CAIF's mission is to support research that will improve the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers

The AI Assembly is the first national deliberative event on AI in the United States and represents a significant step toward understanding public sentiment on AI-related issues and shaping the conversation around the role of AI systems in society, with a focus on transparency, accountability, and responsible use.  

• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy
• Deliberation

As AI systems become more capable, we would like to enlist their help to supervise other AIs.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI

Here we introduce StraightLines, a proof-of-concept tool developed by AOI’s Lucid Lens team, that automatically rewrites news headlines to reflect the content of articles in a more accurate, less sensational way.

• extensions

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

$30 million initial investment will bridge gaps between industry, civil society, and policymakers, broadening generative AI infrastructure in service of society

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Get funding

A new $5+ million partnership aims to explore ways the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can support a thriving, innovative local news field, and ensure local news organizations shape the future of this emerging technology.

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

Academic analysis of open data on Github finds it's "one of the largest hosts of open data in the world and has experienced an accelerated growth of open data assets over the past four years."

• Civic data
• Peer-reviewed research
• Open data publishing platforms

This list of civil society experts on AI contains profiles and contact information of policy experts, researchers and lawyers who can speak to the media and other stakeholders on issues such as AI regulation, facial recognition, racial justice, AI in health, border surveillance, algorithmic welfare distribution, conditions for workers training Chat-GPT and other key issues of our time.

• Artificial Intelligence

Relevant section: Politics: Regulation of AI, its economic implications and the evolving geopolitics of AI.

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Reports

The “AI Cyber Challenge” (AIxCC) will challenge competitors across the United States, to identify and fix software vulnerabilities using AI.

• United States (federal government)

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source
• Challenges

Including key indicators of online violence escalation and how to systematically record digital threats

• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality
• reports

• Journalism

Speakeasy AI is a SaaS company building end-to-end tools for better conversations.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

This tool was intended to help you and your organization understand and track your email newsletter metrics

• Media
• Graveyard
• Journalism

The website allows you to view, filter and analyze government finance data in a variety of sections and levels, from the national level, which includes aggregated (total) government, municipal, social security and monetary fund data, to detailed institution-level data.

• Government transparency
• Budget explorers
• Open data publishing portals

This platform helps municipality facilitate participatory budgeting in the municipality.

• Consul
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

This platform helps municipality facilitate participatory budgeting in the municipality.

• Consul
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

Revisa aquí cómo impacta la evasión de impuestos en las vidas de los habitantes de América Latina

• taxes

• Advocacy tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency

Building the case for an evidence-based approach to campaigning (for the Labour Party)

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Evidence-driven campaigning

FairVote is a nonpartisan organization advocating for ranked-choice voting in the US.

• Specific campaigns
• Voting and elections
• Democratic Innovations

Pela defesa dos direitos digitais em Portugal

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital rights

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.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

"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."

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits

A critical review of the accuracy of countries' submissions to the OECD's AI Policy Observatory site, tracking national government AI programs

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Government AI strategies

A participatory memorial honoring those who died protesting the government of Nicolás Maduro

• Participatory memorials

Os dados referem-se a eleições realizadas no Brasil entre 1945 e 2006 para os mais diversos âmbitos de governo. Incluem a competição eleitoral para a Presidência da República, para governos de estado, para a Câmara dos Deputados e para o Senado Federal.

• Civic data
• Voting and elections

Six AI tools under active development by professional newsrooms

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Brasil: Investigação transnacional revela empresas de marketing político ligadas à extrema direita

• reports

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Newsroom partnership networks

One of multiple studies in the US using artificial intelligence to analyze the tone and word choice police officers use, to determine whether it leads to unnecessarily escalations with the public.

• police violence
• policing
• labor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Generative AI

Bringing African voices, values and experiences to global debates on AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic tech catalogs

JUST AI is an independent network of researchers and practitioners committed to understanding the social and ethical value of data and AI

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Civil society research outfits

The 2004 project that used comedy and live theatrical performances to protest against former President George W Bush

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Artistic interventions
• Predecessors

A continent-wide map of AI policy, laws, and tools in Africa

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Civic maps

The Civic AI Handbook is for digital leads of civic organisations who want to develop generative AI strategies for their organisations / departments / teams.

• guides

• Artificial Intelligence
• Generative AI

The CampaignTech Awards by Campaigns & Elections recognize the truly exceptional in the field of political campaign technology, digital strategy, tactics, and techniques.

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Awards and prizes

USAID launched IVR and Facebook chatbot tools that will provide Cambodian citizens clear, transparent information on public services available to them through the Royal Cambodian Government’s One Window Service Offices (OWSO).

• Facebook

• Bots
• Access social benefits
• Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

All about information controls in Azerbaijan

• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights

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.

• Newspeak

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

เว็บไซต์ม็อบดาต้าไทยแลนด์ (Mob Data Thailand) พัฒนาขึ้นโดย แอมเนสตี้ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล ประเทศไทย และโครงการอินเทอร์เน็ตเพื่อกฎหมายประชาชน (ไอลอว์) เพื่อให้เป็นฐานข้อมูลการชุมนุมสาธารณะที่เกิดขึ้นในประเทศไทย โดยเริ่มบันทึกข้อมูลตั้งแต่เดือนมกราคม 2563 และเปิดให้ทดลองใช้งานตั้งแต่วันที่ 7 สิงหาคม 2563

• Advocacy tech
• Crowdsourcing
• Archives

Daisychain helps progressive organizations engage their audiences through powerful workflows and authentic conversations.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• SMS tools

We are a coordinating alliance of civil society organizations, foundations, state institutions and companies. Our goal is to create an ecosystem of interlocking solutions for the needs of people on the run.

• Ukraine

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Mutual aid

The discussion list has over 3,800 members from all over the world, from a wide range of disciplines including: campaigners, designers, content creators, fundraisers, academics, agencies, vendors and much more

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

We are raising €10 million to buy 112 rescue vehicles for Ukraine.

• Ukraine

• Crowdsourcing
• Emergency services

With unparalleled voter data, a powerful canvassing app, and easy-to-use contact tools, this all-in-one campaign solution packs a punch. Designed to scale with you from city council to Congress and beyond, our platform offers all the features you need to run smoother and smarter campaigns.

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign tools
• CRM

Vous ne comprenez rien à l’Europe ou à l’Union européenne ?

• podcasts

• Civic literacy
• Podcasts

Humanitarian AI Today is podcast series produced by the Humanitarian AI meetup groups.

• podcasts

• Artificial Intelligence
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Podcasts

With its partners, OCHA contributes to principled and effective humanitarian response through coordination, advocacy, policy, information management and humanitarian financing tools and services.

• United Nations

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech