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Safeguarding Information Integrity in the Age of AI: How to Flag Untrue or Misleading Content
There is plenty of regular misinformation on the Internet, and to make matters worse, we are more exposed to misinformation than ever before due to the acceleration of AI-generated content online. There’s solid evidence that AI-generated content spre... -
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The environmental cost of AI: what do we actually have influence on in our organizations?
A single digital product can have a smaller environmental footprint than its physical equivalent (think of paper documentation replaced by digitally signed contracts). However when we use digital services, we use them at an entirely different scale,... -
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Caring For Those Who Care: AI and Data Culture To Protect CSO Workers
It is essential to distinguish between the exhaustion derived from the hardship of the social mission and administrative burnout. While the former requires human and psychological support, the latter is an operational design failure. Technology canno... -
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Why AI Readiness for West African Civil Society Cannot Be Leapfrogged
Today, this logic is being tested anew as donors, technology philanthropists and International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) increasingly encourage West African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) tools f... -
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Beyond screentime limits: How AI can help civil society reclaim time, trust and resilience
For CSOs in South Africa — already stretched by funding constraints, shrinking staff, disinformation threats and endless reporting cycles — the idea that the solution to digital overload is simply “less tech” feels increasingly unrealistic.The real q... -
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Lessons from "AI Integration Labs": 17 Shifts Reshaping Civil Society
Between January and February 2026, I facilitated three AI Integration Labs for the AI for Social Change initiative; a Google.org-supported project, run by TechSoup and Digital Activism Program Partners, working to equip 10,000 civil society professio... -
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AI and Information Integrity: A Practical Guide for CSO Staff
This article provides an insight into a more useful conversation, with an understanding of both the warning and the promising versions. AI tools are already part of how CSO staff works. The question is no longer whether to use them, but how to use th... -
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Beyond Basic AI Chat: The Moment ChatGPT Becomes The Real Work
Some texts were warm, some were stiff, some were too long, some sounded like they came from a grant application that had not seen daylight in three weeks. I am perfectly happy to admit that copywriting is not my strongest skill. So even when I had th... -
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AI as a Catalyst for Social Impact in Kenya’s Philanthropic Sector
As foreign aid tightens and reporting expectations intensify, Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) are confronting a practical question: how do we do more with less certainty, less external cushioning, and higher expectations of transparency? Th... -
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Free AI Courses and Practical Applications for Civil Society Organizations
1. AI Foundations: Building the BaseAI Fluency: Framework & Foundations | AnthropicThis course moves beyond the hype to establish a structured approach to human-AI interaction. It introduces the 4D Framework (Delegation, Description, Discernment, and...
