The AI Forecast · 2026-08-05 · 53 min
In a humanitarian crisis, waiting for perfect information isn't an option. Every decision must be made with incomplete data and limited resources in a situation that can change by the hour. For organizations like Mercy Corps, AI is helping teams make sense of that uncertainty. By bringing together information from conflict reports, local media, humanitarian data, and environmental sources, AI can surface the context decision-makers need while leaving human judgment firmly in their hands. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Paul Muller is joined by Josh DeWald, Vice President of Technical Support, Evidence and Program Quality at Mercy Corps, and Rob Dickens, AI Technical Lead at Cloudera. Together, they explore how VERA, an agentic AI platform co-developed by Cloudera and Mercy Corps, is helping humanitarian teams gather information faster and make better-informed decisions.
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