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Technologies that train models to autonomously support or function independently of direct human effort. Also known as AI or IA (in Romance languages).
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CIV.IQ
DetroitCIV.IQ is a web utility that helps Americans find and learn about their elected representatives at federal and state levels using real government data, including voting records, campaign finance, and sponsored legislation.
Madison AI
NevadaThe Madison AI™ platform unites your agency’s scattered data and systems into knowledge AI to research anything and draft staff reports/memos in minutes.
Created to help state governments navigate the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open-source standard for connecting AI applications to external systems.
In this note we offer AI companies, specifically those that train and deploy frontier models, a set of viable and achievable options for democratizing the governance structures of their organizations.
AI for Grantmakers
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧An open invitation for funders of all sizes to come together as peers, exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI.
The AAIF provides a neutral, open foundation to ensure this critical capability evolves transparently, collaboratively, and in ways that advance the adoption of leading open source AI projects
Collective Governance for AI: Points of Intervention
United States of America 🇺🇸Metagov breaks up the thorny problem of AI governance into smaller, easier problems and intervention points
The report introduces three indices—the AI Frontier Index, the AI Infrastructure Index, and the AI Diffusion Index—to help policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders understand where breakthroughs are happening, where capacity exists to scale, and where AI is being used to improve lives.
A simple, open format for guiding coding agents, used by over 60k open-source projects.
your local AI agent, automating engineering tasks seamlessly install goose
UK Asylum Changes Response
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧Simply record your thoughts, and our tool will instantly transform your voice note into a unique, professional letter to your MP - ready to send in seconds.
a new framework for evaluating detection tools based on their real-world impact and capacity for innovation
Disint.ai
Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱disint.ai - a narrative intelligence and social listening platform for YouTube.
Global Fact-Check Bot
Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FLA pioneering AI platform that empowers fact-checkers and citizens worldwide to verify information accuracy with just a few clicks. Fighting misinformation across 50+ languages, powered by 60+ trusted organizations.
GovWise
LisbonGovWise is the ALL-IN-ONE solution with artificial intelligence supported by over 10 years of market data that helps you sell and increase your revenue in the public sector. Know How
Your AI-powered legislative companion. Stay informed about bills and policies in Congress with real-time updates, intelligent insights, and comprehensive tracking.
Working closely with the Anthropic Policy and Safeguards teams, Societal Impacts is a technical research team that explores how AI is used in the real world.
Report on the company's and its users' election-related usage of Claude in the 2024 election year
The Anti-Trafficking Response website, managed by the International Rescue Committee, is a global hub that raises awareness about human trafficking and provides educational resources and practical tools for practitioners to strengthen prevention, protection, and response efforts.
Framework for Meaningful Engagement
The HagueThe updated FME 2.0 offers very practical suggestions on how to engage civil society and affected communities in AI development to support platforms and AI developers in creating rights-based products.
Distilling safety research into a complete learning ecosystem
BärGPT
CityLAB BerlinThe goal: to support administrative staff in their daily work with smart AI features and to make routine tasks more efficient.
Data center protests on change.org
United States of America 🇺🇸8 and counting active protests against data centers in the US
The Common News
ChicagoThe Common News makes it easy to follow city council meetings, read meeting minutes, and stay informed about local decisions that affect your community.
AI Office
European Union (EU)The European AI Office is the centre of AI expertise across the EU, that promotes the development and deployment of AI solutions that benefit society and the economy.
Transformer
San FranciscoTransformer is a publication about the power and politics of transformative AI.
Coefficient Giving
San FranciscoWe’re a philanthropic funder that partners with leading donors to multiply their impact.
AI Act Whistleblower Tool
Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien) 🇧🇪The AI Act Whistleblower Tool is a secure channel set up by the European AI Office for individuals who wish to anonymously report potential breaches of the AI Act, thereby contributing to the safe and transparent development of AI technologies.
Based on two years of research—including more than 40 interviews, pilots in Boston, New York City, and San José, and a scan of national policy trends—we propose an alternative framework for public AI adoption: Adapt, Listen, and Trust (ALT).
The PSAi
Columbia University, New York, NYThe PSAi is a new campaign by Columbia Journalism Review to use viral AI-generated images to teach people what to look for to ascertain real photos from fake. And it launched with a music video.
San Francisco Emerging Technologies
San FranciscoWe are a new division under the Department of Technology
Your collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms in Kagi Search
BERTopic is a topic modeling technique that leverages 🤗 transformers and c-TF-IDF to create dense clusters allowing for easily interpretable topics whilst keeping important words in the topic descriptions. [It's used in several projects to classify participatory conversations]
Civilization V video game mod: Superintelligent AI
Cambridge, UKResearchers from the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) have released a mod for Civilization V that introduces superintelligent AI into the popular video game.
Mini apps based on your taste, habits, and context.
Aware
Los AngelesAware is the first AI-powered technology to give you full, personalized insight into how government actions affect your life, while tracking every politician’s promises, kept and broken, on a live scorecard.
Design for Delegation
McLean, VirginiaBeyond Self-Service: Design Patterns for Delegation-based Digital Services
EyeClimate
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CAMethaneMapper is an open-source, AI-powered hyperspectral imaging tool to detect methane emissions and trace them to their sources.
Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Asunción, ParaguayThis study aimed to develop accurate short-term air quality forecasting models for Asunción, Paraguay using machine learning algorithms.
Automotus
Los Angelestackling safety hazards, congestion, compliance and emissions. automated curb management for cities + airports
Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of gold mining activities in the Amazonian countries.
Dataminr First Alert
New York stateIncrease speed of decision making with Dataminr First Alert, a real-time critical event discovery solution.
Center for Public Sector AI
100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630A national research and advisory institute focused on technology policy and best practices in state and local government.
The AI 50
100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630The AI 50, a new recognition program from the Center for Public Sector AI, highlights individuals and organizations making significant contributions to AI adoption and advancement in public sector agencies. Public and private sector participants focused on public service are eligible to submit.
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