The mandate of the Just AI Awards is to recognise three best practices in India that have leveraged the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in building projects, initiatives, and solutions at the grassroots level, which are aimed at breaking social and digital barriers, reducing the socio-economic inequalities, strengthening crisis response, and contributing to the democratic and feminist principles of the internet. Besides the stated scope of the Just AI Awards, special emphasis and recognition will be given to the AI-based solutions that prioritise ethical data collection through participatory development methods, promoting gender justice and inclusivity, decolonising the internet by encouraging linguistic diversity, and ensuring universal and affordable internet access. Amidst an unprecedented infusion of emerging and disruptive technologies, the Just AI Awards aims to recognise innovative projects, initiatives and solutions that approach technology as a social good, and address complex and critical questions surrounding it.
With an approach to AI for Social Good that is accessible, affordable, and accountable to all citizens, the Just AI Awards seeks to highlight and promote impactful models across various sectors of the economy and society that critically address the ethical issues in task automation, data privacy breaches, algorithmic biases and discrimination arising from the use of unmoderated and unregulated vast datasets. The Just AI Awards aims to recognise and celebrate the initiatives, achievements, and efforts of tech innovators with a citizen-centric approach.