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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? đ
- 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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The WWF Climate Realism Exhibition combines latest local data from climate research with custom-built AI pipelines to send famous landscape paintings from art history into their possible climate futures.
Lookout - Assisted vision
Mountain View, CA, USALookout uses computer vision to assist people with low vision or blindness get things done faster and more easily.
Scale Data Engine leverages your enterprise data, and with Scale GenAI Platform, safely unlocks the value of AI.
A fun illustrated map charting AI Safety efforts across blogs, podcasts, training, support, governance, research, and so on.
Sourcebase Inquiry
United States of America (the)sourcebase.ai is an AI platform designed for journalists, researchers, and professionals who need to make sense of massive amounts of source material.
Our report, âA Fourth Wave of Open Data? Exploring the Spectrum of Scenarios for Open Data and Generative AI,â (May 2024) provides a new framework and recommendations to support open data providers and other interested parties in making open data âreadyâ for generative AI.
The only solution that combines an AI grant-writer, a case management system, a CRM, a booking platform and impact reporting â so you can get more funding, keep costs low, and keep all your information in one place.
Public AI Google Group
United States of America (the)People and organizations working on, contributing to, and advocating for public AI
AI Palace
Germany (Deutschland)Join a small, curated group of researchers, builders, entrepreneurs, politicians, and artists for a 7-day unconference focused on the political economy of AI. We will build new infrastructure, business models, and institutions for AI.
The Public AI Network is a coalition working to bring about public AI.
[W]e explore c.125 companies operating in the Responsible AI space
Use of AI tools in funding applications
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The Research Funders Policy Group, of which Wellcome is a member, sets out expectations around the use of generative AI tools in funding applications.
By Code Hope Labs. The policy is intended to be used within cause-based organizations which wish to encourage the experimental use of ChatGPT or other LLMs within their organizations.
One-Pager for Staff from Londonâs Office of Technology
Zencity Press Release Generator
Tel Aviv, IsraelThis update allows you to create professional-grade press releases in a matter of minutes with minimal effort and editing.
Adopting AI Responsibly: Guidelines for Procurement of AI Solutions by the Private Sector
Gov.uk Guidance to civil servants on use of generative AI
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)This guidance outlines the expectation for how civil servants should approach the use of Large Language Models.
Gen-AI for Local Governments
444 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAMetroLabâs In the Lab Initiative focused on GenAI for Local Governments, a task force
AI Intersections Database
Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USAThis database by Mozilla Foundation maps intersections between the key social justice and human rights areas of our time and documented AI impacts and their manifestations in society.
AI4Democracy
Madrid (Spain)The Center for the Governance of Change at IE University and Microsoft launched AI4Democracy, a global initiative that seeks to create knowledge and mobilize democratic governments, companies and civil society to promote action for a responsible use of artificial intelligence to defend and strengthen democracy.
Throughout 2024, Rest of World is tracking the most noteworthy incidents of AI-generated election content globally.
Rentervention
Chicago, ILA service of the Law Center for Better Housing (LCBH), here to help Illinois tenants facing housing issues
Street Activity Sensors
New York City8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions
Maru
LondonMaru is a chatbot that helps you tackle online harassment
CivicSearch is a search and discovery tool for everything that is said in local government meetings, texts, and laws. It covers 547 cities and towns in the US and Canada.
citymeetings.nyc
New York CityA tool that makes it easy to navigate and research government meetings. It uses LLMs to create granular chapters that readers can skim and share.
Climate Intelligence (CLINT)
EuropeThe CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE â alias CLINT â project is a European-funded project whose main objective is to develop an Artificial Intelligence framework composed of Machine Learning techniques and algorithms to process big climate datasets for improving Climate Science...
Tangible AI
San Diego, CAWe are on a mission to help the social sector organizations to scale their impact, increase their outreach and work smarter using artificial intelligence and chatbots, and smart automation.
During our four-week MOOC, you will learn about and explore the fascinating and ever-evolving world of technology and democracy, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of expression in elections.
Unboxed City
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Art exhibition at MIT: critical explorations of ai and cities
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
COA Beat Assistant
Manila, Metro Manila, PhilippinesCustom GPT tool to help journalists in the Philippines to parse long government audit reports for anomalies
AI Elections Initiative
Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAAspen Digital, a program of the Aspen Institute, is launching the AI Elections Initiative as an ambitious new effort to strengthen US election resilience in the face of generative AI.
AI Democracy Projects
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USAThe AI Democracy Projects engage the implications of AI systems and tools, including predictive algorithms, machine learning, and frontier models, for democratic society.
Converlens
Melbourne VIC, AustraliaDiscover the modern engagement platform powered by natural language AI to help you gather feedback, manage your data and understand what is being said.
Legitimate provides journalists and publishers with the latest [AI] tools to enhance their work while helping audiences build trust and have context in the content they consume.
We help platforms transition to community-driven data management.
Oslo for AI aims to open up new possibilities for the governance of AI.
fAIrLAC
Washington, DCSelf-assessment and other resources to help entrepreneurs incorporate AI ethical principles into their technological solutions of entrepreneurs from seed stages to those who export their technologies to other markets.
MyCity Chatbot
New York City, NY, USANYC's Business Services Chatbot which "uses Microsoft's Azure AI services to provide information in response to questions you have about starting or operating your business" in ten+ languages
Global Observatory of Urban Artificial Intelligence
Barcelona, SpainIts goal is to promote research and disseminate best practice in the ethical application of artificial intelligence in cities.
City AI Connect
Johns Hopkins UniversityA global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.
Boti
Buenos AiresEl chatbot de la Ciudad Buenos Aires
Camden Talks Data: Machine learning
Camden Town, LondonThis video explains how Camden Council uses machine learning to improve council services.
Farmer.CHAT
India (BhÄrat)An AI Assistant by Gooey.AI and Digital Green to make vetted farmer knowledge accessible.
Atlas of Urban AI
Barcelona, SpainATLAS is a crowdsourced (map) repository of projects happening in cities involving the use of artificial intelligence systems.
AI Accountability Network
Washington, DCPulitzer Center: Working with journalists and newsrooms that represent the diversity of the communities affected by AI technologies, the Network seeks to address the knowledge imbalance on artificial intelligence that exists in the journalism industry and to create a multidisciplinary and collaborative ecosystem that enables journalists to report on this fast-evolving topic with skill, nuance, and impact.
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