Latin American groups build AI to study gender violence (English, Level A1)

Groups in Latin America use AI tools.
They study gender inequality and violence.
Ivana Feldfeber started DataGénero.
Her team made AymurAI to find court data.
AymurAI runs on local servers for security.
It has more than 10,000 rulings.
PIT Policy Lab found 4,000 misidentified people.
Teams add audio-to-text to save testimonies.
Experts say AI must match local needs.

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woman — An adult female person.

women

violence — Physical force causing harm or damage.

program — A planned set of actions or instructions.

pattern — A repeated decorative design or model.

patterns

data — Facts and statistics collected for analysis.

court case — A legal action decided in a court.

court cases

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