Conversational bots help make information and action more accessible across a wide range of domains, from health to voter registration.
Resources
- Facebook AI has built and open-sourced Blender, the largest-ever open-domain chatbot.
- Dialogflow by Google “gives users new ways to interact with your product by building engaging voice and text-based conversational interfaces, such as voice apps and chatbots, powered by AI.”
- IBM’s Watson Assistant is free for the first 10,000 API calls per month.
- Microsoft’s Azure Bot Service is a managed service purpose-built for bot development.
ParticipaBOt
- participabot.app
- Bots, Citizen Engagement, Civic forums, High-tech civic tech, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools
Una plataforma de participación ciudadana digital que permite visibilizar y priorizar propuestas ciudadanas a nivel nacional
Cofact
Fight Misinformation in Thailand with Chatbot Fact-Checking
Belisar.io
A bot of legislative proximity that seeks to promote communication between government and citizens through artificial intelligence.
CoVIg-19 Plasma Bot
- www.covig-19plasmaalliance.org
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Engagement tech, High-tech civic tech, Resource matching and sharing, The Tech
Bot to help recruit recovered COVID-19 patients to help treat sick ones
Ask Nameesa
- m.facebook.com
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Nameesa, which is an AI powered conversational and personal engagement platform that automatically responds to people inquiries about Coronavirus (COVID-19) with information from credible sources such as WHO and Ministry of Health.
#SelfCare
#SelfCare is a free, simple, and beautiful AI companion for joy, self-connection, and hope.
Rosie
- serenata.ai
- Advocacy tech, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, High-tech civic tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
An artificial intelligence bot that analyzes Brazilian congresspeople expenses while they are in office. Rosie can find suspicious spendings and engage citizens in the discussion about these findings.
RadicalRelay
- www.radical-health.com
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging Tech Projects, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Radical Relay is your feisty aunty helping you ask those questions before, during, and after an appointment or ER visit.
Curbie
- www.curbie.ai
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging Tech Tools, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
With curbside delivery on the rise, get a quick free tool to help you know when customers arrive to pickup their order.
Roo
- roo.plannedparenthood.org
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging Tech Tools, Emtech, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Need answers to those sometimes awkward questions about sexual health, relationships, and growing up?
Apptivism
Helping citizens and communities to give their view on civic issues through Messenger chatbots
Ushahidi’s Facebook Messenger bot
Meeting people where they already are
Aunt Meiyu
- line.me
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Chat, Fight disinformation, High-tech civic tech, Media, The Tech
A Taiwanese developer Carol created a chatbot called Aunt Meiyu on popular messaging app LINE. Aunt Meiyu is designed to combat disinformation circulated in private chat group, especially family chat groups
Cofacts
- cofacts.g0v.tw
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Fight disinformation, High-tech civic tech, Media, The Tech
Cofacts is a collaborative system connecting instant messages and fact-check reports or different opinions together.
Bots for Charity
- botsforcharity.com
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Emerging Tech Organizations, Emtech, Fundraising, Get funding, High-tech civic tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Direct Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
New/Mode
- www.newmode.net
- Bots, Call campaign tools, Email campaign tools, Organize campaigns, Petitions, SMS, SMS campaign tools
New/Mode is putting the powerful tools used by the world’s leading campaigns into more political campaigners’ pockets.
Chalmers
- sites.google.com
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Engagement tech, Get social benefits, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Chalmers can help you find things like: free meals, overnight shelter, clothing banks, emergency contacts and can point you to offline and online mental health services.
Text Power
- www.opensourceactivism.tech
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, High-tech civic tech, Organize campaigns, SMS campaign tools, The Tech
MESSAGING FLOWS FOR CAMPAIGNS AND ORGANIZATIONS
smscollect
Build SMS bots for remote surveys
@congressedits
- twitter.com
- Advocacy tech, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Graveyard, High-tech civic tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
tracked edits made to Wikipedia from U.S. Capitol computers
LISA
- robotlawyerlisa.com
- Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Group decision making, High-tech civic tech, Legal tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Robot Lawyer Lisa works with you and another party to generate a mutually-satisfactory Non-Disclosure Agreement without involving human lawyers
Amicable
- amicable.io
- Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, High-tech civic tech, Legal tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Amicable is a divorce app which helps couples close an amicable agreement. The chatbot, Alex, provides instant andreal time support to users.
WeSpeak
- web.archive.org
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Communicating with the government, Govtech, Graveyard, High-tech civic tech, Issue reporting, Organize campaigns, SMS campaign tools, The Tech
WeSpeak is a citizen feedback platform
Law Padi
- www.lawpadi.com
- Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging Tech Tools, High-tech civic tech, Legal tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
LawPadi started as an online legal advice system to provide information and resources to people in Nigeria. It nowprovides virtual assistance on legal issues through a chatbot.
Wagbot
- www.messenger.com
- Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, High-tech civic tech, Legal tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Wagbot is a Facebook Messenger-based chatbot designed to answer questions from school children about sexualhealth and related issues.
Quartz Bot Studio
The Quartz Bot Studio builds narrative experiences for messaging and voice platforms.
Robota
- robotaprojects.com
- Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, High-tech civic tech, Legal tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Robota is a chatbot that guides workers to file a lawsuit against their current or former employers.
Health Complaints Assist
- healthcomplaintsassist.com.au
- Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots, High-tech civic tech, Legal tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Health Complaints Assist is a chatbot that helps users make a complaint about medical treatment they or someonethey know received.
Botcheck.me
- botcheck.me
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging Tech Tools, High-tech civic tech, Media, Media and social media analysis, The Tech
We use advance machine learning techniques to detect political propaganda bots on Twitter.
AppCityLife
APPCityLife is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that empowers cities to rapidly deploy affordable mobile apps and engage citizens through CityLife Chatbot, our Artificial Intelligence chatbot built specifically for cities.
HelloVote
- www.hello.vote
- Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Engagement tech, Graveyard, The Tech, Voting and elections
HelloVote was an experiment in civic engagement via mobile voter registration, and was built and launched on a rapid timeline.
Spot
for reporting workplace harassment
Grove.ai Democrats bot
Chatbots for the next generation of digital organizing
URBEM
URBEM es una plataforma para digitalizar trámites y servicios de gobierno, y automatizar la atención ciudadana con Inteligencia Artificial.
Tinder bot used in UK elections
We used a computer program to talk to young people on the dating app about the U.K. election. The results were amazing.
WorkIt Walmart employee app
- quadrant2.us
- Bots, Emerging Tech Tools, High-tech civic tech, Meet the others, Peer networks, Socialize online, The People
AI bot that can navigate and serve up FAQ content in conversations with workers
Article One
- web.archive.org
- Bots, Communicating with the government, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech, Govtech, Graveyard, High-tech civic tech, The Tech
Fireside specializes in creating the most innovative and easy-to-use tools to help Congressional offices connect with their constituents more efficiently.
Holopolis bot
Holopolis bot allows always available participation. It packages vTaiwan as a contact you can add friend with and share your opinions on cases under discussion.