Aapti Institute

Aapti Institute, in collaboration with Indian Institute for Human Settlements, held a workshop to understand digital trust in the context of shared access. We presented a usage table defining the framework of individual, shared, and mediated usage. With insights from experts and academicians, we discussed designing more inclusive and effective digital solutions for women, focusing on their roles as service intermediaries, their recreational usage, and their engagement with welfare and livelihood services. Participants also engaged in a dialogue about their diverse digital needs and the importance of context-specific solutions. We took away some critical insights from our discussions: 👉 Devices don’t reflect shared realities, which are primarily socio-patriarchal - we have to push back on the expectations of individual experiences around digital goods, services and interfaces. 👉 Women need more intuitive financial user interfaces and experiences, both at the digital and institutional levels. We need to be granular about their versions of risk, and not a gender-agnostic framework of it. 👉 As the device is a contested resource, we need modes of verification that do not compromise essential service delivery and safety - this means sometimes looking outside of digital forms to include more direct communication. 👉 Livelihood opportunities are also shared resources, which can impact individual aspirations in a community. It is important to think of mediators in this context, and ensuring that incentives cater to their aspirations. 👉 Physical infrastructure for digital infrastructure remains in a critical stage. In light of that, human infrastructure has to be strengthened and appreciated - this means looking at local digital champions and mediators, visibilising the nature of work by them as efforts made, not just expectations set. Astha Kapoor Ava Mumtaz Haidar Manvi Parashar

🔔 Happening Today! If you're interested to know more about how AI is shaping online work, then join us today for our webinar with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH titled 'Adapting to Change' at 3:30 pm IST/ 12:00 pm CEST! Register: https://lnkd.in/gVbfAJ8b

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🗞 Read two new blog posts by Joe Massey and Elena Simperl from Open Data Institute, and Vinay Narayan from Aapti! 1️⃣ How can we empower data communities in the era of generative AI? This blog looks at how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is altering the ways communities function online! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gJbZ7JN3 2️⃣ Why the UN Global Digital Compact needs to get serious about participatory data This blog explores the potential of the Global Digital Compact and seeks to unpack how participation in the data economy is an important part of achieving its aims. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8wa9ftH #tech #globaldigitalcompact #data #participation

📚 Anticipating Migration for Policymaking 📚 🌟 The eighth Data for Policy conference has kicked off with dynamic parallel sessions at Imperial College London. This gathering has united top experts to explore cutting-edge developments and innovations in data and AI governance. Here are the distinguished speakers and their insightful papers from the "Anticipating Migration for Policymaking" session: 🔍 "Towards a Taxonomy of Anticipatory Methods: Integrating Traditional and Innovative Methods for Migration Policy" Sara Marcucci, The Governance Lab, New York, United States of America and Stefaan Verhulst, PhD Verhulst, The Governance Lab, New York, United States of America. 📊 "Augmentation or Replication? Assessing Big Data’s Role in Migration Studies" Tuba Bircan, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. 🌐 "Safeguarding Migrant Rights Through Open Digital Ecosystem (ODE) Principles: A Prerequisite for Deploying Anticipatory Methods" Rohan Pai, Aapti Institute and Amrita Nanda, Aapti Institute. 🤖 "Developing AI Predictive Migration Tools to Enhance Humanitarian Support: The Case of EUMigraTool" Cristina Blasi Casagran, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain, and Georgios Stavropoulos, Information Technologies Institute Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece. Chair: Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute #AI #DataScience #PublicSector #dataforpolicy2024 Data Science Institute Data Science Institute at Imperial College London

📢 Join our latest webinar titled 'Adapting to Change: How AI is shaping online work' on 16 July from 12:00-13:00 CEST/15:30-16:30 IST! We'll be joined by the following expert panel: 1. Safiya Husain, Karya 2. Frida Mwangi, iWorkers 3. Dr. Oğuz Alyanak, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Register now 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gwciCKdM The panelists will explore the trajectory of AI and its growing presence in the workforce, aiming to uncover the hidden labor and vast resources behind AI technologies to discuss the often-overlooked human effort that keeps AI systems running. We will also examine the sectors where AI is set to dominate and the implications for workers in these fields. This is the third webinar in Aapti and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH's series on Data, Algorithms and AI! Lukas Sonnenberg Soujanya Sridharan Ritvik G. Shakhlo Kakharova

