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El AI Lab es un equipo que explora estas oportunidades en Ashoka, la mayor red mundial de emprendedores sociales. El equipo se fundó hace tres meses. En este artículo, compartimos nuestras ideas, nuestros primeros pasos y algunas lecciones aprendidas en el camino.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Odin Mühlenbein, Daniela Matielo (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7711Cómo asociarse con grandes empresas tecnológicas para ampliar y acelerar su impacto positivo2024-03-11T12:37:56-07:00Jeanine Buzalinikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>Microsoft y Ashoka han estado trabajando juntos durante los últimos dos años para lanzar el Programa de Emprendimiento para el Impacto Positivo en Microsoft, un programa para emprendedores de impacto que también tiene un componente de involucrarmiento de los Líderes de Microsoft como mentores y patrocinadores de algunos de los emprendedores en el programa. Recopilamos nuestras lecciones aprendidas sobre cómo los emprendedores pueden asociarse mejor con una gran empresa como Microsoft para acelerar y ampliar su impacto positivo.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jeanine Buzali (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7709Aprovechar la inteligencia artificial para mejorar el asesoramiento sanitario digital2024-03-11T12:33:12-07:00Dr. Nneka Mobissonnikolajcole@me.comK M Jawadur Rahmannikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>En mDoc, una empresa social de salud digital con sede en Nigeria, nos dedicamos a ayudar a las personas a construir la autoeficacia y la agencia necesarias para adoptar cambios de estilo de vida más saludables. Nuestro enfoque de alta tecnología y alto contacto está diseñado para optimizar la atención integral a quienes padecen o corren el riesgo de padecer enfermedades crónicas. Durante la pandemia de Covid-19, la demanda de nuestros servicios aumentó significativamente, lo que nos llevó a desarrollar Kem, un chatbot basado en reglas, que hemos evolucionado recientemente gracias a la rápida evolución de los Large Language Models. En este artículo, compartimos algunos resultados prometedores y lecciones aprendidas de nuestros primeros experimentos y destacamos los retos persistentes para ampliar el enfoque.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Dr. Nneka Mobisson, K M Jawadur Rahman (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7714Empoderar a las ONG con Glific: Una revolución de WhatsApp Chatbot2024-03-11T12:43:31-07:00Tejas Mahajannikolajcole@me.com<p>Cuando se trata de aprovechar las últimas tecnologías para lograr un impacto social, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil enfrentan la ardua batalla de una financiación tecnológica y una experiencia técnica inadecuadas. Glific ayuda a llenar ese vacío a través de su plataforma de código abierto que permite la creación intuitiva y sin código de chatbots de WhatsApp diseñados para profesionales del sector del desarrollo. En este artículo, profundizamos en algunos de los procedimientos detrás de la apertura de capacidades tecnológicas a más de 100 organizaciones sociales en la India y en crecimiento.</p>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Tejas Mahajan (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7707El qué, cuándo y cómo de la incorporación de la gobernanza IA en las empresas sociales.2024-03-11T12:20:29-07:00Nidhi Sudhannikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>La Inteligencia Artificial Generativa (GenAI) y sus corolarios han empezado a impregnar el tejido social, incluido el ecosistema de impacto social. A medida que las organizaciones y los Estados- nación adoptan cada vez más formas incipientes de IA, los innovadores en impacto social se enfrentan al formidable reto de establecer bases sólidas para una IA Responsable (RAI).</p> <p>En este artículo se describen los pasos a seguir para la implantación de marcos de RAI y se esboza cómo se pueden poner en práctica y cuál es el momento adecuado para hacerlo. A partir de la experiencia de Citizen Digital Foundation con empresas, instituciones educativas, medios de comunicación y administraciones públicas de todo el sur de la India, este artículo ofrece una guía práctica para la implantación de la RAI y arroja luz sobre las oportunidades potenciales y los retos reales a los que se enfrentan las organizaciones en las distintas fases de transformación de la IA.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Nidhi Sudhan (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7712Diversidad, equidad e inclusión en la práctica. Casos de uso responsable de la IA en América Latina y el Caribe.2024-03-11T12:39:42-07:00Cristina Martínez Pintonikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>La Tecnología de Interés Público (TIP) ofrece una oportunidad para que profesionales con diferentes antecedentes y una gama de habilidades técnicas y/o básicas aprovechen las tecnologías digitales al servicio del bien común. Entre sus principales características, la TIP aboga por un diseño, desarrollo y despliegue de la tecnología centrados en los derechos humanos, así como por fundamentar un uso responsable de la tecnología en los principios de Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión (DEI). Desde la perspectiva del Sur Global, este artículo ofrece tres ejemplos de cómo los principios de DEI han pasado de la teoría a la práctica en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC).