MERL TECH News

• Welcoming our new AI+Africa Lead for the NLP-CoP: Vari Matimba

  by Linda Raftree on March 28, 2025

• Do you see what I see? Insights from an inclusive approach to AI ethics governance.

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on March 27, 2025

• New guide: key questions to ask before using GenAI for research on violence against women

  by Linda Raftree on March 18, 2025

• RightsCon Recap – Assessing humanitarian AI: what M&E frameworks do humanitarians need in the face of emerging AI?

  by Quito Tsui on March 10, 2025

• Event recap: Humans in the machine – the impact of AI on workers

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on March 7, 2025

• Evidence and Learning in the Context of Climate Change: Invitation to Action

  by Linda Raftree on March 6, 2025

• Why gender inclusion in GenAI matters now more than ever

  by Guest Post on March 5, 2025

• Join us during CSW: we’re convening two Tech Salons about the rights of women’s and girls’ online, media and online violence

  by Linda Raftree on March 3, 2025

• Join us on March 12th: “Tests of Large and Small Language Models on common evaluation tasks”, a webinar with Gerard Atkinson

  by Zach Tilton on February 27, 2025

• Technocolonialism in the age of Humanitarian AI

  by Quito Tsui on February 25, 2025

• Meet us (virtually!) at RightsCon next week

  by Bárbara Paes on February 20, 2025

• Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence: GenAI, Evaluation in International Development, and the Case for Caution

  by Guest Post on February 12, 2025

• Key takeaways from our first Gender, AI and MERL Working Group meeting

  by Guest Post on February 11, 2025

• What are the potential benefits, considerations, and risks of AI for Research Funding Organisations (RFOs)?

  by Guest Post on February 7, 2025

• We Need More Design Thinking in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning. Here’s how.

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on February 5, 2025

• We’re hiring: Join MTI as our new AI+Africa Lead for the NLP-CoP

  by Bárbara Paes on January 28, 2025

• Welcoming our new NLP-CoP Community Manager: Bárbara Paes

  by Linda Raftree on January 24, 2025

• Join us for a special NLP-CoP members-only event with: Mirca Madianou, author of Technocolonialism

  by Quito Tsui on January 23, 2025

• Humans in the Machine: the Impact of AI on workers – Learn More on February 6th

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on January 16, 2025

• Join us for the Gender, MERL and AI Working Group meeting kick-off!

  by Guest Post on January 10, 2025

• The influence of Big Tech in 2025: 8 ways civil society can prepare for the incoming US administration

  by Linda Raftree on January 6, 2025

• We’ve (mostly) banned AI assistants from NLP Community of Practice events. Here’s why.

  by Isabelle Amazon-Brown on December 18, 2024

• Recap: NLP-CoP 2024 year in review meeting

  by Linda Raftree on December 14, 2024