✈ Aapti is coming to London! Meet Amrita Nanda and Rohan Pai at Data for Policy 2024 from 9th to 11th July organised by Data for Policy CIC in collaboration with Imperial College London and Cambridge University Press & Assessment. They will be presenting about safeguarding migrant rights through open digital ecosystem principles! Find out more about their track here: https://lnkd.in/euGPTzpu

🔔 We are excited to announce our latest reports with Omidyar Network India unpacking digital public infrastructure from the three different tangents of governance, open source community, and financing. ⚙ Open Source Community This playbook underscores the value of building open source communities around DPGs, with a key focus on understanding how active, inclusive, scalable and sustainable open source communities around DPGs are built. It is a practical resource guide that serves as an effective and innovative approach to building the capacity of DPGs by borrowing principles and practices from open source communities, particularly interventions undertaken to build and grow the communities of two DPG collectives: eGovernments Foundation and Beckn Open Collective. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gqZ46PRr Artwork by Pearl D'Souza   💴 Financing DPI Financing for large-scale tech projects carries mix of obstacles, such as ensuring inclusion and accessibility for users, the efficiency of funded actors, and lack of capacity and training, among other less understood issues. This report aims to unpack the stakeholder and financing landscape around digital public infrastructures and goods. It focuses on 4 case studies of DPIs in healthcare (ABDM and DHIS2), financial inclusion (UPI) and urban governance (DIGIT) to understand the impetus of such creations, the logistics, leadership and innovation that determine the long-term success of these technologies. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gPHm7V3T Artwork by Monjira Sen ⚖ Governing DPI The reports present a principles-based framework on the governance of DPI which provides guidance on building structures that enable accountability, presents a roadmap on development and sustenance of inclusive and equitable DPI, and prescribes norms on participation and collaboration within the broader ecosystem. This research speaks to policy makers while also providing inputs for technology builders and DPI operators, and is informed by in depth case studies into 10+ extant DPI operating within different jurisdictions. 1. DPI Governance 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gm_nz6JR Artwork by Ayesha Punjabi 2. India Paper 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g6Hp_jeZ Artwork by Shaunauk Sokey Surabhi Hodigere Kriti Mittal Sarayu Natarajan Soujanya Sridharan Ava Mumtaz Haidar Aishani Rai Avani A. Venkatesh Hariharan #digital #tech #digitalpublicinfrastructure

How has Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) impacted the video creation industry? We’ve just launched our latest report titled ‘Examining the Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) on the Video Creation Industry’ which unpacks the adoption and impact of this new technology in the creative workflows of artists and video content creators engaging with the industry from different scales and contexts. Based on insights gathered from creatives, industry experts and academics, the study also explores potential pathways through which this technology may be better oriented towards realising beneficial opportunities for its intended users. In the report you will explore: 👉 Use of GenAI tools amongst video creators 👉Assessing the impact of GenAI in aiding creativity 👉 Productivity and the opportunity costs associated with the use of GenAI for video creation 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gG-5wW_t Krishna Sood Astha Kapoor Vinay Narayan Avani A. Vaishnavi Patil #GenAI #AI #tech #video #creators

Excited to share our latest research from the participatory data programme in collaboration with Aapti Institute, which explores the different factors which makes these initiatives successful. 📈 Learning from the experiences of those leading participatory data initiatives, and from literature around the world, we propose a framework of the main success factors to consider when designing, deploying and running a participatory data initiative: 👩👩👦👦 The participants involved in the initiative. 🤝 The other stakeholders involved in the initiative, including the internal team, the champions and the steering committee. 💻 💷 ⏰ Inputs, including the funding, time and technology available to support a participatory initiative. 🎨 The design choices made regarding the participatory methodology and technology used to engage with participants, the legal and governance model selected to structure the initiative, and the incentives available to encourage participants to take part. 🌦 The external factors outside of the control of the initiative, such as the political climate, system dynamics, and the commissioners of the initiative. Check out our report here, and get in touch if you'd like to learn more about our work on participatory data. https://lnkd.in/ePwMDM4N #data #AI #participatorydata