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AI, You & Impact, AI For Impact Newsletter, Dec 23, 2024

AI, You & Impact, AI For Impact Newsletter, Dec 23, 2024

December 23, 2024

Welcome Welcome to AI for Impact Weekly!

Hey changemakers,

Navigating the ever-evolving world of AI can feel overwhelming—especially when your focus is on making the world a better place. That’s why we created this newsletter: to deliver clear, practical insights and tools to help you integrate AI into your work for meaningful social change.

What You’ll Find Each Week

📌 Practical AI Tools: Tried-and-tested resources like Lex Page for writing clarity (it is the world’s best AI assisted writing assistant, editors and more) and Wave.video for engaging video creation, saving you time and effort. We use Wave everday and you can see our latest video on the AI for Impact Newsletter created with Wave. If you sign up for Wave with our affiliate link we will receieve a small % of revenue to support our work.

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📌 Honest Perspectives: Straightforward discussions about what’s working, what’s not, and the ethical challenges AI poses to impact professionals.

📌 Career Opportunities: Curated jobs, funding opps, upskilling, fellowships and more at the intersection of AI and social change.

📌 Tips You Can Use: Simple strategies to make AI work for your goals.

📌 Highlights from the Field: Inspiring organizations and changemakers leading the way in ethical AI.

Two Tips to Make AI Work for You

Start Where You Are
- You don’t need to overhaul your entire workflow. Pick one area where AI can save time or simplify a process, like using Lex Page to polish your writing or Wave.video to share your mission through impactful visuals.
Focus on Impact, Not Hype
- AI isn’t a silver bullet. The best uses amplify human connection, creativity, and problem-solving—putting communities and people at the center.

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News & Resources

Joke of the week

🤖 Why did the robot go on a diet?

It heard it needed to reduce its byte size!

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Key News

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT to Landlines:
OpenAI’s latest move makes generative AI accessible to those without smartphones. This step could empower older adults or communities with limited internet access. However, it raises questions about how such services can ensure data privacy for vulnerable users.
Read more on TechCrunch.
The Data Behind Your Doomscroll:
Stanford HAI examines how AI algorithms prioritize negative news, fueling "doomscrolling" habits. Understanding this phenomenon is critical to designing platforms that promote balanced content without undermining freedom of expression.
Learn more from Stanford HAI.
Kenyan Workers Speak Out on AI Exploitation:
A CBS investigation highlights how AI development often relies on poorly paid workers in Kenya to label training data under grueling conditions. Ethical AI requires addressing these inequities with fair compensation and labor protections.
CBS News dives deeper.
AI-Enhanced Drone Patrols in Hong Kong:
Hong Kong police are exploring drones equipped with AI for surveillance. While authorities argue it enhances public safety, civil rights groups warn of potential misuse and privacy violations.
Global Voices reports.

Ethics

Challenge Spotlight: Ethical Labor in AI
The CBS News piece on Kenyan workers highlights a major ethical issue: AI systems often depend on hidden labor from marginalized workers, who are underpaid and overworked. Emerging solutions include:

Policy Change: Advocates call for global labor standards in AI development.
Tools for Transparency: Startups like Sama and Daemo are building platforms for fair-pay practices.
Certification Systems: Ethical AI certifications could encourage companies to prioritize equitable practices.

The road ahead involves balancing innovation with humanity, ensuring fairness for all contributors to AI.

Kenyan workers with AI jobs thought they had tickets to the future until the grim reality set in

Training AI takes a heavy toll on Kenyan workers, who say they earned $2 an hour to label and sift through gruesome content for American companies.

www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-work-kenya-exploitation-60-minutes

Organization Spotlight: IPIE

The International Program on Artificial Intelligence and Equity (IPIE) drives impactful research on the intersection of AI and global equity. From publishing reports on inclusive AI governance to offering workshops for policymakers, IPIE is at the forefront of shaping AI for the greater good.
🔗 Learn more and explore career opportunities.

LinkedIn Spotlight: Ana Brandusescu

Ana is a leading voice in the ethical AI space, sharing actionable insights on responsible AI governance, labor rights, and equity. Her posts often bridge global perspectives, particularly from underrepresented regions.
🔗 Follow Ana on LinkedIn.

Key Tool & Practical Tip

Boardy.AI - Great Example of AI Driven Networking putting humans and connection first. Give it a try.

Practical Tip: “Before adopting an AI tool, evaluate its energy efficiency.” Tools with lower carbon footprints not only save costs but contribute to sustainability. Platforms like Green Algorithms can help assess this.

