How AI can promote social good

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Retired US Army Ranger Bill Dunham crosses Second Avenue after being the first amputee to be fitted with a motorized artificial leg that uses artificial intelligence and creates a natural gait and restores muscle power, in New York City, March 30, 2006. Dunham lost his leg in Panama in Operation 'Just Cause' in 1989. REUTERS/Peter Foley - GM1DSGXLJJAA

US Army Ranger Bill Dunham is the first amputee fitted with an artificial leg using AI to move. Image: REUTERS/Peter Foley

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