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Artificial Intelligence

AI built around the realities in which it will be used.

YARA's AI research examines the data, methods and decisions behind artificial-intelligence systems, with particular attention to African contexts.

Our Artificial Intelligence focus

  • AI Foundations

    African data, benchmarks, model evaluation and methods designed for settings where data or compute may be limited.

  • Applied AI

    The use of AI in health, agriculture, finance, climate, science and other areas where better tools could answer practical questions.

  • Governance & Safety

    How AI systems are evaluated, deployed and governed, including privacy, accountability, bias, standards and safety.

Current research