Lessons Learned: I Built a Successful Generative AI Chatbot that Failed

Lessons Learned: I Built a Successful Generative AI Chatbot that Failed

Published on: May 16 2024 by Wayan Vota - 7 Comments
Grab your popcorn! This is gonna be a great crash and burn story about Generative AI success and failure in 2024! I recently built a GenAI chatbot that successfully parsed the US Foreign Affairs Manual for the second time...
How to Increase Girls Digital Literacy in East Asia and Pacific

How to Increase Girls Digital Literacy in East Asia and Pacific

Published on: May 15 2024 by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment
The recent UNICEF study Girls’ Digital Literacy in East Asia and Pacific Regions, showed that girls and boys across the region are online in huge numbers, but they are often engaging in only a few basic digital activities....
Apply Now: $1 Million in Grants for Open Digital Infrastructure Programs

Apply Now: $1 Million in Grants for Open Digital Infrastructure Programs

Published on: May 13 2024 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Open Digital Infrastructure (ODI) represents the set of Open Source code, institutional settings, technical standards, and knowledge assets that support software technologies like software libraries, compilers, or communication-...
What About Open Transfer Instead of Open Source Software?

What About Open Transfer Instead of Open Source Software?

Published on: May 09 2024 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
At a recent discussion about the Principles for Digital Development, a common debate took hold of participants: should we keep the Open Source clause in the “Open Principle” that advocates for Open Standards,...
Introducing the Updated Principles for Digital Development

Introducing the Updated Principles for Digital Development

Published on: May 08 2024 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Since their inception in 2014, the Principles for Digital Development have been endorsed by over 300 organizations globally – including donors, multilateral institutions, civil society organizations, and for-profit...
Find Generative AI Insights in USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse

Find Generative AI Insights in USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse

Published on: May 07 2024 by Sponsored Post - 2 Comments
In the complex world of international development, understanding what works and what doesn’t is crucial to maximizing the impact of foreign aid. Traditionally, this has meant either relying on the anecdotal evidence...
Apply Now: €300,000 for Data-Driven Digital Social Innovations in Africa

Apply Now: €300,000 for Data-Driven Digital Social Innovations in Africa

Published on: May 06 2024 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Creating value and identifying innovative regulatory approaches in African economies through data can only be sustained if the process and its objectives are supported and carried by a country’s or region’s entire digital...
Can We Use ChatGPT for Global Goods Software Development?

Can We Use ChatGPT for Global Goods Software Development?

Published on: May 02 2024 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
At IntraHealth, where our mission is to support health workers and improve the conditions in which they work, AI-assisted training could be a game changer. Artificial Intelligence, and especially Generative AI, is performing...
Introducing the German Federal Government’s Strategy for International Digital Policy

Introducing the German Federal Government’s Strategy for International Digital Policy

Published on: May 01 2024 by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment
The global digital age opens up tremendous opportunities – and harbours challenges for all actors. The political and economic power as well as the military capabilities of states increasingly depend on their ability to...