</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Cristina Martínez Pinto (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7710Chatbots y las complejidades de brindar apoyo utilizando IA a sobrevivientes (Victimas) de violencia de género.2024-03-11T12:35:26-07:00Hera Hussainnikolajcole@me.comNadine Krish Spencernikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>Chayn, una organización tecnológica sin ánimo de lucro dedicada a apoyar a las sobrevivientes (Victimas) de violencia de género y a proporcionarles recursos accesibles en línea, decidió retirar su chatbot en 2020 tras un piloto de 3 años. La experiencia de Chayn con chatbots culturalmente conscientes pone de relieve valiosas ideas sobre los retos y las complejidades de ofrecer apoyo basado en IA a las sobrevivientes de violencia de género.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Hera Hussain, Nadine Krish Spencer (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7708IA, justicia y enfoque ecosistémico - Notas de la misión OpenNyAI2024-03-11T12:31:10-07:00Smita Guptanikolajcole@me.comAtreyo Banerjeenikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>OpenNyAI es una iniciativa centrada en aprovechar la inteligencia artificial (IA) para mejorar la justicia en la India (Nyai significa "justicia" en hindi). Cataliza el desarrollo de bienes públicos de IA, como modelos, API y conjuntos de datos, con el apoyo de una comunidad de abogados y tecnólogos. Su misión es transformar la experiencia de la justicia para todos los indios. OpenNyAI hace hincapié en las prácticas de código abierto, colaboración y transparencia, garantizando la inclusión para mitigar los riesgos de que la IA exacerbe los prejuicios. En este documento, exploramos cómo nuestro ecosistema ha desarrollado varias iniciativas comunitarias y soluciones de referencia como Jugalbandi y AI-assisted Judgement Explorer, demostrando el potencial de la IA en el ámbito de la justicia.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Smita Gupta, Atreyo Banerjee (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7713¿Como puede el poder judicial adoptar la revolucion tecnologica y mejorar la justicia? El caso Brasileño2024-03-11T12:40:57-07:00Anderson de Paiva Gabrielnikolajcole@me.com<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>El artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la transformación digital del Poder Judicial brasileño, aportando reflexiones sobre la necesidad de la misma a la luz de los rápidos cambios debidos a las disrupciones tecnológicas en la dinámica social y económica que han tenido lugar en las últimas décadas.</p> </div> </div> </div>2024-03-11T00:00:00-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Anderson de Paiva Gabriel (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7121AI, Justice, and the Ecosystem Approach – Notes from the OpenNyAI Mission2023-12-14T13:23:33-08:00Smita Guptasmita@agami.inAtreyo Banerjeeatreyo@agami.in<p style="font-weight: 400;">OpenNyAI is an initiative focused on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance justice in India (Nyai means “justice” in Hindi). It catalyses the development of AI public goods like models, APIs, and datasets, supported by a community of lawyers and technologists. The mission is to transform the justice experience for every Indian. OpenNyAI emphasises open-source, collaborative, and transparent practices, ensuring inclusivity to mitigate the risks of AI exacerbating biases. In this paper, we explore how our ecosystem developed various community initiatives and reference solutions like Jugalbandi and AI-assisted Judgement Explorer, demonstrating AI's potential in the justice field.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Smita Gupta, Atreyo Banerjee (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7119How the Judiciary Can Embrace the Technological Revolution and Improve Justice: The Brazilian Case2023-12-14T13:24:23-08:00Anderson de Paiva Gabrielandersonpaivag@yahoo.com.br<p style="font-weight: 400;">The article aims to analyze the digital transformation of the Brazilian Judiciary, providing reflections on the need for this in light of the rapid changes due to technological disruptions in social and economic dynamics that have taken place in recent decades.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Anderson de Paiva Gabriel (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7117Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice: Responsible AI Use Cases from Latin America and the Caribbean2023-12-14T13:16:11-08:00Cristina Martínez Pintocristina@policylab.tech<p style="font-weight: 400;">Public Interest Technology (PIT) offers an opportunity for professionals with different backgrounds and a range of technical and/or core skills to leverage digital technologies to the service of the common good. Among its key features, PIT advocates for a human rights-centered design, development, and deployment of technology, as well as to ground a responsible use of tech in the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Through a Global South lens, this article provides three examples of how DEI principles have gone from theory to practice in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Cristina Martínez Pinto (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7104Start Tinkering, Before Building – Early Lessons from Ashoka's AI Lab2023-12-14T13:23:13-08:00Odin Mühlenbeinomuehlenbein@ashoka.orgDaniela Matielodmatielo@ashoka.org<p style="font-weight: 400;">Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents enormous opportunities for social innovators to create impact. The AI Lab is a team that explores these opportunities at Ashoka, the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs. The team was founded three months ago. In this article, we share our thoughts, our first steps, and some lessons learned along the way.