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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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AI Policy Bulletin publishes policy-relevant perspectives on frontier AI governance.
The uneven reach of the state: A novel approach to mapping local state presence
Norway (Norge, Noreg) 🇳🇴A machine learning model trains on geo-located survey data to predict state presence.
Here, we explore four applications of LLMs to improve digital public squares: collective dialogue systems, bridging systems, community moderation, and proof-of-humanity systems.
Promptwatch
AmsterdamGet your brand mentioned in AI search results
The new model includes the development of the largest national legislative database, which integrates not only federal and local legislation but also judicial rulings, government processes, services, and field-level systems.
Stop AI giants stealing our work
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧Good Law Project is ready to help creatives fight back.
Evertune
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)AI Brand Monitoring and Analytics
Support Responsible AI campaign
United States of America 🇺🇸Media publishers campaign against AI taking content without compensation
Nightshade
The University of Chicago, South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IllinoisNightshade transforms images into "poison" samples, so that models training on them without consent will see their models learn unpredictable behaviors that deviate from expected norms.
AI Security Institute (AISI)
LondonThe AI Security Institute is the largest team in a government dedicated to understanding AI capabilities and risks in the world.
Google Maps Platform
Mountain View, CAGoogle Cloud now offers Geospatial Analytics, Generative AI on Street View imagery, and more environmental data as part of the broader Google Maps Platform
Open Roles in Public AI
United States of America 🇺🇸All positions below are part-time and unpaid unless noted otherwise.
The First Branch LLM
Washington, DCThe First Branch LLM (Large Language Model) concept map below imagines the critical infrastructure needed at the enterprise level to create an accessible, accountable, and permanent information system for both the public and lawmakers.
EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance project shines a light on the surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy in our communities.
Thomson Reuters Labs
TorontoWorking with external partners, Thomson Reuters Labs™ are active members of regional innovation ecosystems, delivering world-class solutions for customers.
ControlAI is a non-profit organisation that works to reduce the risks to humanity from artificial intelligence.
ParticipationAI
Spain (España) 🇪🇸ParticipationAI explores the intersection of public participation and Artificial Intelligence (AI),focusing on integrating diverse civil society perspectives into the public procurement process.
As Lynwood Unified moves forward with integrating artificial intelligence technologies into the classroom, the district is assembling an AI Taskforce to help guide this process. Download Resources
Working bibliography on public procurement of Artificial Intelligence
Spain (España) 🇪🇸[A] collection of works related with AI in public Administration, in a very broad sense.
A questionnaire for AI vendors hoping to serve Lynwood, CA's school system
Local Minutes
VermontA chatbot AI that has access to millions of pages of municipal documents from small towns throughout Vermont.
parlament.fyi
Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹parlament.fyi ist Österreichs erste KI-basierte Plattform über Politik. Künstliche Intelligenz fasst Beschlüsse und Reden aus dem Nationalrat einfach zusammen und liefert kompakte Analysen zu Sprachmustern und Argumenten der Parteien. Ergebnisse aus der Politik werden damit für alle leichter zugänglich und transparent.
Generative AI Accountability Indicators (GAIA)
740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005Soon Ranking Digital Rights will release the Generative AI Accountability Scorecard, evaluating major consumer-facing generative AI services’ respect for the human rights to privacy, non-discrimination, freedom of expression, and freedom of information.
The MENA Observatory on Responsible AI is an interdisciplinary platform connecting policy-oriented researchers and innovators, aimed at fostering collaboration and building capacity for responsible data and AI practices.
AI71
Abu DhabiWe are building conversational AI assistants that can streamline access to public information, deliver empathetic support around-the-clock, and strengthen bonds between governments and people.
GANNET
Williamsburg, VAGANNET is a Generative AI Initiative, offering AI-powered tools built to make knowledge and real-time information accessible to our community in a resource-efficient and ethical way.
Data Friendly Space (DFS)
Williamsburg, VAWe envision a future where technology and data power positive social change
MITRE ATLAS™
United States of America 🇺🇸ATLAS (Adversarial Threat Landscape for Artificial-Intelligence Systems) is a globally accessible, living knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques against Al-enabled systems based on real-world attack observations and realistic demonstrations from Al red teams and security groups.
Indigenous AI
GlobalThe Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Working Group develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building the next generation of A.I. systems.
CEE. AI Lab
Central and Eastern EuropeGame-changing program for newsrooms with the tools and knowledge to harness AI for smarter, more efficient journalism.
Use Gemini for nonprofits guide
Mountain View, CADocumentation on how to use Google Gemini for nonprofit use-cases
How AI Can Support Democracy Movements: Summary Report of a Research and Practice Workshop
Harvard University, Cambridge, MAThis report summarizes a December 2024 workshop on the specific issue of AI adoption within democracy movements and offers some key recommendations.
Using AI Now to Improve Movements’ Effectiveness: A Basic Introduction Guide for Social Activists
Harvard University, Cambridge, MAFreddy Guevara offers a fundamental playbook for social activists on how to augment advocacy efforts with artificial intelligence technologies
LIA
LisbonO assistente de pesquisa inteligente do Diário da República - AI interaction features with Portugal's national legislative gazette
The Data Labelers Association
NairobiEmpowering the Human Workforce Behind AI
AI Vulnerability Database (AVID)
United States of America 🇺🇸An open-source, extensible knowledge base of AI failures
Using publicly available satellite imagery and deep learning to understand economic well-being in Africa
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CAArticle in Nature by Christopher Yeh, Anthony Perez, Anne Driscoll, George Azzari, Zhongyi Tang, David Lobell, Stefano Ermon & Marshall Burke
AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance (AVAR)
United States of America 🇺🇸As ARVA, our mission is to empower communities to recognize, diagnose, and manage vulnerabilities in AI that affects them.
Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders
United States of America 🇺🇸Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker
AI in the Nonprofit Human Services: Distinguishing Between Hype, Harm, and Hope
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)Article in Human Service Organizations by Lauri Goldkind, Joy Ming, and Alex Fink
Pathfinder (analytics platform)
Berkeley, CABuilt with precision and purpose by Mobile Pathways, Pathfinder is a secure analytics and insights platform uniquely designed for and tested with immigration attorneys, paralegals, and accredited representatives.
The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals
Carnegie Mellon UniversityBy Anna Kawakami, Amanda Coston, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Kenneth Holstein
The first edition of PAIRS took place as an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) providing a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.
Justicia Lab AI
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)The World's First Non-Profit AI Lab for Immigrant Justice
The Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library
Harvard University, Cambridge, MAStrengthening society’s connection to knowledge by advancing our access to and understanding of the data that shapes AI.
AI and Democracy Movements Project
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MAThe AI and Democracy Movements Project explores the impacts of AI on the strategy, operations, and outcomes of pro-democratic social movements.
Nonviolent Action Lab
Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MAThe Nonviolent Action Lab is an innovation hub for activists, researchers, and supporters who share common goals around defending and advancing democracy worldwide through civil resistance — protests, demonstrations, and other actions.
Annual meeting of the African machine learning and AI community.
Make It Fair campaign
LondonThe UK news industry is calling on the government to ensure creatives are rewarded properly so as to ensure a sustainable future for AI and the creative industries.
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