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Who Is Better Off When AI Speeds up the Workflow?
What the 2026 Nonprofit AI Adoption Report is telling us about a sector that was already breaking
24 hrs ago • Anthralytic
The answer: $19.2 Billion and an Ebola Outbreak
The question: What does it cost to dismantle an aid agency?
May 26 • Anthralytic
Hate the game.
A contract refusal and the larger ecosystem in which it sits
May 22 • Anthralytic
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Aid's Reckoning Is Here. Let's Not Waste It
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The Mountain You Don't Have to Climb
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Data Security When Security Makes You Suspicious
Feb 9 • Anthralytic
Effective Altruism Got Weird—But Not All of It Should Be Thrown Out
Jun 18, 2025 • Anthralytic
Social Impact Data Vulnerability in Three Acts
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USAID, One Year Later: The System They Broke and the People Still Counting
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Mission Drift in Frontier AI
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Upstream of the Vote
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A Wish With a Budget
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