The Bay Area’s animal welfare movement wants to recruit AI
MIT Technology Review / 3/23/2026
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Key Points
- Animal welfare advocates in the Bay Area teamed up with AI researchers to explore using AI to support and scale their animal welfare efforts.
- The gathering highlighted a recruitment/activation goal—bringing more people and talent into the AI-enabled animal welfare movement.
- Collaboration between wildlife advocates and AI researchers suggests a focus on translating domain needs into workable AI approaches.
- The event reflects early momentum (“signals”) around how AI may be adopted in non-profit animal welfare workflows in the Bay Area.
In early February, animal welfare advocates and AI researchers gathered in stocking feet at Mox, a scrappy, shoes-free coworking space in San Francisco. Yellow and red canopies billowed overhead, Persian rugs blanketed the floor, and mosaic lamps glowed beside potted plants. In the common area, a wildlife advocate spoke passionately to a crowd lounging in…
