Inside the New Nonprofit AI Initiatives Seeking to Aid Teachers and Farmers in Rural Africa

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By Andrew R. Chow October 31, 2024 2:30 PM EDT O ver the past year, rural farmers in Malawi have been seeking advice about their crops and animals from a generative AI chatbot. These farmers ask questions in Chichewa, their native tongue, and the app, Ulangizi, responds in kind, using conversational language based on information taken from the government’s agricultural manual. “In the past we could wait for days for agriculture extension workers to come and address whatever problems we had on

Tag-uri: Agricultura