About WIPO
WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation. We are a self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 193 member states.Activities by WIPO
UNESCO High-level discussion on AI in the audio-visual industry (2023)
GlobalA high-level discussion on AI in the audio-visual industry that brought together film stakeholders and AI experts to voice diverse perspectives on the challenges and opportunities presented by AI in the cultural and creative sectors. Recommendations from the discussion highlighted the need for inclusive and participatory international guidelines and standards that are human-centered.
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsPolicy/Regulatory GuidanceNetworks/Mentorship/ExchangeGlobal Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Health (GI-AI4H)
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The GI-AI4H is a global collaboration initiative led by ITU, WHO, and WIPO, dedicated to ensuring that AI improves health outcomes ethically and equitably. Its work is centered on three pillars:
• Enable: Develop International standards, governance, and ethical frameworks for safe use of AI in Health.
• Facilitate: Promote knowledge and data sharing, foster multi-stakeholder partnerships and strengthen global cooperation.
• Implement: Support scalable real-world deployment of AI in health, especially in low-resource settings.
The initiative delivers benchmarking tools, policy guidance, innovation insights, and best practices to build trusted AI-enabled health systems and its ultimate goal is to make AI-driven healthcare trustworthy, inclusive, sustainable, and accessible worldwide.
AI and IP Strategy Clearing House
Global Not ApplicableAI is becoming a strategic capability for many governments across the globe. Strategies for the development of AI capacity and AI regulatory measures are being adopted with increasing frequency. The Clearing House collates and publishes the main government instruments of relevance to AI and IP.
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsWIPO Speech-to-Text
GlobalWIPO speech-to-text (S2T) is a homemade transcription tool for conferences. It generates an automatic transcript, which becomes available a few minutes after the meeting. This transcript can be further cascaded through WIPO Translate in order to generate UN-6 language reports (always synchronized with the original video). It has been successfully used in other organizations.
Activity Type AI Tools/Solutions