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Technologies that train models to autonomously support or function independently of direct human effort.
Suggested resources:
- Civic AI Prompt Library
- AI features in digital participation platforms, by Matt Stempeck
- The threat and promise of generative AI in the regulatory process.
- AI and the humanitarian sector: hype or hope? 🔊
- A round-up of internal AI policies
- CivicSpace.tech guide to Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, including its relevance to civic space, opportunities, risks, and case studies
- Handshake's Generative AI Resource Hub, a curated list of research, instructions, and projects from Handshake on generative AI.
- Watch: Assessing Responsible AI Use Cases in Local Government, by Open North
- Foundation models in the public sector, by the Ada Lovelace Institute
- Artificial Intelligence: Its potential and ethics in the practice of public participation. A Research Paper by the International Association for Public Participation Canada.
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AISA Governance Academy
Manila, Metro Manila, PhilippinesA 12-week fellowship in AI Safety and Governance for junior researchers and government staff in Southeast Asia
AI Safety Asia (AISA)
Manila, Metro Manila, PhilippinesAI Safety Asia (AISA) is a global non-profit dedicated to the international governance of safe AI by Asia, starting in Southeast Asia.
AISA Policy Lab
Manila, Metro Manila, PhilippinesOur Southeast Asia Policy Observatory (SEA Observatory) provides a comprehensive overview of the state of AI policy and governance in the region.
Identify content made with Google’s AI tools
The Workers' Algorithm Observatory (WAO)
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USAWorker-led audits in the platform economy
AI tool to help councils digitize planning documents
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.
A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI
Coefficient
LondonCoefficient is a data consultancy offering end-to-end services in data science, engineering, infrastructure, machine learning implementation and other AI-related services, as well as bespoke training courses.
Boston Consulting Group report
InformedDECISION™
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)a groundbreaking AI-based decision support platform, which is transforming decision-making processes for planning proposals on sensitive land.
Local plan policy tool
LondonLocal plan policy tool
Pair Chat
SingaporeEmpowering officers with Pair Chat: higher quality work, faster decisions, and better citizen experiences.
In this paper, we examine how AI could help reimagine local government.
Genie AI
LondonThe Genie AI team has created an easy step-by-step guide which takes you through every aspect of drafting your Section 106 Agreement.
FloodGen
New York CityA flood advocacy tool that uses generative AI to visualize photorealistic images of potential flood scenarios
Consult Evaluation: Scottish Government’s Non-surgical cosmetic procedures consultation
10 Downing Street"Consult was generally good at identifying the themes in a given consultation response."
Airys
Stanford, CA, USAA one-stop-shop web application to help finance resilient public infrastructure across the United States.
BSA Analysis of State AI Legislation
Washington, DCAccording to BSA’s 2024 analysis of state legislative action on AI through Feb. 7, 2024: There are a total of 407 AI-related bills currently active across 41 US states with legislatures currently in session.
Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) is a virtual interdisciplinary research centre at IIT Madras.
Prune
San FranciscoAI-powered takedowns. We weaponize LLMs against digital exploitation
Botakis
El. Benizeloy 82, Moschato 183 45Intelligent Multichannel Agent tech platform for implementing and operating AI virtual assistants and chatbots
PSi
LondonGain insights from real-time conversations in less than one hour. No matter how many people.
SEO Keyword Rank Tracker for AI Search Engines
Sensemaker
New York CitySensemaker is an evolving toolkit developed by Jigsaw, designed to demonstrate how Google AI can help make sense of large-scale conversations. Sensemaker empowers users to categorize, summarize, and identify areas of agreement and disagreement in any discussion – turning conversation into clear, actionable insights, quickly.
Nominate a Rising Civic AI Leader (Aspen Digital)
Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAAspen Digital and the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new program for Rising Civic AI Leaders to educate newly hired state and local government employees in charge of managing the adoption and implementation of AI-driven tools.
Book by Eduardo Albrecht
Public Engagement with Public Sector AI (PEPSAI)
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UKData Justice Lab Directors Arne Hintz (Cardiff University) and Joanna Redden (Western Ontario) have received funding from the Global Wales Partnership Fund to explore strategies for a more accountable use of data and AI in public services, and to enhance civic participation in governmental decision-making on data and AI deployment in Wales and Ontario.
An open-source Python library designed to assist developers in calculating fairness metrics and assessing bias in machine learning models.
Detecting Scammers
Ukraine (Ukrayina)Fighting fraud is a noble cause. Using Artificial Intelligence to fight fraud is a smart strategy.
Productive Ways to Use GenAI for Civil Servants
2300 N Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037, USAThis playbook is designed specifically for civil servants, offering practical guidance for using generative AI (GenAI) to help them perform their work more effectively and efficiently.
Meta parental notifications and Adult Classifier
Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA, USAMeta uses AI to find teens pretending to be adults and place them in more restricted Teen Accounts. Plus proactive notifications to their parents' accounts.
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.
Nightshade
The University of Chicago, South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USANightshade 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.
Evertune
New York City, NY, USAAI Brand Monitoring and Analytics
Support Responsible AI campaign
United States of America (the)Media publishers campaign against AI taking content without compensation
Promptwatch
AmsterdamGet your brand mentioned in AI search results
Here, we explore four applications of LLMs to improve digital public squares: collective dialogue systems, bridging systems, community moderation, and proof-of-humanity systems.
Stop AI giants stealing our work
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Good Law Project is ready to help creatives fight back.
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.
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 Cloud now offers Geospatial Analytics, Generative AI on Street View imagery, and more environmental data as part of the broader Google Maps Platform
Project Ion
Bucharest, Romania"Developed by Romanian researchers, Ion’s main task will be to scan social networks to inform the government “in real time of Romanians’ proposals and wishes” - The Guardian quoting the press release
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