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AI for everyday work

Make one everyday task easier with AI.

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Proposed brief

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The proposed brief

Start where it hurts.

A shop owner reconciling sales. A teacher preparing lessons. A small team answering the same questions again. Everyday work has plenty of friction worth fixing.

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This proposed challenge asks builders to pick one real workflow and make it easier with AI. Start with the person doing the work, establish what useful looks like, and build a small prototype that proves the difference.

What to build

Ideas to run with.

A local-language assistant that turns a voice note into a checked business record.

A document tool that finds answers with sources people can inspect.

A workflow helper that measures time saved and asks a person before taking consequential actions.

Proposed format

Build. Get feedback. Demo.

A proposed online challenge with milestones, mentor feedback, and a final demo informed by user feedback.

Check format and dates

Online sprint · Proposed

Dates to be announced

Across Africa · Proposed

Draft evaluation criteria

What good could look like.

  • A useful problem

    Show who experiences the problem and how you learned about their workflow.

  • A measurable improvement

    Compare the task before and after, including time, effort, or error rate.

  • Trust and control

    Make limitations visible, protect people’s information, and give users a way to correct mistakes.

  • A working experience

    Demonstrate a complete task, including what happens when the AI cannot help.

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Draft evaluation criteria for this preview. Final rules and any judging process will be published if the challenge launches.

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