AI Chatbot Pilot Aims to Improve Women's Health Information Access in India

The Myna Mahila Foundation's AI chatbot, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, offers a potential breakthrough in providing confidential sexual health advice to women.

The Myna Bolo chatbot, developed by the Myna Mahila Foundation with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to offer personalized sexual health information to women in India.
Komal Vilas Thatkare, a 32-year-old mother from Mumbai, is among the 80 test users training the chatbot by asking real health questions.
The chatbot, still in pilot phase, faces challenges with response accuracy and language translation, delaying its wider release.
Philanthropic initiatives are supporting the development of AI tools in health and education to address issues neglected by corporate and research priorities.
Privacy concerns are being addressed by considering measures like deleting messages after a certain time to protect users' confidentiality.