The AIDE Reports

Every disaster is about people. Families waiting for answers. Communities fighting to recover. Emergency managers making life-saving decisions under extraordinary pressure.

Developed by the Markle Foundation in collaboration with Aspen Digital and RAND, the AIDE Report provides the first assessment of AI adoption across the emergency management community, analysis of available technologies, and set of interconnected actions intended to responsibly advance human-centered AI to save lives, protect communities, and expedite economic recovery.

AI and Emergency Management: A Way Forward

By the AIDE Initiative

AIDE’s flagship report provides the first assessment of AI adoption across the emergency management community, analysis of available technologies, and set of interconnected actions intended for to responsibly advancing human-centered AI to save lives, protect communities, and expedite economic recovery.  Building on research conducted by Aspen Digital and RAND, the report synthesizes those findings into practical guidance that helps organizations responsibly implement AI while keeping humans in the loop.

Most importantly, the report moves AIDE from research to action by identifying six interconnected activities that will guide the Initiative’s next phase of work, focusing broadly on building organizational capacity, engaging civil society, supporting applied research and more, all intended to responsibly accelerate the broad diffusion of human-centered AI to better protect people and communities.

What You’ll Learn

• What the emergency management community told us about AI adoption
• The state of the current AI product landscape
• Useful guidance for responsibly implementing AI while keeping humans in the loop
• Why capacity building, trusted guidance, and collaboration are essential to responsible AI adoption
• Six interconnected activities that will guide AIDE’s next phase of work

Practitioner Perspectives and the Potential of AI in Emergency Management

By Aspen Digital

Drawing directly from the experiences of emergency management practitioners, this report explores where AI can provide the greatest value, the barriers that stand in the way of responsible adoption, and what organizations need to effectively evaluate and implement AI while keeping humans in the loop.

Focus Areas

• Practitioner perspectives
• Opportunities for AI to strengthen emergency management
• Adoption barriers
• Building trust, confidence, and organizational readiness

The Diffusion of AI in Emergency Management: Market Supply, Adoption Conditions, and Steps Forward

By RAND

This report examines today’s AI landscape for emergency management, evaluates adoption conditions, and identifies opportunities to better align emerging technologies with the operational needs of the emergency management community.

Focus Areas

• AI marketplace assessment
• Current technology capabilities
• Barriers and opportunities
• Conditions for successful AI adoption