind other sectors. Very few big foundations have the capacity or technical knowledge to either shape innovations or make sense of which ones to back, and when they do get involved they face complex challenges about transparency, ownership and ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the retreat<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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This three-day gathering brought together pioneering global funders to explore how data can help cross-sector partnerships address complex problems, and the role of philanthropy in this. The retreat built on SIX\u2019s latest global scan and research highlighting how data is being used in different ways for social good, the challenges in this field and how philanthropy is and can be engaging in this work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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