AI Policy

1. Introduction

Global South Opportunities Kenya (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is an online platform that publishes verified scholarships, fellowships, internships, jobs, grants, conferences, and training opportunities for individuals from developing regions across the world.

We collect and publish opportunities from universities, international organizations, government institutions, nonprofit agencies, and recognized global programs. Our audience includes students, graduates, researchers, and professionals seeking education funding, career development, and global exposure.

To serve you better, we use Artificial Intelligence. This policy explains how, why, and where we use AI.

2. How We Use AI

AI helps us perform four core functions. Each one is designed to save you time and protect you from scams.

2.1 Opportunity Matching

When you search our platform or browse opportunities, AI analyzes your stated interests, past clicks, and saved items to recommend relevant scholarships, jobs, or fellowships.

The AI does not hide opportunities from you. It simply ranks them. You can always see all opportunities by browsing normally.

2.2 Scam and Fraud Detection

Fake scholarships and job scams target students from developing regions. We take this seriously.

AI scans every opportunity before it is published. It looks for:

Requests for application fees or payment
Suspicious email domains
Unrealistic benefits or promises
Language patterns common in known scams

If AI flags an opportunity, a human reviews it. Nothing is removed automatically.

2.3 Content Summarization

Some scholarship and fellowship announcements are very long. AI generates short summaries so you can quickly decide if an opportunity interests you.

You can always click through to read the full original announcement from the source organization.

2.4 Search Enhancement

AI helps our search engine understand what you mean. If you search for “PhD funding” and an opportunity says “doctoral scholarship”, AI connects the two. You find more relevant results.

3. What AI Does NOT Do

We set clear boundaries. AI does NOT:

Make final decisions. No robot decides who gets a scholarship or job. That decision belongs to the funding organization or employer.
Apply on your behalf. AI does not submit applications for you.
Read your private data. We do not use AI to scan your emails, messages, or personal documents.
Track you across other websites. We do not use AI for surveillance or cross-site tracking.
Create fake opportunities. AI helps detect fakes. It does not generate them.
Evaluate your eligibility. AI may highlight opportunities you match, but it does not determine if you qualify.

4. What Data AI Processes

AI needs information to do its job. Here is exactly what it accesses:

From opportunities (scholarships, jobs, fellowships, etc.):

Title and description
Eligibility requirements
Application deadline
Funding amount (if stated)
Host organization name
Location or country

From your activity:

Opportunities you click on or save
Search terms you enter
Filters you apply (country, field of study, deadline)

What AI does NOT access:

Your name or email address (unless you voluntarily provide them in a saved profile)
Your password or login credentials
Your payment information
Your messages to us or to opportunity providers
Your documents (CV, transcripts, etc.)

5. Third-Party AI Services

We use trusted third-party AI services for specific tasks. We do not build everything from scratch.

Feature	Service Type	What Data is Shared
Summarization	Cloud AI API	Opportunity description text only
Scam detection	Custom AI model	Opportunity title, description, contact details
Search enhancement	Open source model (on our servers)	Search terms and opportunity text

Protections we enforce:

We never share your personal contact information with AI providers
All third-party services sign data protection agreements
Data sent to third parties is deleted immediately after processing
We do not use AI providers who train their models on customer data

6. Your Rights

You have control over how AI affects your experience.

6.1 Opt Out of Personalization

You can disable AI-powered recommendations in your account settings. You will still see all opportunities, but they will not be ranked based on your activity.

6.2 Human Review

If you believe AI made a mistake (for example, a legitimate scholarship was flagged as a scam), email us. A human will review the decision within 48 hours.

6.3 Explanation

You can ask why AI recommended or did not recommend certain opportunities.

6.4 Data Deletion

You may request deletion of your activity data from our AI systems.

7. Text and Data Mining Prohibited

The content on Global South Opportunities Kenya is our work product. We spend hours finding, verifying, and formatting opportunities for you.

You may not scrape or crawl our site for AI training.

Specifically prohibited:

Training large language models on our opportunity listings
Building competing opportunity platforms using our data
Bulk downloading our content for any commercial AI purpose
Using our verified opportunities to populate another database without permission

We use technical measures including rate limiting and bot detection to enforce this. Unauthorized scraping is a breach of these terms and may result in legal action.

8. Discovery Endpoints for AI Systems

AI systems, search crawlers, and retrieval tools can discover our content through the following standardized entry points:

Endpoint	Purpose
`/llms.txt`	Site overview and content access guide for AI models
`/feed`	RSS feed of latest opportunities (scholarships, jobs, fellowships)
`/sitemap.xml`	Full sitemap listing all content pages on GSO Kenya

These endpoints are designed for machine consumption. They provide structured access to our verified opportunities without requiring HTML scraping.

Guidelines for using these endpoints:

Identify your crawler with a descriptive User-Agent string
Limit requests to 1 per second
Cache responses respectfully using our Cache-Control headers
Always include attribution and a link back to the original opportunity page when citing our content

Prohibited uses of these endpoints:

Training large language models on our full dataset without permission
Republishing our entire opportunity database elsewhere
Using our content to build a competing platform

9. Accuracy and Limitations

AI is helpful but not perfect.

It may:

Recommend an opportunity that is not a perfect fit for your profile
Miss a sophisticated scam that a human would catch
Summarize an announcement and leave out a minor but important detail

It will not:

Intentionally hide opportunities from you
Favour certain organizations or countries over others
Discriminate based on your background, nationality, or field of study

Your responsibility: Always read the full opportunity announcement before applying. Verify deadlines and requirements. Never pay money to apply for a scholarship or job.