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Global Progress in the AI Era: What happens when AI labs and social enterprises build together?

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This Week in Global Development

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Mar 17, 2026

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Summary

As AI models scale globally, social enterprises are increasingly working with frontier AI labs to test, adapt, and improve the technology in local contexts. This episode explores how those partnerships could determine whether AI reinforces existing inequalities — or helps close them.