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Odin Mühlenbein, Daniela Matielo (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7118The What, When, and How of Incorporating AI Governance in Social Enterprises2023-12-14T13:19:33-08:00Nidhi Sudhannidhi@citizendigitalfoundation.org<p style="font-weight: 400;">Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and its corollaries have begun permeating the social fabric, including the social impact ecosystem. As organisations and nation-states increasingly embrace nascent forms of AI, social impact innovators face the formidable challenge of establishing robust foundations for Responsible AI (RAI). </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">This article delineates actionable steps for the implementation of RAI Frameworks, outlining how these steps can be implemented and the right time to do so. Drawing on insights derived from Citizen Digital Foundation’s engagements with business, education, media, and government stakeholders across Southern India, this article provides a practical RAI implementation guide and sheds light on the potential opportunities and real-world challenges encountered by organisations throughout the various stages of AI transformation.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Nidhi Sudhan (she/her) (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7137Welcoming AI! … and Turning it Into an Unprecedented Ally to Tackle Disinformation in Spanish and Other Languages 2023-12-19T08:16:37-08:00Laura Zommerlzommer@chequeado.org<p style="font-weight: 400;">Having worked in fact-checking and data journalism for over a decade, my team at Chequado has developed and experimented with civic technology and AI for more than seven years. It is becoming increasingly clear that generative AI can become a huge ally for editorial offices and organizations – both large and especially small – that need to produce content more cheaply, in different innovative formats, for diverse audiences, and become quicker in their reactions and responses to misinformation. We must start experimenting with AI now (or, even better, yesterday), especially in languages other than English, to prevent information gaps and inequality from growing further. In this paper, we share some of our experiences building out AI-enabled, pro-democracy tools to combat misinformation in Spanish.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Laura Zommer (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7107Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Improve Digital Health Coaching2023-12-14T13:25:33-08:00Nneka Mobissonnneka.mobisson@mymdoc.comK M Jawadur Rahmannneka.mobisson@mymdoc.com<p style="font-weight: 400;">At mDoc, a digital health social enterprise headquartered in Nigeria, we are dedicated to helping people build the self-efficacy and agency needed for adopting healthier lifestyle changes. Our high-tech, high-touch approach is designed to optimize end-to-end care for those living with or at risk of chronic conditions. During the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for our services rose significantly, leading us to develop Kem, a rules-based chatbot, which we recently evolved thanks to the rapid evolution of Large Language Models. In this paper, we share some promising results and lessons learned from our early experiments and highlight persistent challenges to scaling the approach.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Dr. Nneka Mobisson, K M Jawadur Rahman (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7101Chatbots and the Complexities of Delivering AI-enabled Support to Survivors of Gender-Based Violence2023-12-14T13:16:38-08:00Hera Hussainhera@chayn.coNadine Krish Spencernadine@chayn.co<p style="font-weight: 400;">Chayn, a nonprofit tech organisation dedicated to supporting survivors of gender-based violence and providing them with accessible resources online, decided to take down its chatbot in 2020 after a 3-year pilot. Chayn's experience with culturally aware chatbots highlights valuable insights into the challenges and complexities of delivering AI-enabled support to survivors of gender-based violence.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Hera Hussain, Nadine Krish Spencer (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7120Empowering NGOs with Glific: A WhatsApp Chatbot Revolution2023-12-14T13:22:38-08:00Tejas Mahajan tejas@glific.org<p style="font-weight: 400;">When it comes to leveraging the latest technologies for social impact, civil society organizations face the uphill battle of inadequate tech funding and technical expertise. Glific helps to fill that gap through its open-source platform that enables intuitive, no-code creation of WhatsApp chatbots tailored for professionals in the development sector. In this piece, we dive into some of the how-tos behind opening up technological capabilities to over 100 social organizations in India and growing. </p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Tejas Mahajan (Author)https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/7108How to Partner with Big Tech Companies to Scale and Accelerate Your Positive Impact 2023-12-18T01:15:09-08:00Jeanine Buzalijbuzali@ashoka.org<p style="font-weight: 400;">Microsoft and Ashoka have been working together for the past two years to launch the Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact Program at Microsoft, a program for impact entrepreneurs that also has a component of engaging Microsoft Leaders as mentors and sponsors of some of the entrepreneurs in the program. We compiled our lessons learned about how entrepreneurs can best partner with a major corporation like Microsoft to accelerate and scale their positive impact.</p>2024-01-18T00:00:00-08:00Copyright (c) 2024 Jeanine Buzali (Author)