AKILI · Intelligence for Curious Minds
The companion for curious minds
Youth, democracy, climate, artificial intelligence, the Global South, the economy: AKILI answers from the analyses published by YouthShare, cites every passage it relies on and connects ideas from one text to another.
- BilingualEnglish and French, in the language of the question
- SourcedEvery statement links to its passage
- Open to the worldInternational organisations and public research
- Connected to the teamA team member takes over by email
AKILI
YouthShare’s knowledge companion
Hello, I’m AKILI.
On this page
Explore
AKILI writes its answers with Claude, Anthropic’s AI, from YouthShare’s publications and reference sources. Check important information in the sources cited. Your data
What AKILI does for you
Direct access to our contributors’ thinking, from a quick read to getting involved.
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Summarise
The thesis of an analysis, its arguments and conclusions, in a few lines.
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Connect
The links between analyses, authors and labs on the same topic.
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Contextualise
Data from international organisations and public research, alongside our publications.
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Debate
The arguments at stake and the authors’ positions, to prepare a talk, a debate or an article.
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Get involved
Volunteer roles, labs and clubs that match your profile.
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Contribute
The editorial line, the publishing steps and preparing a partnership.
Knowledge rooted in our publications
AKILI draws first on our contributors’ analyses and on the site’s pages, updated with every publication. To put a topic in context, it consults a selection of international organisations, public institutes and research journals.
YouthShare’s five labs
Reference sources
International organisations
- United Nations
- UNDP
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- ILO
- WHO
- FAO
- UNHCR
- WTO
Climate and development
- IPCC
- UNFCCC
- UNEP
- World Bank
- IMF
- OECD
Africa
- African Development Bank
- African Union
- Economic Commission for Africa
- Afrobarometer
Data and public research
- Our World in Data
- European Union
- Insee
- data.gouv.fr
- vie-publique.fr
- CNRS
- IRD
- Nature
- Brookings
- The Conversation
Method
A short, verifiable chain, from question to source.
Indexing
The site’s public pages are split into citable passages, with their title, author, theme and language. The index is rebuilt with every publication.
Retrieval
A lexical ranking weights titles, authors and subheadings, takes the page being read into account and searches both languages of the site.
Sourced writing
Claude, Anthropic’s model, writes from the passages retrieved. Every statement links to the passage that supports it; external sources carry their domain name.
Safeguards
A defined thematic scope, a closed list of external sources, personal data kept out of the conversation, a capped budget. Beyond the cap, AKILI presents the passages closest to the question.
With you, page after page
On an analysis
The key ideas, related analyses and the data that sheds light on it.
On a lab
The lab’s work and the ways to contribute.
On a volunteer role
The profile sought and the application steps.
On a passage
A selected passage becomes a question: AKILI explains it and puts it in context.
A member of the team, whenever you need one
For a specific request, a partnership, a role or a media enquiry, AKILI passes your message to the YouthShare team, with the conversation if you wish. The reply arrives by email.
Frequently asked questions
Which sources does AKILI rely on?
YouthShare’s analyses and public pages first, then, to put a topic in context, a selection of international organisations, public institutes and research journals. Every answer shows its numbered sources.
How do I check an answer?
Each numbered passage links to its source, and the original text remains the reference. To quote in your own work, use the analysis itself.
Which languages does AKILI answer in?
The language of the question, English or French. It searches both versions of the site.
Does AKILI access submissions and applications?
AKILI works exclusively on the site’s public content. Submissions, applications and members’ data stay in the association’s secure spaces.
What data is kept?
For each month, the association keeps the number of questions, the cost of the service and the ratings. Questions are sent to Anthropic to write the answer. The conversation stays in your browser for the length of your visit. A message sent to the team is kept for twelve months.
How do I reach a member of the team?
Just ask AKILI: it passes your message to the team, with the conversation if you wish, and the reply arrives by email.
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