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The World Bank Wants Small AI Built for Weak Connections

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TL;DR Small AI is the World Bank's term for a design approach to AI development: narrow models aimed at one well-defined problem, running on the devices people already own, trained on local data and reachable through SMS or voice. Paschal Donohoe, the Bank's chief knowledge officer, told the Guardi…

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  1. 2026-10-25 09:00 · DEV Community — AI
    The World Bank Wants Small AI Built for Weak Connections

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