For a new mindset regarding AI development!
AI to Amplify invites socially engaged individuals to contribute their perspectives to the development of public good-oriented artificial intelligence products and applications in diverse teams. The fellowship programme expands AI skill sets through virtual workshops and meetings. Fak’ugesi welcomes the winning projects from this global Goethe Institut project.
- Decentralisation of the AI discourse: The project aims to empower coders from the Global South and to embed their interests in the development of AI applications and in the debates around AI (e.g. at conferences). Within the framework of the project, the coders learn how products can be better aligned with the cultural realities, needs and interests of the Global South.
- Raising awareness of inclusion issues: The participation of people with disabilities, people of color, queer people, structurally disadvantaged people, people from different social classes, and older people in the creation and use of AI applications is important to us, and their perspectives should be included.
- Prototype design: Diverse teams design ideas for AI applications. Two projects selected by a jury are developed into prototypes.
- International and interdisciplinary exchange: The participating developers enter into a dialog with each other and with various other professional groups. The goal is to create a global community that raises awareness of the need to integrate multiple perspectives into the creation of AI applications.
WINNING PROJECTS:
Maskio
An assistive device that aims to enhance the safety and independence of the deaf, people with various hearing challenges and people who are heavy sleepers.
Team Members:
- Maryanne Emomeri (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Ankit Tripathi (Brno-Černá Pole, Czech Republic)
- Julio César Martínez Sánchez (Mexico City, Mexico)
AI Squad
An inclusion barometer bridging the gap for marginalized groups and influential entities. Empowering dialogue and fostering AI inclusivity for people with disabilities. Reshaping technological accessibility for an inclusive future.
Team Members:
- Leonard Francis Vibbi (Cambridge, USA)
- Susan Otieno (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Sara Ortega Ramirez (Medellin, Columbia)
- Federica Screti (Sermoneta, Italy)
- Jiwen Li (Suzhou, China)
FundGPT
AI based gateway to funding opportunities.
Team Members:
- Amy Guthrie (London, UK)
- Radek Wałkuski (Warsaw, Poland)
- Eric Mwobobia (Dublin, Ireland)
- Vivianna Tanasi (Munich, Germany)
- Paula Guedes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Adiza Alhassan (Accra, Ghana)
Foto: © FundGPT
AI4Good
An LLM-powered Telegram chatbot which works to provide essential menstrual health knowledge to young women and girls in grassroots Bangladesh.
Team members:
- Armir Celiku (Kicevo, North Macedonia)
- Swapneel Mehta (New York City, USA)
- Sadhli Roomy (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Moral Morpheus
Moral Morpheus project is a digital card-based interactive tool for improving Digital Fairness and AI ethics education in schools.
Team members:
- Satyam Mohla (Tokyo, Japan)
- Arijit Goswami (Mohali, India)
- Caroline Chambel (Abrantes, Portugal)
- Zhen Zhen Zhong (Los Angeles, USA)
- Kelvin Kipkogei (Nairobi, Kenia)
Healthy AI Fighters
Auditing tool, reducing the risk of biases in the translation from the global north to the global south.
Team members:
- Beatriz Garcia Santa Cruz (Frisange, Luxembourg)
- William Wasswa (Mbarara, Uganda)
- Syed Abdullah Madni (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Chikaodili Mary-Kate Deng (Toulouse, France)
- Jessica Huelgas Moreno (Mexico City, Mexico)