UN looks to harness power of artificial intelligence and big data

At more than seven decades old, the United Nations has often been criticized for being too slow to respond to crises. But behind the scenes, a high-tech team is harnessing the power of big data and artificial intelligence to predict, monitor and respond to emergencies. CGTN's U.N. correspondent Liling Tan has an inside look at how U.N. Global Pulse is keeping the organization up to speed in the 21st century. Three blocks from the United Nations headquarters in New York, a veritable geek squad of data scientists, analysts and engineers are using big data and artificial intelligence for global good. Or, as U.N. Global Pulse's Director Robert Kirkpatrick puts it, "Our job is to help superheroes find out where people are in trouble, so they can rescue them."