The country’s first-ever AI-driven design competition, the National AI Art-A-Thon, was held here with the aim of making AI more representative of Bangladesh’s diverse culture and society.
A ministry press release stated that UNDP and Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) organized the event at the ICT tower in the city’s Agargaon under the partnership for a more tolerant, Inclusive Bangladesh project, supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka.
This unique 2-day competition united Bangladeshi art practitioners, professionals, students (including artists, creators, architects, graphic designers, content makers, and other visual artists), technologists, and AI enthusiasts in a dynamic and creative challenge to produce AI-generated artworks that reflect Bangladesh’s rich and diverse culture, contributing to the evolving global AI landscape.
Microsoft, the University of Toronto, the University of Cambridge, BacBon Limited, and Peace Maker Studio collaborated.
Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, Special Assistant to Chief Adviser, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Stefan Liller, Resident Representative, UNDP Bangladesh, Shish Haider Chowdhury, Secretary, ICT Division, Marianne Rabe Kn’velsrud, Charg, d’affaires, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka, and Md. Faisal Bin Majid, Project Manager, UNDP Bangladesh, spoke at the event.
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