As a long-time software developer, I am extremely excited about AI and the opportunities it provides to build solutions for everyday problems.
I recently implemented the OpenAI Chat GPT-4 API into the AnimalsFirst software. The API allows staff to create animal bios with a simple click of a button. I built the algorithm to be customizable, so you can control and train the AI response on any animal attribute you choose such as species, sex, color, breed, altered, and more, as well as behavior attributes like housetrained, lived with kids, lived with cats, etc.
I am currently working on expanding the AI Bio tool and our Rehoming module to integrate with Facebook and Google for creating targeted animal posts. The goal is to improve the response rate and the ability to make quality matches through adoption and supported self-rehoming.
My tech team has been working on using AI in our Foster module to help match foster parents with animals and integrating our email tools with OpenAI to create AI-generated email campaigns for hard-to-adopt animals, requests for fosters, or to help with donation solicitations.
One solution we are researching that I am really excited about is using AI for pet reunification and helping field service officers get animals home faster.
An idea suggested by a shelter partner involves using AI in conjunction with intake data and requests for assistance to predict locations for future community support efforts.
Another use of AI and machine learning is to assist with reviewing and flagging adoption and foster applications, taking some of the workload off staff and volunteers who currently review applications manually.
Also, if you have not yet heard, OpenAI just announced on Tuesday (5/13) the launch of their new GPT-4o API. This new version has better support for non-English languages and was designed to provide an "AI Assistant" to respond to user queries. I believe this could benefit shelters and rescues by providing AI answers to common questions from adopters and fosters. I just started investigating this new version today and I am eager to see what it can do.
My objective at AnimalsFirst is is to create software solutions to help animal shelters and rescues be more productive so I welcome everyone's ideas and suggestions on features I can build.
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Gerald Owens
CEO
Animals First
New York City NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2024 03:34 PM
From: Amber Smith
Subject: If you use AI at all. How do you use it?
We use AI, like most everyone here, to write bios However, sometimes we use it when we are writing grants too. We are a very small volunteer run rescue and writing skills aren't our strong suit. Sometimes there is a paragraph that just sounds clunky, so getting the paragraph paraphrased helps make it more articulate.
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Amber Smith
Office Manager
Caring Hearts 4 Paws
WA
Original Message:
Sent: 05-08-2024 10:15 AM
From: Ian Duffield
Subject: If you use AI at all. How do you use it?
The Maddies Fund team is trying to learn about AI, and more importantly how it could help the rate of adoption. We are curious at how you use AI at home or at work on a daily basis. If people have any other ideas please don't be shy to comment.
#DataandTechnology
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Ian Duffield
Intern
Maddies Fund
CA
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