Dataminr’s AI for Good program advances humanitarian data analysis and forensic tools

Real-time event and risk detection company Dataminr Inc. today announced its 2024 tranche of AI for Good partners who aim to turn compelling ideas with social impact into tailor-made artificial intelligence solutions.

AI for Good 2024 partners include the Danish Refugee Council, Data Friend Space and Mnemonic.

Founded in 2022, Dataminr’s AI for Good program partners with social welfare organizations to develop tailored AI solutions that drive transformational impact for people and the planet. Through this program, Dataminr AI scientists collaborate with non-governmental organizations and multilateral organizations to address complex humanitarian challenges, such as improving data analysis for humanitarian response and processing multimedia content for support human rights investigations. Following a competitive process, two projects were selected for development this year.

The first project involves Dataminr collaborating with the Danish Refugee Council and Data Friendly Space to improve the data capture and mining platform. Through the integration of user feedback, Dataminr aims to develop personalized tagging recommendations and improve data analysis results.

DEEP is a collaborative tool designed for humanitarian analysts that facilitates knowledge sharing across the sector. The platform has more than 6,000 users in 90 countries and enables rapid analysis of reports, such as situation assessments from various entities responding to humanitarian crises.

Humanitarian organizations use DEEP to quickly process reports, such as situation reports and needs assessments, from multiple entities involved in crisis response. The analysis provides a more complete understanding of the operational context, informing and improving response efforts.

The second project sees Dataminr partner with Mnemonic to process multimodal data, including photographs and videos, to label content related to human rights violations, such as explosions and shootings. Mnemonic’s digital archives contain millions of pieces of data essential to the prosecution of war crimes and the handling of violations of international law.

By leveraging Dataminr’s AI capabilities, the project aims to streamline the processing and categorization of this vast dataset. This effort will enable human rights lawyers to more effectively identify and access evidence critical to their investigations and, in doing so, advance justice and accountability efforts.

“This year, we are focusing on multiplying forces,” commented Sirene Abou-Chakra, director of the Social Innovation Lab at Dataminr, on the choice of projects. “We have selected two incredible partners who have created digital tools that support not only their own work but also the efforts of organizations in the human rights and humanitarian sectors. »

The 2024 project announcements follow in the footsteps of 2023 AI for Good partners, who have made progress to address critical challenges.

2023 participants included Insecurity Insight, which used AI to automate the detection of attacks on food systems, while the United Nations Development Program improved its ability to identify intercommunal and gender-based violence . The third project last year saw Ushahidi collaborate with Dataminr to improve the categorization of crowdsourced data to provide faster and more effective communication with relevant communities.

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