Technology
The Low-Cost AI Illusion
What the next economic phase of artificial intelligence means for public interest work and how organizations can protect equity, access, and themselves.
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
Environment
A World of Innovation
A look at the issues and articles that resonated most with SSIR’s local language edition readers in 2025.
Technology
What Kind of World Is AI Building?
The ideologies behind today's most powerful technology
Leadership
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2025
Building collective capacity; AI's power for the greater good; grappling with systems collapse; lessons from collaborative philanthropy; and more.
Economic Development
When USAID Shut Down, Its Lessons Nearly Vanished. AI Helped Recover Them
A final sweep of 60 years of evidence reveals durable truths about how development succeeds and fails.
Technology
When AI Is Your Friend
Research demonstrates that people feel less lonely when they interact with AI companion chatbots that make them feel heard.
Technology
Bridging the AI Investment Divide
The concentration of AI funding in profit-driven applications has the potential to drive widening inequalities in three critical ways.
Philanthropy & Funding
Four Lessons From $4 Billion in Impact-focused Giving
The CEO of Coefficient Giving reflects on more than a decade of pursuing their distinct approach to philanthropy.
Excerpt
Technology
Breaking the Algorithmic Contract
An excerpt from You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem on the internet’s social contract
Technology
A New AI Career Ladder
The changing nature of jobs means workers need new education and training infrastructure to match.