Our Southeast Asia Policy Observatory (SEA Observatory) provides a comprehensive overview of the state of AI policy and governance in the region.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Policy
• Civil society research outfits

Zuckerman and students explore digital media, polarization, and democracy

• Academia
• Courses

Since 2023, Omidyar Network’s Reporters in Residence program has empowered freelance journalists to pursue rigorous reporting that drives national conversations and informs policy debates.

• Journalism
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

None Other is a women-owned creative production company based in NYC and working with teams all over the world.

• films

• Build something
• Civic and social impact companies

Fakespot is working on a foundational model for detecting deep fake content on the web

• extensions

• Fight disinformation
• Deepfakes

A 12-week fellowship in AI Safety and Governance for junior researchers and government staff in Southeast Asia

• Artificial Intelligence
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

AI Safety Asia (AISA) is a global non-profit dedicated to the international governance of safe AI by Asia, starting in Southeast Asia.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Roundtables

Thousands of governments trust Catalis
solutions to automate workflows, accept
payments, and engage citizens.

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

Use AI to detect fake reviews and scams

• Responsible consumption and production

• Artificial Intelligence
• Graveyard
• Fight disinformation

Creative project design for social good champions through appropriate technology that strengthens human systems.

• human rights
• humanitarian
• coaching

• Build something
• Building in the private sector
• Civic and social impact companies

Identify content made with Google’s AI tools

• Google

• Artificial Intelligence
• Fight disinformation

Tracking the role of algorithms on the spread of disinformation

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Media and social media analysis

Demokratie-Wegweiser is a digital tool that connects citizens with the right political representatives based on their location.

No Tech For Apartheid is a worker-led campaign of Google and Amazon workers organizing against the companies' $1B Project Nimbus cloud computing contract with the Israeli government and military.

• Google
• Amazon
• Israel Palestine

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns

AI Evaluation Made Easy

• Artificial Intelligence
• Evaluate impact
• AI Auditing

Guardoni is a free software automated web scraper, used to collect data about platforms as Youtube and Tik Tok.

• YouTube
• TikTok

• Media and social media analysis
• Research tools

Gigbox aims to help workers collect + pool data about their experience to help them build power, help researchers understand the gig economy more fully, and help advocates more effectively plan for the future of work.

• labor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Crowdsourcing
• AI Auditing

These eight projects — all focusing on auditing tools for AI systems — comprise the second-ever Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF) cohort

• Artificial Intelligence
• Get funding
• AI Auditing

Help drivers and researchers study ridehail fairness and get insights on your fare history.

• labor
• Uber

• Artificial Intelligence
• Crowdsourcing
• AI Auditing

Worker-led audits in the platform economy

• labor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Crowdsourcing Gig Worker Pay Data to Audit Algorithmic Management

• labor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Crowdsourcing
• AI Auditing

A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI

• Google

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Fight disinformation

Bring AI assistance to internet-separated devices via email

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Generative AI

Docs is the result of a joint effort lead by the French 🇫🇷🥖(DINUM) and German 🇩🇪🥨 governments (ZenDiS).

• Govtech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• General purpose open source tools

Explore 40 over products built for citizens and public officers

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Civic apps outfits

Empowering Singapore's public officers with AI

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

Das neue Ministerium wird Motor sein für konkrete, sichtbare Fortschritte bei der Digitalisierung und eine moderne, handlungsfähige Verwaltung.

• Germany (federal government)

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Tech or Digital Policy

Empowering officers with Pair Chat: higher quality work, faster decisions, and better citizen experiences.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots

Requiring open digitalisation and publication of planning data in the UK

• local

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Urban planning

A community of forward-thinking Local Planning Authorities working together to shape a more efficient, data-driven planning system.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Urban planning

The new committee will set guidelines, strategies, policies, and mechanisms to guide and implement the transformation of the digital economy at central and local government levels.

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

FormSG is a form builder tool that enables public officers to instantly create customisable forms with zero code or cost, to safely collect classified and sensitive data.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Forms

Local plan policy tool

• land
• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

an open digital twin for the City of Bradford

• Urban planning
• Digital twins

Transform social workers' productivity with AI

• commercial

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Case management

Create government-style minutes, in minutes

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Meeting tech

• Mapping

Official government portal for open planning and housing data

• housing

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Open government data

Boston Consulting Group report

• reports

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

In this paper, we examine how AI could help reimagine local government.

• reports
• local

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.

• housing
• land

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

a groundbreaking AI-based decision support platform, which is transforming decision-making processes for planning proposals on sensitive land.

• land

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

"We wanted to make it a one-stop digital platform, integrating all the essential public services across ministries… with one application, citizens can access several services online, which modernises our governance"

• apps

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Service delivery

The ultimate platform for the real estate sector

• land
• commercial

• Urban planning

Coefficient is a data consultancy offering end-to-end services in data science, engineering, infrastructure, machine learning implementation and other AI-related services, as well as bespoke training courses.

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Build something

The Genie AI team has created an easy step-by-step guide which takes you through every aspect of drafting your Section 106 Agreement.

• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

Search complex policy and legal records with ease

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

"Consult was generally good at identifying the themes in a given consultation response."

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy