More Humanitarian Organizations Will Harness AI’s Potential

For many people served by the humanitarian sector, 2024 is the worst of times. this Latest United Nations estimates A record 120 million people have been forced to flee violence and disaster, a number that has doubled in the past decade. As a result of increasingly violent conflicts and the growing impacts of the climate crisis, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance continues to rise, reaching 300 million. Progress has also been made in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals stagnation or decline More than half of fragile states. Children born in these countries are ten times more likely to fall into poverty than children born in stable countries.

Unprecedented numbers point to the need for a new humanitarian wave: a technological wave that harnesses the power of digital and artificial intelligence. For years, we have (rightly) been debating the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence and waiting for the promise of artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. By 2025, across the aid, development and humanitarian landscape, this moment may finally have arrived.

If harnessed correctly, AI can open up new frontiers in humanitarian action in terms of scale, speed, reach, personalization and cost savings. my organization, international rescue committee (IRC) and our in-house research and innovation labs, albert, The use of artificial intelligence in our humanitarian programming is being explored. We see solutions emerging in three key areas: information, education and climate, each supported by promising public-private partnerships and collaborations.

For refugees forced to flee conflict, for example, the priority is timely, accurate and context-specific messaging, knowing who to trust and where to find services and safety. global information project, road sign, With support from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, in partnership with IRC, the Cisco Foundation, Zendesk, and Tech for Refugees, we are providing critical information to millions of displaced people through digital channels and social media, thereby undermining reliance on mis or disinformation and rampant smugglers, and save lives along migration routes. As this work develops, Signpost is creating an “AI Prototype Lab” to reduce risk and evaluate the effectiveness of generative AI across the humanitarian sector.

Humanitarians are also exploring the potential of generative artificial intelligence to enhance and personalize education for children affected by crises — 224 million of whom are affected worldwide. A big challenge involves testing and strengthening the potential Chat GPT Use local language. For example, AI models cannot understand African languages. Home Artificial Intelligencean African “artificial intelligence research and product laboratory” is working hard to change this situation, Develop new languages Bringing artificial intelligence to Africa, and OpenAI Discount has started Nonprofit organizations access ChatGPT at a lower cost.

OpenAI also supports development studyIt is a global educational chatbot platform powered by artificial intelligence that provides large-scale personalized digital learning experiences for crisis-affected children, teachers and parents through messaging platforms, while testing and enhancing the potential of ChatGPT in local languages.

Finally, we see the expanding power of artificial intelligence to protect communities facing the impacts of extreme weather. Working with NGOs, governments and the United Nations, Google has launched The Flood Center, powered by artificial intelligence, is currently able to predict floods in 80 countries. Google.org, IRC, and NGOs give directlyILeverage machine learning Establishing a forecasting system in northeastern Nigeria to trigger early warnings and cash transfers before devastating climate disasters occur.

Israeli scholar and historian Yuval Noah Harari Describes artificial intelligence It’s the most dangerous technology we’ve ever created, but it’s also probably the most beneficial. By 2025, the world’s poorest people must benefit.