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Humanitarian AI Today

Humanitarian AI Today is the leading AI for Good podcast series focusing on humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence. We interview leaders, developers and innovators advancing humanitarian applications of AI from across the tech and humanitarian communities. The series is produced by the Humanitarian AI meetup.com community, linking local groups in Cambridge, San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, Toronto, Montreal, London, Paris, Berlin, Oslo, Geneva, Zurich, Bangalore, Tel Aviv and…

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Lily Qiu from China’s Peaceland Foundation on AI for Good in Action

On this special Humanitarian AI Today episode recorded in Chinese and English, Lili Qiu, Co-founder and Chief Supervisor of the Peaceland Foundation speaks with guest host, Brent Phillips, and Ankang Song, Executive Director at Global Youth Philanthropy, about the Peaceland Foundation’s aid work around the world and experimentation with AI. As the global humanitarian community gathers for the AI…

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Michael Tjalve on AI Governance and the SAFE AI Framework with Jennifer Wilde

In this Humanitarian AI Today episode, Michael Tjalve, Independent Humanitarian AI Advisor and co-author of the SAFE AI framework, speaks with guest host Jennifer Wilde, an AI strategy and social impact advisor, about AI governance, the SAFE AI initiative and the evolving security and operational landscapes. Against the backdrop of critical, sector-wide dialogues bringing together executive…

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Theodora Skeadas on Red Teaming Humanitarian AI Applications

In this Humanitarian AI Today Voices flashpod, Theodora Skeadas, Head of AI Red Teaming with Humane Intelligence, joins guest host Brent Phillips to unpack for staff from humanitarian organizations what AI red teaming is and how Humane Intelligence approaches carrying out AI evaluations. They also discuss the nonprofit’s mission to make AI systems more accountable, fair, and safe and the…

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Priyank Hirani from Data.org on Scaling Inclusive AI for Social Impact

Priyank Hirani, Vice President of Programs at data.org discusses the India AI Impact Summit and India’s role as a development space and test bed for responsible and inclusive AI applications with Humanitarian AI Today Producer, Brent Phillips. In this insightful conversation, Hirani highlights how India is shifting the global narrative away from frontier model competition toward practical,…

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Jarrod Goentzel on MIT’s Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab, AI and System Level Thinking

In this Humanitarian AI Today Voices flashpod, Eric Talbert, Co-founder of MedCycle Network guest hosts an interview with Jarrod Goentzel, founder and director of the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab in the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. This interview dives into the evolution and modern practices of the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab for humanitarian professionals looking to…

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Ruben Lozano Aguilera from Ai2 on Asta's AutoDiscovery Tool for Scientific Discovery

Rubén Lozano-Aguilera, Product Lead for Asta at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), explores the transformative potential of agentic AI in scientific research with Humanitarian AI Today guest host Lindsey Moore, Founder of DevelopMetrics. Rubén introduces AutoDiscovery, a powerful new tool developed by his team that moves beyond traditional query-based analysis to autonomously generate and test…

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Renaissance Philanthropy’s Ethna Ghosh on Partnership Building in India, AI and Unlocking Scientific and Technological Advancement

Ethna Ghosh, India Partnerships Lead with Renaissance Philanthropy, discusses the nonprofit organization’s operational strategy, her work and India’s role as a global hub for AI experimentation with Brent Phillips, Humanitarian AI Today podcast producer. Drawing on her deep roots in the Indian development sector, Ethna shares insights from her experience as a founding member of GivingPi, India's…

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Federico Pierucci on Multi-Agent Risks in Humanitarian Aid at The Inference Layer

Co-produce by Humanitarian AI Today, this third pilot episode of The Inference Layer podcast bridges the technical complexities of AI deployment with the reality of humanitarian operations and dives into the transition from static models to autonomous agentic systems. On behalf of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast, guest host Patrick Hassan, an AI policy lead with a background in disaster…

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Zineb Bhaby on NRC's CLEAR Initiative and Building a Digital Backbone for Humanitarian AI

Zineb Bhaby, AI Lead at the Norwegian Refugee Council, introduces NRC’s CLEAR (Crisis Learning, Early-warning, Anticipation, and Response) initiative and discusses the critical necessity of data collaboration in the humanitarian sector with Humanitarian AI Today producer Brent Phillips. The CLEAR initiative is a three-year project supported by Twilio that is designed to build a digital "backbone"…

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Lukas Borkowski on Building Voice-First Humanitarian AI on a National Scale

Voices is a new mini-series from Humanitarian AI Today. In short daily flashpods, Voices passes the mic to guests to learn about new projects, events and advances in artificial intelligence and discuss topics that are important to the humanitarian community. In this flashpod, Lukas Borkowski, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at Viamo shares how artificial intelligence can serve the…

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