Community workshops for Mozilla Common Voice project
An AI of Our Own has completed our second workshop as part of the Mozilla Common Voice API project that we have been working on since the beginning of the year. The project aims to create a mobile-first, offline-capable application allowing Dagbani and Khmer-speaking communities with limited digital access to contribute their voices to Mozilla’s […]
AAOO Signs MoU with Melon Rouge Agency
Delighted to announce that we have officially signed an MoU of collaboration with Melon Rouge Agency for the next six months! We worked closely with MRA in Q4 2025 particularly on our pilot project. They provided valuable perspective around human-centered design and research, and have allowed us to work towards actualizing our aim of centering […]
2025 Year in Review: Manifesto, Pilots, and More
As we ring in 2026, it’s time to look back at everything that happened in 2025. It was an incredible year of finding our place and path, in a landscape that is always changing and evolving. We started the year with our Manifesto working group, six individuals with diverse expertise and backgrounds: Arthur Gwagwa, PhD., […]
Release of the Landscape Research Mapping
Following the initial concept note workshop, the team felt it was necessary to understand thelandscape around digital heritage and AI in Africa and Asia to better position the new initiative.Over the course of three months, a small research team explored close to two hundred differentinitiatives, projects, and individuals working in the field of digital heritage […]
June 2025 – Launch of AAOO Consortium
One of the key strategic goals of AAOO is to build a global consortium of individuals andinstitutions – essentially, a space to share resources, knowledge, strategy, and efforts toadvance shared principles and values that are at the heart of AAOO’s work: communitycentered AI, culturally driven AI, equitable representation in AI systems of global south cultures,etc. […]
June 2025 – AAOO selected for Open Data Editor Global Cohort
In June 2025, AAOO was selected as one of 5 projects as the 2nd cohort piloting the launch ofOpen Knowledge’s Open Data Editor (ODE), in particular focusing on the new addition of “aresponsible, offline AI feature designed to support users in spotting anomalies, patterns, andinconsistencies — all while respecting privacy, transparency, and human oversight.” (Source) […]
AAOO at the 7th Culture Summit Abu Dhabi
In May, the An AI of Our Own (AAOO) team took part in the 7th Culture Summit in Abu Dhabi,where AI was a key theme under the broader focus of “Culture for Humanity and Beyond.”Project Lead Phloeun Prim moderated two impactful sessions. The first, a workshop titled “An AIof Our Own: Manifesto for Multicultural and […]