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#  \#ThisWeekInData January 17, 2020 

 





A Weekly Roundup of the Latest Civic Data News

 

January 17, 2020

 

 

- January 17, 2020
- [Civic Data](/civic-data)

##  State Scoop: [Sidewalk Labs Pilots AI-Powered Recycling System](https://statescoop.com/sidewalk-labs-pilots-ai-powered-recycling-system-in-quayside-preview/)

 Sidewalk Labs is testing a recycling pilot that will utilize artificial intelligence-powered imaging to test waste management technologies that could potentially be used in their sibling smart-neighborhood project in Toronto, [Quayside](https://statescoop.com/tag/quayside/). The three-month test will examine whether regular feedback on recycling practices can improve them over time.

##  American City & Country: [How Artificial Intelligence Helps Smaller Municipalities Manage Road Maintenance](https://www.americancityandcounty.com/2020/01/09/how-artificial-intelligence-helps-smaller-municipalities-manage-road-maintenance/)

 RoadBotics, an infrastructure technology company, has been using artificial intelligence to assist smaller municipalities from falling behind on road assessments and repairs. The AI-based assessments have been allowing cities to make faster, data-driven budgeting decisions.

##  State Tech Magazine: [Q&A: How Philadelphia CIO's Breaks Down Silos](https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2020/01/qa-how-philadelphia-cios-breaks-down-silos)

 Mark Wheeler, Philadelphia’s CIO and previous deputy CIO and chief geographic information officer, talks to State Tech Magazine about how he incorporated the city’s geospatial data cultivated cross-department collaborations using location-based data.

##  Government Technology: [Icelandic Citizen Engagement Tool Offers Tips for U.S.](https://www.govtech.com/gov-experience/Icelandic-Citizen-Engagement-Tool-Offers-Tips-for-US.html)

 An innovative platform in Iceland called Better Reykjavik connects the country’s residents with government officials using a new communication system in which citizens list arguments for and against ideas, and instead of replying to each other directly, they can only down-vote things with which they disagree in order to prevent online debates from spiraling out of control.

##  Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society: [Principled Artificial Intelligence](https://cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2020/principled-ai)

 The Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University published a report this week, Principled Artificial Intelligence: Mapping Consensus in Ethical and Rights-Based Approaches to Principles for AI, compiling and summarizing the growing industry consensus around thematic trends including: privacy, accountability, safety, and transparency.



 

 

 



 

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