Communities in the Global South lack equitable access to AI tools that respect their cultural traditions and serve their specific needs. Current LLMs are designed primarily for Western users, creating barriers through language, UI design, and uneven data. This project was done for our community partner, An AI of Our Own (https://www.aaoo.ai/). Thank you, Tatenda and Phloeum, for allowing us to be involved with your mission.
Solution
Create a RAG-based AI software tool that enables multimodal knowledge sharing in native languages with a UI that is conscious of community needs + digital familiarity levels.