Rest of World - Innovation https://restofworld.org The billion-dollar ideas built outside the West amid political instability, economic uncertainty, and inconsistent systems — and what success and failure costs Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Humanitarian aid turns to AI as crises outpace capacity https://restofworld.org/2026/irc-signpost-humanitarian-ai-refugee-assistance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Andre Heller https://restofworld.org/2026/irc-signpost-humanitarian-ai-refugee-assistance/ Signpost U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back https://restofworld.org/2026/sam-altman-worldcoin-zoom-tinder-partnerships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/sam-altman-worldcoin-zoom-tinder-partnerships/ Rest of World The global edtech boom is fading as investors look elsewhere https://restofworld.org/2026/edtech-funding-collapse-k12-startups-ai-workforce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/edtech-funding-collapse-k12-startups-ai-workforce/ Munira Mutaher/Rest of World/iStock Why AI alone cannot fix social problems https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-social-good-humans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Deepak Varuvel Dennison and Aditya Vashistha https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-social-good-humans/ iStock/Rest of World Netflix’s AI deal puts the global VFX workforce at risk https://restofworld.org/2026/netflix-interpositive-vfx-ai-automation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Indranil Ghosh https://restofworld.org/2026/netflix-interpositive-vfx-ai-automation/ Rest of World/Wikimedia Voice actors fight to save their livelihoods and local cultures from Hollywood’s AI push https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-voice-actors-hollywood-dubbing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-voice-actors-hollywood-dubbing/ iStock/Rest of World India’s frugal AI models are a blueprint for resource-strapped nations https://restofworld.org/2026/india-frugal-ai-sarvam-krutrim-sovereign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Jaideep Prabhu, Priyank Narayan and Mukesh Sud https://restofworld.org/2026/india-frugal-ai-sarvam-krutrim-sovereign/ Getty Images/Rest of World Nations priced out of Big AI are building with frugal models https://restofworld.org/2026/frugal-ai-big-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/frugal-ai-big-tech/ iStock/Rest of World “This is unprecedented”: America’s AI boom is leaving the rest of the world behind https://restofworld.org/2026/us-ai-investment-global-funding-gap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Issie Lapowsky https://restofworld.org/2026/us-ai-investment-global-funding-gap/ Ard Su for Rest of World The world’s largest humanoid robot maker is going public https://restofworld.org/2026/unitree-china-humanoid-robot-shanghai-ipo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/unitree-china-humanoid-robot-shanghai-ipo/ Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images The Unitree robot is pictured at the Web Summit at Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon, on November 11, 2025. The Web summit, the annual gathering of the digital economy and new technologies, will take place from November 10 to 14. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images) From Chile to the Philippines, meet the people pushing back on AI https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Daniela Dib and Rina Chandran https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-pushback-chile-mexico-kenya-philippines/ “It feels like Squid Game”: China’s workers scramble to keep up in the AI race https://restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-anxiety-openclaw-jobs-redundancy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Kinling Lo https://restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-anxiety-openclaw-jobs-redundancy/ Rest of World/iStock