Humanitarian AI Today

Suzy Madigan, founder of ‘The Machine Race’ blog series and senior humanitarian advisor at CARE international speaks with Shivaang Sharma, PhD researcher on Humanitarian AI systems at University College London (UCL). Ahead of the UK Government’s AI Safety Summit, Suzy and Shivaang discuss some of the human rights and safety implications of AI for society globally, particularly for communities in t...

John Adams, former Deputy Director for Digital and Data Services with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, speaks with Roderick Besseling, Head of the Data and Analytics Unit at the Norwegian Refugee Council, about open data sharing frameworks used by humanitarian and international development organizations and their importance in the AI age. John and Roderick discuss in detail w...

Claudia von Vacano, Executive Director of the D-Lab and the Digital Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today guest host Larissa Doroshenko, a lecturer of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and a researcher specializing in state-sponsored disinformation, and Mythili Tirumalasetty from the University of Pittsburgh’s Health and Explainable...

Ximena Contla, NLP Project Manager with Data Friendly Space (DFS) discusses ChatGPT and use of large language models to support Turkey and Syria earthquake response. Guest hosted by Rishi Jha from DFS and Brent Phillips, with Nayid Orozco Bohorquez a Product Lead from DFS and Sylvan Ridderinkhof, a Data Engineer from Zimmerman, an AI data information technology company, joining the conversation, t...

Aaron Margolis, a Data Scientist researching Responsible AI and Large Language Models, speaks with Brent Phillips, producer of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast series, and Megan DeMatteo, a journalist covering Web3, about ChatGPT. The interview is geared towards helping humanitarian actors get acquainted with emerging new conversational AI applications being developed by OpenAI, Google, Meta and...

Liam Nicoll, Product Lead with the International Rescue Committee’s Signpost initiative speaks with Humanitarian AI Today guest host Alexandra Pittman, Founder of ImpactMapper, and Brent Phillips about Signpost’s work providing people with accurate, accessible and timely information in times of crisis and about open data sharing, ChatGPT and humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence. Th...

Join Humanitarian AI Today as guest host Brent Phillips sits down with Bret Kinsella, founder of Voicebot.ai and Synthedia, to delve into the latest advancements in conversational AI and voice technology. Kinsella, a leading expert in the field, will discuss the release of ChatGPT by OpenAI and its potential to revolutionize the humanitarian aid sector. Learn about the capabilities of large langua...

Kyrylo Lapko with SpivDiia and NeedsList speaks with Humanitarian AI Today guest host Brent Phillips about Ukrainian humanitarian relief organizations, needs across Ukraine this Winter, logistics and import compliance, open data sharing, data and information sensitivity, initiatives like NeedsList and Signpost, and about humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence and new question answeri...

Gaurav Nemade, former Product Manager with Google who worked on the development of LaMDA, Google's large language model for dialogue applications, speaks with Christopher Hoffman from Humanity link and Megan DeMatteo, a Journalist covering Web3 about powerful new generative machine learning models. These models have dominated the news this year, spurred by OpenAI's release of ChatGPT. For humanita...

Gerd Buta, head of in-kind food operations in Ukraine for the World Food Program (WFP) speaks with Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Christopher Hoffman from Humanity Link about the World Food Program’s work in Ukraine, conditions on the ground this Winter, aid logistics, open data sharing and about innovative uses of technology and artificial intelligence.

Larissa Doroshenko, a Visiting Lecturer of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today’s guest host Jodi Hilton about her computational research studying disinformation and misinformation campaigns with a focus on the war in Ukraine and on the “dark side” of online media. Larissa received her doctoral degree in Communication Arts with a minor in Political Sc...

Scott Ciment, Senior Rule of Law Expert with the University of South Carolina Rule of Law Collaborative speaks with Theodora Gazi, a Lawyer with a PhD in Refugee Law currently with ActionAid about how technology can support efforts to increase access to justice for marginalized groups in developing countries with under-resourced justice systems and about human rights, the war in Ukraine and applic...

Heather Leson, Digital Innovation Lead with the Solferino Academy of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Jenny Paola Yela, Information Management and Data Science Officer with the IFRC speak with Theodora Gazi, a Lawyer with a PhD in Refugee Law currently with ActionAid. Heather Leson and Paola Yela discuss the Solferino Academy’s Data Playbook initi...

Preeti Adhikary, seasoned tech executive, startup advisor, emerging venture professional, and former Vice President of Marketing at Fusemachines, and Ahmad Tafti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern Maine and Director of the HexAI Research Lab discuss the future of AI education with Mia Kossiavelou and Brent Phillips, producers of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast...

Tyler Radford, Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap, speaks with Ewan Oglethorpe, Executive Director of Data Friendly Space (DFS) and co-creator of theDEEP and Brent Phillips, producer of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast series about the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap initiative, the evolution of the team and technology, artificial intelligence in the humanitarian sector and the war and m...

Laura McGorman, Director of Data for Good at Meta speaks with Andrew Schroeder and Ewan Oglethorpe about data sharing for good today and in the future in the Metaverse, the types of sophisticated datasets her team makes available to researchers, humanitarian actors and others, and how Meta is collaborating with the humanitarian community around Ukraine and around improving the use and impact of da...

Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Scientist and Lab Director at Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today's host Sarah Spencer about how his team is aiding NGOs by leveraging data to address a variety of global humanitarian issues, and shares his thoughts on the future of data-based solutions for increasingly complex humanitarian efforts.

Jakub Parusinski, Editor at The Fix Media, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today guest host Jodi Hilton about the war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the work of Ukrainian journalists and how to support them, and about journalism and crisis reporting in the AI Age.

Allison Fine and Beth Kanter speak with Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou about their work advising nonprofits leaders on digital transformation. Allison and Beth have collaborated on books such as The Networked Nonprofit and The Smart Nonprofit and have written on Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence.

Jennifer Chan and Andrew Schroeder discuss the war in Ukraine and putting data to use to support humanitarian operations with Humanitarian AI Today guest hosts Natasha Freidus, Jean-Martin Bauer and Brent Phillips. Jennifer Chan is an Associate Professor and Director Of Global Emergency Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Andrew Schroeder, VP of Research and Analysis...

Joanna van der Merwe, a Defense Tech Fellow from The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) speaks with Sarah Spencer about the war and escalating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, hybrid warfare and the challenges and threats humanitarian actors face in the age of AI.

Natasha Freidus, Co-founder and CEO of NeedsList speaks with Humanitarian AI Today host Mia Kossiavelou about the evolution of NeedsList, humanitarian crises, needs reporting, and about open data sharing, futuristic humanitarian AI applications and what’s holding back advances in humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence.

Ewan Oglethorpe, Executive Director of Data Friendly Space (DFS) and co-creator of theDEEP, speaks with Mia Kossiavelou, host of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast series, about DFS and theDEEP, the Metaverse and humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence.

Daniel Eriksson, Chief Executive Officer of Transparency International speaks with Brent Phillips, Producer of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast series, about Transparency International’s work combatting corruption, sustainable development and the future of transparency initiatives, corporate social responsibility, and artificial intelligence.

Ralf Südhoff, Director at Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA), speaks with Brent Phillips, Producer of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast series, about the German humanitarian aid community, CHA’s work, humanitarian operations, cash aid programs, localization initiatives, technology and artificial intelligence.