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New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty
February 12, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty

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The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT has awarded funding to eight new research studies to understand how artificial intelligence innovations can be used in the fight against poverty through its new Project AI Evidence.

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