Build and Interact

Customizable chatbots for humanitarian response and development work

What is AIDA?
AIDA is a chatbot builder that allows you to create and train interactive chatbots.

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What does the name "AIDA" mean?

AIDA loosely stands for “artificial intelligence development assistant”.
It’s also a name in Spanish and French meaning “help”.

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Define chatbot language skills

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Set-up keyword responders to trigger behavior

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Create scheduled messages and surveys

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Generate complex decision trees

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A tool founded to combat food insecurity

The need to engage vulnerable populations on food security issues sparked a project collaboration between the World Food Programme (WFP) and InSTEDD with support from the Cisco Foundation, working together to create “Foodbot”, a chatbot to collect and share information relating to food security.

About Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

AIDA Chatbot Builder is made possible by a cash grant by Cisco CSR, a group which empowers social change agents with technology expertise. Cisco CSR’s goal is to accelerate global problem solving to benefit people, society, and the planet. They help put transformative technology in the hands of passionate people to make a positive societal and environmental impact. Read more

About Cisco CSR’s Critical Human Needs Program

Humanitarian crises persist. Many people lack access to basic human needs: food, adequate shelter, and­ clean water. Cisco’s Critical Human Needs Program empowers nonprofits and social change agents worldwide to relieve these problems. AIDA Chatbot Builder is part of Cisco CSR’s commitment to support scalable technology solutions that help humanitarian teams move faster and provide vital services to more people when disasters strike. Read more