A RAND study supported by the Markle Foundation, part of the AI for Disasters and Emergencies (AIDE) Initiative, cataloged more than 1,100 AI-enabled products marketed to emergency managers. In an accompanying Q&A, RAND senior policy researcher Jessica Jensen said most of these tools are built for the disaster-response phase and assume constant internet connectivity that is frequently unavailable when disasters strike, and that large language models currently show more near-term promise for administrative tasks than for frontline response.
