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.
Google’s Project Relate is an Android app that helps individuals with non-standard speech communicate more easily. By offering features like speech-to-text transcription and clear voice repetition, it enables users to express themselves and manage daily tasks effectively.
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
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.
Our AI-powered flood forecasting platform can predict when and where riverine flooding will occur up to seven days in advance.
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.
Our alerts, simulation models, and wildfire risk forecasting systems are helping provide accurate wildfire information to affected communities and fire authorities.
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.
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.
There are 34 million small businesses in the U.S. Explore these 50 stories from 50 states to inspire creative ways to use AI in Google Workspace.
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.
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.
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.
In Mississippi, the Mississippi Farm to School Network connects farmers with schools to bring Mississippi-grown products into school cafeterias. Today, the team is using Gemini in Google Docs for help with the grant writing process.
Helping cities identify and repair potholes.
Gaining more equitable access to civic services.
Keeping local citizens informed in real time.
We’re working with clinicians, patients, and partners to build an AI system for mammography, which could help radiologists detect breast cancer more accurately, quickly, and consistently.
Using AI to understand gaps in geographic access to care for expecting mothers, providing data-driven insights to enable public health officials to make more informed decisions about resource allocation.
Our AI model for diabetic retinopathy screening can help improve health outcomes for millions across India and Thailand.
We’ve developed an AI system to help interpret chest X-ray scans for early signs of tuberculosis. AI can help make screening more broadly accessible to help patients start treatment faster.
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.
How using AI with support from Google.org helped increase senior graduation rates.
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.
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.
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.
Accelerating research in nearly every field of biology.
Cataloging genetic mutations to help pinpoint the cause of diseases.
Mapping the genes in human DNA to improve the treatment of disease.