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Podcast Recommendation

Check out Possible.fm for stories about how technology, including AI, shapes our world. With a focus on the human impact of tech, it’s a thoughtful listen for changemakers. Reid Hoffman is the co-chost.

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AI for Impact Opportunities

Communications & Events Officer, IPIE, Remote (select locations)

The Swiss-based International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is an independent and global science organization providing scientific knowledge about the health of the world's information environment.

The IPIE Communications and Events Officer will lead the development and execution of comprehensive communication strategies and event management plans to enhance the visibility and engagement of the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) with stakeholders.

Project Associate – AI and Emerging Technologies, Remote , Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, (select locations)

HD’s AI and Emerging Technologies (AIET) programme aims to support and facilitate the adoption of effective international measures to address the risks posed by AI and other technologies for international security, stability and conflict dynamics, particularly in relation to military applications of AI

Data Enrichment Work and AI Labor in the Global South - LASER PULSE

The United States Agency for International Development’s Innovation, Technology and Research Hub (ITR) and the Long-term Assistance and SErvices for Research, Partners for University-Led Solutions Engine (LASER PULSE) at the Purdue Applied Research Institute, Global Development Innovation Division (PARI-GDI) seek proposals from qualified teams to research the invisible and undervalued workforce in artificial intelligence (AI) and their working conditions in the Global South.

EU Associate Account Executive, Remote, Brightest

We're building a company to tackle some of our biggest social problems through a mix of creativity, inclusiveness, and intelligent software. We want to change how people, organizations, supply chains, and governments measure and manage positive social impact, sustainability, environmental social governance (ESG), and meaningful work. If that sounds nice we'd love to have you be a part of it.

We're looking for a European Union (EU)-based, entrepreneurial, resourceful, driven, and strategic Associate Account Executive who can help us build important industry relationships and coalitions, assist with prospecting and lead generation, foster strategic relationships, and evangelize our platform and mission

Summer Fellowship 2025 | GovAI Blog

Summer and Winter Fellowships provide an opportunity for early-career individuals or individuals new to the field of AI governance to work on a research project and learn about the field.

Innovation Officer (Sourcing & Insights), P-2 - Office of Innovation, UNICEF, Stockholm

Under the leadership of the Programme Specialist, the Innovation Officer will coordinate new calls for applications, coordinate the selection strategy and conduct research on new potential areas of investment. In addition, the incumbent will work on strengthening the diversity outlook of UNICEF’s Venture Fund portfolio ensuring an equitable gender and geographic representation. They will also support the insight generation for Venture Fund alumni, to track and report on metrics and performance in alignment with the results framework.

Conservation Technology Business Development Associate, Conversation X Labs, DC

CXL seeks a Business Development Associate to work closely with teams to generate sales leads in new and existing markets.

Honeycomb - Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem

What We’re Building Honeycomb is the observability platform for teams who manage software that matters. Send any data to our one-of-a-kind data store, solve problems with all the relevant context, and fix issues before your customers find them. Honeycomb is the unified, fast, and collaborative choice for engineering teams who care about customer experience to get the answers they need, quickly. We are passionate about consumer-quality developer tools and excited to build technology that raises our industry’s expectations of what our tools can do for us. We’re working with well known companies like HelloFresh, Slack, LaunchDarkly, and Vanguard and more across a range of industries.

Data Associate at Open Supply Hub, Remote

About Open Supply Hub At Open Supply Hub, we are powering the transition to safe and sustainable supply chains through open data.

Board of Directors - Tarbell

Board of Directors (Volunteer) Role Description Applications close at the end of the day on January 12, 2025, Anywhere on Earth. About Tarbell The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism supports journalism that helps society navigate the emergence of increasingly advanced AI.

Sales Development Representative, Andela, US, Canada or Mexico

The Sales Development Representative (SDR) role is defined by a passion for digital transformation and the opportunity to collaborate with some of the world’s most admired global organizations and brands. This role offers a unique chance to make a real impact by identifying and creating new qualified opportunities within MidMarket and Enterprise-level accounts.

Field Coordinator - Kenya - Digital Green -

Digital Green is a global development organization that empowers smallholder farmers to lift themselves out of poverty by harnessing the power of technology and community engagement. Our solutions combine digital tools with grassroots partnerships to deliver knowledge-sharing systems that improve the livelihoods of millions.
Our newest initiatives include Farmer.Chat, an AI-powered advisory bot that provides real-time, tailored guidance to farmers.

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