{"id":48287,"date":"2026-03-16T09:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/?p=48287"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:05:33","slug":"jed-partners-with-science-to-people-on-akari-pilot-a-new-ai-tool-for-science-and-health-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/jed-partners-with-science-to-people-on-akari-pilot-a-new-ai-tool-for-science-and-health-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"JED Partners With Science to People on Akari Pilot, a New AI Tool for Science and Health Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jed Foundation (JED) is partnering with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencetopeople.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science to People<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (S2P) to pilot <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tryakari.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akari Idea Studio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an artificial intelligence (AI) creative partner designed to help content creators produce accurate, trustworthy, and culturally attuned science and health communication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collaboration reflects JED\u2019s broader effort to help shape AI, media, and digital environments that better support youth mental health and suicide prevention. As generative AI tools increasingly shape how information is created and shared, the values and evidence behind those tools play an important role in how young people encounter mental health information and whether that information serves them well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akari is powered by VeriSciLM, a language model designed specifically for health and science communication. The model draws on curated scientific sources and communication research, from partners including the National Academy of Medicine, FrameWorks Institute, Yale School of Public Health, and JED, alongside science translation and public health messaging recommended practices. Several of those partners are also collaborating to evaluate how Akari influences the accuracy, clarity, and trustworthiness of mental health content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalstorytellingguide.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JED\u2019s Digital Storytelling Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 tools and guidance for creators on how to tell mental health stories in ways that are safe, impactful, and supportive of both their audiences and their own well-being \u2014 is integrated into Akari\u2019s creator workflows. \u200b\u200bJED is also participating in Akari\u2019s ongoing review and evaluation, contributing expertise as the tool develops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akari\u2019s eight-week pilot for health and wellness content creators launched on March 16. It aims to demonstrate what responsible, research-informed AI can look like in practice and to generate insights into what increases trust, accuracy, and emotional resonance in creator-driven mental health content. That will contribute to a still-nascent body of knowledge about how AI tools can support rather than undermine the safe, accurate mental health information that young people deserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JED is committed to ensuring that AI supports youth mental health, and this partnership with S2P is one part of that work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/artificial-intelligence-youth-mental-health-pov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JED\u2019s thinking on AI, media, and youth well-being<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jed Foundation (JED) is partnering with Science to People (S2P) to pilot Akari Idea Studio, an artificial intelligence (AI) creative partner designed to help 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