This project, supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), documents promising use cases of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) in international development. Drawing on interviews with leaders across eight different organizations in health, education, agriculture, and human rights, the study explores distinct implementation of AI for development: 1) askNivi, a chatbot for health; 2) HURIDOCS/UPR Info, an AI-optimized human rights database; 3) Jacaranda Health’s PROMPTS, an AI message triage tool; 4) EIDU’s message personalization for Kenyan students; 5) Digital Green’s Farmer Chat; 6) RobotsMali’s project using AI to create local language school books; 7) ACADIC, using machine learning to track COVID-19 in South Africa; and 8) ICRISAT’s Plantix, an image recognition app for agriculture.
Our goal was to engage with projects that have implemented discrete AI use cases resulting in measurable impact and to learn from their practices, successes, and challenges, particularly around the responsible use of AI. These cases involve both predictive and generative AI applications.