Why community engagement is the smart strategy for AI in humanitarian response
Watch the World Summit AI 2024 panel where CDAC’s Executive Director, Helen McElhinney, made the case for deeper community participation in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in humanitarian settings.
New online course – Community crisis intelligence: elevating community voices with AI
CDAC Network is excited to announce the launch of a new online training course, designed to equip humanitarian professionals with the skills to harness the power of community intelligence and AI to deliver faster, better and more localised humanitarian responses.
What’s AI doing to information airways in conflict and crises?
Generative artificial intelligence is a new dimension to the old problem of disinformation. It has made the issue much more complicated, particularly for people affected by conflict and crises. How should humanitarians respond?
Why we urgently need a humanitarian manifesto for AI
As part of The Alan Turing Institute’s AI UK Fringe in March 2024, CDAC Network hosted an event at London’s Frontline Club to ask: ‘Do we need a humanitarian manifesto for AI?’ Catch up on the videos and key takeaways here, including a keynote from Dr Abeba Birhane.
Do we need a humanitarian manifesto for AI? Join CDAC Network at the Alan Turing Institute’s AI UK Fringe
Register to join CDAC Network at the Alan Turing Institute's AI UK Fringe to discuss whether a humanitarian manifesto for artificial intelligence is needed, and how it could be informd by conflict- and crisis-affected communities.
In the age of AI, how do we scale digital opportunities and secure safer information landscapes for people caught in conflict?
Seismic shifts in the digital landscape are reshaping the experience of communication in conflict across the world. What can build resilience to emerging threats to media freedom and trusted communication in conflict? And how can humanitarian principles inform sector take-up of emerging technologies such as AI?
Who shapes global narratives in today’s AI-enabled world – and what do conflict-affected communities and humanitarians need to know?
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a critical factor in global governance, international relations and the information environment, and it is crucial that humanitarians understand its implications in conflict contexts. Listen to our Public Forum panel with Amil Khan, Jonathan Tanner and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik.
The digital frontier: Robert Mardini on the information landscape in conflict
How are shifts in the digital landscape shaping modern conflict? What role do private tech companies have to play? And how should humanitarians respond? BBC News presenter Geeta Guru-Murthy put these questions to Robert Mardini, Director-General of the ICRCR, at the opening of CDAC Network’s 2023 Public Forum. Listen to their conversation here.