This research brief explores how public participation practitioners might encounter AI tools; examines the risks, opportunities and uncertainties these tools present; and offers ethical considerations to guide their use.

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• ChatGPT

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

A growing archive of 1000+ design resources, weekly updated for the community.

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• Build something
• Design
• Visual Design

These online courses, toolkits and resources are designed to help both journalists and the public build expertise and stay one step ahead of misinformation.

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• toolkits
• trainings

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media literacy

The Civic Tech Field Guide's view of impact metrics

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• Learn about civic tech
• Evaluate impact

DEDA helps data analysts, project managers and policy makers to recognize ethical issues in data projects, data management and data policies.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech

"Our goal was to apply a simple but powerful canvas tool to help our peers plan to measure immediate and long-term results of their projects."

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• The People
• Evaluate impact

Well designed posters to hang in your gov office

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• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

A booklet documenting the use of legislative theater by Smes, a Belgian civil society organization focused on mental health and social inclusion.

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• Artistic interventions

A set of guidelines that help development practitioners integrate established best practices into technology-enabled programmes.

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• The People
• Build something
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A network and resource library for open sharing of democratic innovations

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• Peer networks

to address the inefficiencies of developing contractual agreements for public-private data collaboration

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• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

A NON-PROFIT HOME FOR YOUR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

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• The People
• Build something
• Toolkits