Applying AI to help solve society’s biggest challenges and improve lives

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As AI redefines what’s possible, it also creates new ways to be helpful. Helping solve society’s challenges has always been core to our work.

AI can be applied in ways that benefit humanity. Our mission is to demonstrate AI’s societal benefit by enabling real-world value, with projects spanning work in accessibility, science, education, economic impact, and society. We believe that the best way to drive positive change in underserved communities is by partnering with change-makers and the organizations they serve.

Access

AI-driven solutions to help everyone reach their full potential

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Project Relate

Google’s Project Relate is an Android app that helps individuals with non-standard speech communicate more easily. By offering speech-to-text transcription, clear voice repetition, and Google Assistant interaction, it enables users to express themselves and manage daily tasks effectively.

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Monk Skin Tone

In partnership with Harvard professor and sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk, Google released a new skin tone scale designed to be more inclusive of the spectrum of skin tones we see in our society. The Monk Skin Tone Scale will help us and the tech industry at large build more representative datasets so we can train and evaluate AI models for fairness, resulting in features and products that work better for people of all skin tones.

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Language Inclusion

There are over 7,000 languages spoken around the world. To date, few of these languages have been well represented online. To capture the diversity of how we communicate globally, Google has built an AI model to help people connect and better understand the world around them.

Climate

Rapid response powered by AI innovation

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Flood forecasting

Our AI-powered flood forecasting platform can predict when and where riverine flooding will occur up to seven days in advance.

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Green Light

Our AI tool measures driving trends at intersections and develops recommendations that city traffic engineers can use to optimize the timing of traffic light changes to reduce stop-and-go traffic.

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Wildfire tracking

Our alerts, simulation models, and wildfire risk forecasting systems are helping provide accurate wildfire information to affected communities and fire authorities.

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Project Contrails

We’re working with the airline industry to develop contrail forecast maps using AI-based predictions, allowing pilots and airlines to optimize routes that avoid creating climate-warming contrails.

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Calling in Our Corals - SurfPerch

Our AI model can expedite the process of finding solutions to preserve and restore coral reefs, developed in collaboration with Google researchers and enriched by contributions from citizen scientists on the Calling in Our Corals.

Economic Opportunity

Bolstering potential through AI skilling

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Helping Oklahomans upskill with AI

We’re expanding the Grow with Google initiative in Oklahoma by offering free AI training to over 10,000 residents through the Google AI Essentials course. Oklahoma is also providing Google’s free Generative AI for Educators course to help teachers save time and improve student learning.

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Google.org AI Opportunity Fund

We provide grants to best-in-class workforce development organizations like Goodwill and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) to help provide AI skills training and the Google AI Essentials course to rural and underserved communities, educators and students, public sector workers, nonprofit leaders and small businesses, at no cost.

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Helping small businesses grow with AI

Google.org has provided $10 million in funding to America's SBDC, a national network of centers that offers resources to small businesses, to support the creation of America’s SBDC AI U. The curriculum will include an AI workshop offered by Grow with Google to help small businesses take advantage of Google’s AI-powered tools. The no-cost workshop is also available on demand.

GOVERNMENT INNOVATION

Helping governments innovate with AI

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City of Memphis

Helping cities identify and repair potholes.

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Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Gaining more equitable access to civic services.

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Comune di Padova

Keeping local citizens informed in real time.

HEALTHCARE

Redefining the future of healthcare technology

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AI for breast cancer screening

Google’s AI integrates into breast cancer screening workflows to help radiologists identify breast cancers sooner and more effectively.

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Open Health Stack

Google’s Open Health Stack equips Kenyan healthcare workers with digital tools to improve patient care.

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ARDA

Preventing blindness by detecting diabetic retinopathy with AI.

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Ultrasound

Google’s AI ultrasound tools improve diagnostic accuracy and access in maternal and fetal healthcare.

LEARNING AND EDUCATION

AI tools to expand curiosity and deepen understanding

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Read Along

Google’s Read Along app helps children improve their reading skills by offering interactive stories and personalized feedback. The app listens as children read aloud and provides real-time support and encouragement, making learning to read fun and engaging.

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DataKind’s work with John Jay College

How using AI with support from Google.org helped increase senior graduation rates.

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Experience AI

Developed in collaboration by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, Experience AI supports teachers in the exciting area of AI, and gets young people passionate about the subject.

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Google DeepMind supports AIMS to launch new AI for Science Masters

We partnered with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), to launch a pan-African AI for Science Master’s program, which enables students to pursue research that applies AI solutions to key scientific challenges at both a regional and global level.

Science

Unlocking new frontiers in scientific discovery

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Connectomics

Google's neural mapping project advances our understanding of the brain by developing AI models to map neural connections, aiding research on brain function and neurological disorders.

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AlphaFold

Accelerating research in nearly every field of biology.

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AlphaMissense

Cataloging genetic mutations to help pinpoint the cause of diseases.

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Genomics

Mapping the genes in human DNA to improve the treatment of disease.