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Emerging tech that could make outsized contributions to existing battles.
Suggested reading: Pathways Through the Portal: A Field Scan of Emerging Technologies in the Public Interest
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Chat2024
United States of America (the)An AI startup's chatbots representing each of the 17 major US presidential candidates.
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Waterloo, ON, CanadaCIGI builds bridges from knowledge to power by conducting world-leading research and analysis to offer innovative policy solutions for the digital era.
Six AI tools under active development by professional newsrooms
Creating knowledge and strategies for responsible, ethical and inclusive automated decision-making.
The Civic AI Observatory
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)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.
Smart City Expo World Congress
Barcelona SpainSmart City Expo World Congress is the world's biggest and most influential event on urban innovation.
Civicspace.tech
Washington, DCA collection of approachable but well-researched primers on emerging tech and potential benefits and risks
AI4D-Lab
DodomaThe 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.
AI Impact Lab
United States of America (the)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.
Public sector needs to prepare for what is coming next, continuously identify, test and implement innovative solutions to benefit from future opportunities while reducing the risks through increased resilience of their public systems. To facilitate that OPSI has developed an Anticipatory Innovation Governance (AIG) model.
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.
Using High-Altitude Balloons [and drones] for Decision Support in Wildfire Operations
The first object interaction app for the visually impaired. iOS only.
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech
Cornell TechMaking cities stronger, fairer, and more resilient through responsible technology.
Mozilla AI
Mountain View, CA, USAA startup — and community — building trustworthy and open-source AI.
A course from the Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial in Boadilla del Monte, Spain
A report by the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub
MethaneSAT
United States of America (the)A better and faster way to track methane
Public Interest AI explainer site
Humboldt-Institut Berlin, Invalidenstraße, Berlin, GermanyA project map of Public Interest AI and related research
First AI-written speech delivered by US congressman
Capitol HillRepresentative for Massachusetts Jake Auchincloss used ChatGPT to help introduce legislation supporting AI research
CS Fund is launching a new funding program on Just Transitions to advance social and ecological justice for a future grounded in justice, joy, belonging, and liberation for all beings.
Project Dokaz Alliance
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USAThis project brings together leading innovators from the international criminal law community with pioneers in the Web3 ecosystem to develop secure and resilient solutions for accountability in Ukraine.
Starling Lab
CaliforniaA new methodology to restore trust in digital media
United States Department of State's Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
Washington, DCSecretary Blinken established the office as part of the wider modernization agenda because the constellation of critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world is now an integral part of the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.
What if we worked together to enable learner sovereignty, mobility and agency?
Great King Machines
IndiaWe manufacture embedded city maintenance machines for city civic and green agencies to upgrade to new standards of service to the citizens.
We are creating low-cost, easy-to-use deep-sea systems that gather the most critical data to inform environmental decision-making and deployment strategies.
A COVID-era research project into emerging technologies and their use for the public interest
LandOS facilitates project design, due diligence, finance and certification – all key to unlocking supply at scale.
Dark Data Project
TorontoThe Dark Data Project helps organizations uncover, deobfuscate, semantify and analyze problematic datasets
The cities in this Atlas represent the vanguard of urban governments that are hosting tests, developing their own autonomous vehicle (AV) pilots, making plans and policy, and monitoring developments in AV technologies, uses, and markets.
Numina
Brooklyn, NYNumina measures all kinds of curb-level activity. Anonymously and in aggregate, Numina delivers the volume counts, paths, and traffic behaviors of travelers and objects in streets.
AI Resources
2 rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris CEDEX 16, FranceAn evolving directory of tools and resources that OPSI believes may be useful for civil servants interested in the use of AI in government
AI Initiative
Cambridge, MA, USAThe AI Initiative is dedicated to shaping the global policy framework to govern the rise of Artificial Intelligence, addressing holistically short-, mid- and long-term governance challenges.
Algorithm Tips
Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL, USAResources and leads for investigating algorithms in society
Algorithm Watch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes
AI4Cities
EuropeSix European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.
The AI for Good Foundation engages on a number of fronts in order to continuously serve its core mission.
A People’s Guide to AI
4126 Third St. Detroit, MI 48201This popular education-inspired guide breaks down and contextualizes artificial intelligence technologies within structural racism — and provides hands-on exercises to help us imagine beyond, and dream up alternate and ideal futures with AI.
AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.
Using synthetic media to make satirical videos spreading awareness about climate change
A project by AlgorithmWatch that maps frameworks that seek to set out principles of how systems for automated decision-making (ADM) can be developed and implemented ethically
A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.
#SelfCare is a free, simple, and beautiful AI companion for joy, self-connection, and hope.
An algorithm that attempts to analyze which information the YouTube algorithm is showing to people.
A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability
AI Now Institute
New York City, NY, USAThe AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence.
Providing real-time Air Quality Index & Allergy Pollen & Weather Data, as well as Protection Recommendations and Forecast.
This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.
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