About - AI tools Radar

AI tools Radar is designed to map and showcase innovative and impactful AI tools from around the world, with a particular focus on applications in the public sector, media, and judiciary.

This platform is a global initiative born out of a collaboration between UNESCO and the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI).

Our mission is to drive transparency, efficiency, and ethics in AI deployment, empowering the public sector, the media and the judiciary with the tools needed to navigate an increasingly digital world.

Sourced from leading organizations and experts in the field of AI, the AI tools curated are categorized according to the most common day-to-day operations and needs of organizations and professionals in these three sectors.

But our ambition doesn’t stop there. AI Tools Radar is set to expand its scope to include AI tools from other sectors, industries, and research domains, creating the most comprehensive repository of AI applications available.

Advisory Board

Name	Position	Organization
Charlie Beckett Sector Position Director of Polis and the JournalismAI project, Department of Media and Communications Organization London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Media	Director of Polis and the JournalismAI project, Department of Media and Communications	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	Media
Chloe Sondervorst Sector Position Producer and Journalist Organization Radio Canada Media	Producer and Journalist	Radio Canada	Media
Christophe Gauthier Sector Position Lead Coordinator Organization I4T Global Knowledge Network Media	Lead Coordinator	I4T Global Knowledge Network	Media
Colin van Noordt Sector Position Researcher on Algorithms and Cloud Organization Netherlands Court of Audit Public Sector	Researcher on Algorithms and Cloud	Netherlands Court of Audit	Public Sector
Ezra Eeman Sector Position Director of Strategy and Innovation Organization Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO) Media	Director of Strategy and Innovation	Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO)	Media
Florent Daudens Sector Position Press Lead Organization Hugging Face Media	Press Lead	Hugging Face	Media
Juan David Gutierrez Rodriguez Sector Position Associate Professor Organization School of Government, Universidad de los Andes Public sector	Associate Professor	School of Government, Universidad de los Andes	Public sector
Luca Tangi Sector Position Project Officer Organization European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) Public Sector	Project Officer	European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)	Public Sector
Matthieu Quiniou Sector Position Member, Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board Organization European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) Judiciary	Member, Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board	European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)	Judiciary

Selection Criteria

Relevance

While the AI Tools Radar is certainly not an exhaustive list, it aims to address a broad spectrum of needs across our three target sectors: the public sector, media, and judiciary. Sourced from leading organizations and experts in the field of AI, the tools were selected based on several factors, including their ability to respond to concrete challenges in each sector and their usefulness for tasks such as automation, data analysis, or fact-checking, and categorized accordingly.

Ethics

Ethical considerations were central to the selection process. In line with UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, which advocates for AI systems that safeguard human rights, uphold the rule of law, ensure transparency, and include human oversight, we prioritized tools that promote fairness and favored open-source tools (though not all fully comply), empowering users to understand, control, and potentially also adapt the tools to their needs.

Accessibility

Tools were selected with a strong focus on accessibility, ensuring that users with varying levels of resources could benefit. This is reflected in the abundance of multilingual tools, representing a diverse range of countries, and low-bandwidth-friendly options for users with limited internet access. Media tools, in particular, cater to the needs of small media outlets, especially community media, fostering inclusivity across diverse environments.

Sources

Global Toolkit on AI and the Rule of Law for the Judiciary

UNESCO (2023) 'Global toolkit on AI and the rule of law for the judiciary'. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387331 (Accessed March 2025).

Compute for Climate Fellowship: Global R&D funding program that empowers climate tech startups to leverage advanced cloud computing and AI

International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (2024) 'Compute for Climate Fellowship'. Available at: https://ircai.org/ircai-and-aws-climate-fellowship/ (Accessed March 2025).

Hugging Face: The Essential AI Toolkit for Journalists and Content Creators

JournalistsonHF. The Essential AI Toolkit for Journalists and Content Creators. Hugging Face, n.d., https://huggingface.co/spaces/JournalistsonHF/ai-toolkit. (Accessed March 2025).

IRCAI Global Top 100

International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (2025) 'IRCAI Global Top 100'. Available at: https://ircai.org/global-top-100-outstanding-projects/results/ (Accessed March 2025).

Joint Research Centre Data Catalogue: Public Sector Tech Watch latest dataset of selected cases

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC). Public Sector Tech Watch latest dataset of selected cases. 2023. European Commission. Available at: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/e8e7bddd-8510-4936-9fa6-7e1b399cbd92. (Accessed March 2025).

JournalismAI

The London School of Economics and Political Science (2025) 'JournalismAI'. Available at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/polis/JournalismAI (Accessed March 2025).

Journalists Toolbox

Reilley, Mike (2025) 'Journalist’s Toolbox™'. Available at: https://journaliststoolbox.ai/ (Accessed March 2025).

Partnership on AI: AI Tools for Local Newsrooms Database

International Media Support (2021) 'The next wave of disruption: Emerging market media use of artificial intelligence and machine learning'. Available at: https://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AI-ML-in-Emerging-Markets-vFinal4.pdf (Accessed March 2025).

Resource Centre Cyberjustice and AI by CEPEJ

Council of Europe. Resource Centre on Cyberjustice and AI. European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), n.d., Available at https://www.coe.int/en/web/cepej/resource-centre-on-cyberjustice-and-ai. (Accessed March 2025).

Sistemas de decisión automatizada en el sector público colombiano

Gutiérrez, Juan David; Muñoz-Cadena, Sarah; Castellanos-Sánchez, Michelle (2023) 'Sistemas de decisión automatizada en el sector público colombiano'. Available at: https://doi.org/10.34848/YN1CRT (Accessed March 2025).

The next wave of disruption: Emerging market media use of artificial intelligence and machine learning

Cook, Clare, et al. The Next Wave of Disruption: Emerging Market Media Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Edited by Robert Shaw, International Media Support, 2021. Available at: https://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AI-ML-in-Emerging-Markets-vFinal4.pdf. (Accessed March 2025).

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