MyEcoReporter: a prototype for artificial intelligence-facilitated pollution reporting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many chemical releases are first noticed by community members, but reporting these concerns often involves considerable hurdles. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled technologies, especially large language models (LLMs), can potentially reduce these barriers.

Objective

We hypothesized that AI-powered chatbots can facilitate reporting of pollution incidents through text messaging.

Methods

We created an AI-powered chatbot, "MyEcoReporter," that enables communities to report environmental incidents to government authorities. Eschewing traditional web-based forms, users text concerns via SMS to the LLM-powered application, engaging in a natural conversation through which required information is collected. The application was built using Python, AWS Lambda, Dyna

SUBMITTER: Chiu WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12315757 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature