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    Money Matters: What's the role of AI in global development?

    In this week's edition: the benefits and risks posed by AI in the sector's work, an examination of humanitarian underfunding, and is Europe failing in localization.

    By Omar Mohammed // 16 July 2023

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    Billions of dollars are pouring into developing tools rooted in artificial intelligence, or AI.

    The world of global development is getting excited about the technology. They see AI’s potential to transform things like remote medical treatment, agriculture, rebuilding of war-affected countries, and making the industry smarter, faster and more effective.

    But is the excitement clouding judgment over some of the risks that exist within this emerging technology?

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