CAST Partners with Mike Hudson Foundation to Launch "Knowbot" AI Assistant
Earlier this year we were excited to be approached by Mike Hudson Foundation about their new AI product, Knowbot. CAST organised a successful trial with several participating charities from the Digital Leads Network.
We’re now pleased to announce our partnership with the Mike Hudson Foundation (MHF) to integrate Knowbot into the www.wearecast.org.uk website. Knowbot is an innovative LLM-based AI assistant designed to help us better provide our users with CAST’s curated digital & tech information.
What is Knowbot?
Knowbot is an AI tool that answers users’ questions about CAST and its knowledge base using natural, conversational language – unlike conventional site search, it returns actual answers rather than just a list of pages. By eliminating the need to wade through multiple web pages, Knowbot helps to surface important information that might otherwise be missed.
Ensuring Accuracy and Transparency
Knowbot’s knowledge comes largely from the curated material on our website so that its answers are as accurate as possible. All AI systems currently make some mistakes, and so to aid in verification Knowbot’s answers include direct links to the corresponding source pages on our site. Users can thereby check information independently and delve more deeply when they need to.
Experience Knowbot first-hand by clicking the "Ask Me!" button on our website.
About Our Partner: The Mike Hudson Foundation
The Mike Hudson Foundation is a non-profit focussed on empowering knowledge, science and research organizations to make important information more accessible. MHF provides AI tools such as Knowbot, and its 'Longseek' data analysis project, pro bono to aligned non-profit organizations.
Suitable non-profits interested in finding out more can visit www.mikehudsonfoundation.org or www.knowbot.uk
The Founder
Mike has a background in founding technology companies, and during Covid he set up nonprofit TestRamp to help with PCR and sequencing. He is an honorary senior visiting research fellow at CSG, University of London, and holds fellowships at both St Antony's College, Oxford University, and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). He can be reached directly at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehudsonuk/