Technologies that train models to autonomously support or function independently of direct human effort.
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Polimorphic is the first Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software specifically built for local governments.
Public Option for AI (PO4AI) is an immersive experience designed for elected officials and city staff to explore how residents’ voices might be centered in decision-making around public-interest technologies.
"The Center for AI and Digital Policy aims to promote a better society, more fair, more just — a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law."
By making it easy for impact funders and fundees to define, measure, analyze, report and manage their impact projects, we help purpose-driven organizations such as social enterprises and nonprofits get trust-based, continuous funding.
A critical review of the accuracy of countries' submissions to the OECD's AI Policy Observatory site, tracking national government AI programs
JUST AI is an independent network of researchers and practitioners committed to understanding the social and ethical value of data and AI
Bringing African voices, values and experiences to global debates on AI.
The Civic AI Handbook is for digital leads of civic organisations who want to develop generative AI strategies for their organisations / departments / teams.
POPVOX Foundation is working with Demand Progress and the Foundation for American Innovation (formerly the Lincoln Network) to facilitate information-sharing and best practices for the testing, deployment and oversight of automated technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs) in the legislative branch.
In the project “reframe[Tech] – Algorithms for the Common Good”, we are committed to ensuring that efforts to develop and use algorithms and artificial intelligence are more closely aligned with the common good.
Nesta and Newspeak House announce the Civic AI Observatory (civicai.uk), an initiative to support civic organisations plan and adapt to the rapidly evolving field of Generative AI.
The AI4D multidisciplinary research lab run by two public academic institutions in Tanzania, UDOM & NM-AIST. We set forth an objective to establish a multidisciplinary AI4D lab that fosters capacity development, research and innovation in responsible AI and its application in addressing societal and developmental problems in Africa.
At AI Impact Labs, we are dedicated to helping nonprofits and mission-driven companies stay ahead of the curve by providing comprehensive support and training on using generative AI in their workflows.
The HF Hub is the central place to explore, experiment, collaborate and build technology with Machine Learning. Join the open source Machine Learning movement!
Clara es la Asistencia Virtual del portal Decide Madrid. Utiliza tecnologías como la inteligencia artificial y el procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
Learn AI's role in addressing big challenges. Build skills combining human and machine intelligence for positive real-world impact using AI
The Al Accountability Fellowships seek to support journalists working on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments' and corporations’ uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.
A global collection of AI projects and proposals that impacts UN Sustainable Development Goals, both positively and negatively.
Diagnosing perceived and actual risks impeding responsible AI acquisition in government
"Albus is an AI powered brainstorming tool that allows you to explore topics in depth. Helps prompt ideas so you can expand your knowledge with a mind map style visuals. Great for education and research." -futureailab.com
Our nonprofit organization, OpenAI, Inc., is launching a program to award ten $100,000 grants to fund experiments in setting up a democratic process for deciding what rules AI systems should follow, within the bounds defined by the law.
AI Forensics is a European non-profit that investigates influential and opaque algorithms. We hold major technology platforms accountable by conducting independent and high-profile technical investigations to uncover and expose the harms caused by their algorithms.
Our Massively Multilingual Speech AI research models can identify more than 4,000 spoken languages, 40 times more than any known previous technology. These models expand text-to-speech and speech-to-text technology from around 100 languages to more than 1,100.
Ljubljana, Slovenia based civic tech NGO, focusing efforts on (digital) political participation, open data, transparency, and public institutional oversight.
This [Canadian] report includes the following: Importance of ethics in AI and government, Understanding the impacts of AI on society, Balancing AI-driven efficiency with privacy and security concerns, and Cyber-security and digital trust.
WinWith.Me is the Messenger for Politicians - a Facebook Messenger bot-building platform integrated with NationBuilder for campaigns, NGOs and advocacy.
JournalismAI Discovery is an interactive self-guided course that will help you understand what AI technologies can do to improve your journalism.
US White House order including addressing AI generated public comments
A collection of essays edited by Ana Brandusescu and Jess Reia featuring essays from participants of the AI in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust symposium that took place remotely on February 10, 2022.
Mozilla's Common Voice Project seeks to be a part of the solution. It's a platform where anyone can donate their voice to an open source data bank.
Fingerspelling.xyz is a browser-based app that uses a webcam and machine learning to analyze your hand shapes so you can learn to sign the ASL alphabet correctly.
JournalismAI [at LSE] is a global initiative that empowers news organisations to use artificial intelligence responsibly.
The JournalismAI Fellowship Programme is a free online initiative that brings together journalists and technologists from media organisations worldwide to explore innovative solutions to improve journalism via the use of AI technologies.
Free online courses supported by the Google News Initiative.
In the database, we collect the best case studies we come across, to ensure that everyone in our global network can learn from and be inspired by these creative applications of AI in journalism
A startup — and community — building trustworthy and open-source AI.
A project map of Public Interest AI and related research
This interactive global map of Public Interest AI projects aims to help foster research on Public Interest AI projects, demonstrate their self-understanding, and provide publicly accessible data about them to the broader public.
Representative for Massachusetts Jake Auchincloss used ChatGPT to help introduce legislation supporting AI research
An 8-week program for current undergraduates to learn how to use data science and AI for social impact