Introducing AI practitioners to international standards through online competitions
This Comment analyzes a global online landslide classification challenge to examine whether AI competitions can help participants engage with international standards. The results show that while technical innovation was strong, awareness of standards on transparency, sustainability, and bias was limited. The prototype used for this competition can serve as a scalable mechanism to foster the responsible use of AI for disaster risk reduction and beyond.
Authors
- Andrea Toreti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1983-2523)
- Amju Manara
- Megan E. Yates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-1592)
- Aibhín Bray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-3020)
- Katharina Weitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1001-2278)
- Filippo Catani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-4725)
- Arif Albayrak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-9844)
- S. Uhlenbrook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-2599)
- Silvia García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9501-8259)
- Lorenzo Nava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-8721)
- Monique M. Kuglitsch
- Paul Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7837-3171)
- Raffaele Albano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7956-9149)
- Elena Xoplaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-2467)
- Pierre-Philippe Mathieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3900-8419)
- Jennifer A. Selby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8595-4078)
- Chester Karwatowski
- Joel Lontsi
- Rakiya Babamaaji
- Ahmed Tambal
- Ahmed Ilmane
- Thomas Basikolo
Institutions
- International Telecommunication Union (CH)
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- World Meteorological Organization (CH)
- University of Padua (IT)
- British University in Dubai (AE)
- University of Basilicata (IT)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute (DE)
- National Space Research and Development Agency (NG)
- Poughkeepsie Public Library District (US)
- CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (IT)
- Joint Research Centre (IT)
- Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (CI)
- Université André Salifou (NE)
- European Space Research Institute (IT)
- ILC Dover (United States) (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj natural hazards.
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-025-00154-8
- Primary Topic
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Università degli Studi di Padova
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme