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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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Post outlining OpenAI's partnerships with DARPA, US AID, and US National Laboratories
SAGA Smart Machinaka Project
Saga, JapanThe SAGA Smart Machinaka Project is a demonstration project that aims to improve the convenience of the city center of Saga City through the use of technologies such as AI and IoT, and to create a city that is easy to live in.
"BigScience Large Open-science Open-access Multilingual Language Model is a 176-billion-parameter transformer-based autoregressive large language model. The model, as well as the code base and the data used to train it, are distributed under free licences." - Wikipedia
Open Politics Project
BerlinThe mission is to create an open-source data science and AI toolkit to analyse, summarise, and visualise political information.
How The New York Times Incorporates Editorial Judgement in Algorithms to Curate Home Screen Content
New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Common Good AI
PO Box 880264, San Francisco, CA 94188-0264Common Good AI is a new non-profit organization that leverages human abilities to innovate and find solutions by integrating AI to empower groups of any size to collaboratively ideate, debate diverse ideas, identify shared goals, and find a path forward together.
This is a collective of dedicated individuals and organizations committed to fostering ethical AI practices, encouraging research, and addressing the societal implications of AI across Africa and largely the Global South.
A grassroots interdisciplinary responsible AI lab for Africa and the Global South. Researching technical alignment and governance of AI
The AI Governance Fellowship is a pioneering program dedicated to advancing the fairness and integrity of AI technologies in the Global South, with a focus on African nations.
ForHumanity
New York, USATo examine and analyze the downside risks associated with the ubiquitous advance of AI & Automation, to engage in risk mitigation and ensure the optimal outcome… ForHumanity.
Hand-written Petition Scanner
Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road, London, UKAn AI-powered tool designed to efficiently digitize handwritten petition sheets, transforming them into organized, upload-ready CSVs to streamline data management and optimize volunteer efforts.
2022 Inventory of Washington State Automated Decision-making Systems
Washington state, USA30 ADS govtech applications in Washington state
Leveraging AI for Democracy: Civic Innovation on the New Digital Playing Field
1025 F Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 200043 essays by Beth Kerley, Carl Miller, and Fernanda Campagnucci outline possible paths toward a prodemocratic vision for AI
Conservation X Labs (CXL)
Washington, DCUnlike traditional conservation efforts, Conservation X Labs focuses on leveraging the best technology, the newest innovation, interdisciplinary genius, and the power of the marketplace to boldly confront the biggest problems facing the planet.
Get energy data with a few lines of code
Cooperative AI Course
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Cooperative AI is an emerging research field focused on improving the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all.
AI for Changemakers
Poland (Polska)A global accelerator for AI innovators and nonprofits working to solve the world’s pressing challenges.
VoteSpeaker AI
Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road, London, UKDraft letters to sway voters and bolster support.
UK Electoral Commission Chatbot
Newspeak House, Bethnal Green Road, London, UKFind information faster on the Electoral Commission website: Use our chatbot to do the searching for you
An open database of conversations ChatGPT had with people who believe in a variety of conspiracy theories, which can be filtered by the efficacy of the conversation in changing beliefs.
AI & Democracy Foundation
San FranciscoTo accelerate work toward democratic governance and alignment of AI.
"Nevada plans to launch a generative AI system powered by Google that will analyze transcripts of unemployment appeals hearings and issue recommendations to human referees about whether or not claimants should receive benefits."
Automating (In)Justice: An Adversarial Audit of RisCanvi
Catalonia (Spain)Eticas Foundation's adversarial audit of an AI-powered criminal justice tool, RisCanvi, that has been used in Catalonia since 2009 finds it "does not meet the required standards of reliability and fairness."
Technology & Racial Justice Collaborative (TRJC)
New York CityLaw enforcement agencies are increasingly using surveillance tools, predictive technologies, and automated decision-making systems that impose a disproportionate burden on communities historically impacted by systemic bias.
Copbot
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)A prototype project that aims to help understand how AI models and humans differ in their perception of risk.
Google Research is applying AI to satellite and aerial imagery to build a Heat Resilience tool, helping cities understand how to reduce surface temperatures through planting trees or using highly-reflective surfaces, like cool roofs.
Includes both cloud APIs and special purpose tools to make your text articles more accessible
Code for All_
LisbonTech upskilling platform including Máquina de Identificação de Talento (MIT), "para avaliar o potencial de requalificação dos trabalhadores e, assim, agilizar a seleção de candidatos para formação"
Empurrando Juntas
São PauloFree tool to gather opinions and simplify participation.
Democratizing artificial intelligence for improving permitting outcomes and efficiency
We estimate that UK central government conducts approximately one billion citizen-facing transactions per year in the provision of around 400 services, of which approximately 143 million are complex repetitive transactions. We estimate that 84% of these complex transactions are highly automatable.
Rapid integrates advanced mapping tools, authoritative geospatial open data, and cutting-edge technology to empower OpenStreetMap mappers at all levels to get started quickly, making accurate and fresh edits to maps.
Funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) and implemented by UNESCO, this project supports the Flemish government in implementing reforms by contributing to the improved AI-readiness and increased adoption of AI across the Flemish public administrations in a safe and ethical manner.
Synthetic Memories
Barcelona, Spainan initiative aimed at recovering lost or undocumented visual memories using AI image generation.
Can modern AI help solve today’s critical challenges of climate change and nature loss? The Grand Challenge will offer up to $100 million in total funding over three rounds.
Clay
Washington, DCClay is a nonprofit team on a mission to make Earth observation as useful and ubiquitous as a Google search. We believe in using open, responsible AI to make Earth observation a force for positive change.
Esheria LexChat
NairobiEsheria Lexchat simplifies legal research and guidance, providing seamless access to tools for navigating the complex legal landscape effectively.
AI Risk Repository
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)A comprehensive living database of over 700 AI risks categorized by their cause and risk domain.
Our best-performing model can potentially help TSU find 59% more buildings where tenants face landlord harassment than the current outreach method using the same resources.
deliberAIde
BerlinWe are developing an end-to-end platform for in-person, online and hybrid deliberative participation processes, starting with: AI-assistance for defining the process; anonymously transcribing and documenting deliberations; summarization and in-depth analysis; and final reporting.
By Alan R. Shark, with ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI
Seelaw
LondonA tool that provides targeted legislative insights and AI-powered analysis, delivering updates and impact assessments on legislation.
An open-source Chrome extension powered by GPT-4 that demonstrates how AI can be used to subtly manipulate the content users consume
Justice Practical Guide
PortugalThe Practical Guide to Access Justice is a tool available to all citizens, which aims to streamline their interaction with Justice, in the search for the information they need at every moment.
GOV.UK Chat
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The bot allows people to ask questions about government services and receive information on accessing student loans, benefits and legal questions.
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