We build stories for smart devices

Stories ignite our sense of adventure, give context to history and help shape the cultural identity of the world around us. Technology can shape how we consume stories, whether through radio, television, or podcasts. The next generation of audio storytelling will use AI to interact with you in your living room, kitchen, and car. Think podcasting within conversational AI.

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AI STORYTELLING

Conversational chatbots like Siri, Alexa, and Google Home are taking the internet by storm.
But they are all lacking one thing: Cultural AI

Meet Sina​
​IVOW's AI Storyteller

 ​​Sina (SEE-na) can suggest recipes from around the world in real-time, while providing the cultural context behind each dish. Sina combines the power of AI with ancient storytelling wisdom to create an interactive user experience that is culturally-specific, narrative-rich, and customizable for global appeal.
​A prototype of Sina Storyteller is available on Google Home, and she is also available as a “digital human” thanks to our collaboration with Soul Machines.

BRINGING DIVERSITY TO DATASETS

Current AI technologies and the datasets underlying them are lacking in diversity and cultural knowledge, which can play a role in perpetuating harmful historical biases. 
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WOMEN IN HISTORY
​Data Ideation Challenge

​​​Women in popular databases, such as Pantheon, often have labels that are assigned based on their gender rather than their talents and contributions. For example, Michelle Obama and the Egyptian queen Nefertiti were both labelled as "Companions." To combat this problem, IVOW partnered with Topcoder for the Women in History Data Ideation Challenge. 
As a result of the Women in History Data Ideation Challenge, we were able to pinpoint a lack of available data and the urgent need to create a usable public data source of women throughout history, and we suggested how this could provide new insights into AI products and solutions with a focus on women. Topcoder nominated IVOW as a finalist in their customer innovation awards, which recognize the most influential projects of the year that are “downright cool, edgy, important, and disruptive."

BRINGING CULTURAL CONTEXT TO AI

As the storytelling species, human beings transmit knowledge through stories. A familiar example of this is the sharing of traditional recipes handed down from generation to generation.

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE GRAPH 
​Data + Culture + Food

By combining data on three key elements (ingredient, method, and story), we built the foundation of an Indigenous Knowledge Graph (IKG) using food wisdom. 
Through the IKG, IVOW demonstrated how creating structure around the stories of our ancestors fosters inclusive intelligence in machine learning.

PEOPLE ARE TAKING NOTICE

As a pioneer in culturally intelligent AI for business, our team has been featured in Forbes and AITrends, and we’ve presented at 70 events, including gatherings hosted by SAP, the United Nations, the Federal Identity Forum, Politico, and Stanford’s MediaX. We’ve also worked with companies including IBM Watson, Topcoder, Soul Machines, WeWork Labs, Microsoft, and KiwiTech to promote the development of inclusive datasets and cultural richness in AI.

Xprize Podcast

Online News Association

Women in AI Summit

WHY IVOW AI?

IVOW empowers our clients to enhance their technology with cultural wisdom that embraces the depth and breadth of human experience. Diverse, culturally rich datasets provide fresh insights into your customers that can inform your decision-making processes. With cultural intelligence and AI storytelling, you can personalize your content and tell stories about your brand that resonate within diverse cultures around the world.
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