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Artificial Intelligence

Technologies that train models to autonomously support or function independently of direct human effort. Also known as AI or IA (in Romance languages).

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Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning
arxiv.org/abs/1906.05433

Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning

Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate.

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
Climate action, research
Facebook Suicide Prevention
about.fb.com/news/2017/11/getting-our-community-help-in-real-time

Facebook Suicide Prevention

Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or th...

1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
civic features, suicide prevention, Facebook
DIUx xView Detection Challenge
xviewdataset.org

DIUx xView Detection Challenge

Pentagon's humanitarian satellite imagery competition for object detection in overhead imagery

Pentagon Building, Washington, DC
since 2018
Artificial Intelligence, Competitions, Get funding
Assembl
bluenove.com/en/offers/assembl

Assembl

Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short...

Paris
since 2014
Civic forums, Engagement tech, Online forums
ChatGPT
MoCho: Mobility Choices and Societal Impacts
media.mit.edu/projects/mobcho/overview

MoCho: Mobility Choices and Societal Impacts

This tool helps predict the choices of mobility modes made at the individual level throughout the entire Boston Metro area.

MIT Media Lab
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
mobility
UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala radio analysis with machine learning
radio.unglobalpulse.net/uganda/case-studies

UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala radio analysis with machine learning

We analysed people’s public discussions about refugees as the crisis started and high influx of refugees fled into Uganda in mid July 2016.

Kampala, Uganda
since 2016
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
United Nations
Turing Institute AI for science and government (ASG)
web.archive.org/web/20220329194725/https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/asg

Turing Institute AI for science and government (ASG)

A major integrated research programme with a goal to deploy AI and data science in priority areas to support the UK economy.

The Alan Turing Institute, Euston Road, London, UK
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
Google Trends
trends.google.com/trends

Google Trends

Explore what the world is searching

Mountain View, CA
Listening, Media, Media and social media analysis
commercial, Google
Amicable
amicable.io/amicable-divorce-app

Amicable

Amicable is a divorce app which helps couples close an amicable agreement. The chatbot, Alex, provides instant and real time support to users.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots
Elements of Artificial Intelligence free online course
elementsofai.com

Elements of Artificial Intelligence free online course

A free course sponsored by the Finnish government to demystify AI

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮
Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Digital literacy
trainings
Be My Eyes
bemyeyes.com

Be My Eyes

Bringing sight to blind and low-vision people

Åbogade 15, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
since 2012
Adjacent Fields, Assistive and Accessible Tech, Foundational layers
apps, blind
Gravyty Stewardship
gravyty.com/stewardship

Gravyty Stewardship

The first-ever AI solution for thanking and cultivating donors.

Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, CRM
Doxbox Trustbot
alistairgentry.net/performance/doxbox-trustbot-2019

Doxbox Trustbot

The portable unit interviews users about the apps, services and digital providers they interact with, reveals what these providers know about their users, then tells the user stories about what the ef...

Artificial Intelligence, Artistic interventions, Specific campaigns
Aunt Meiyu
checkcheck.me

Aunt Meiyu

A Taiwanese developer Carol created a chatbot called Aunt Meiyu on popular messaging app LINE. Aunt Meiyu is designed to combat disinformation circulated in private chat group, especially family chat...

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Chat and messaging
LINE
Factmata
factmata.com

Factmata

Empowering everyone with a better understanding of content.

114 Whitechapel High St. London E1 7PT
since 2017
Fight disinformation, Media, The Tech
Health Complaints Assist
healthcomplaintsassist.com.au

Health Complaints Assist

Health Complaints Assist is a chatbot that helps users make a complaint about medical treatment they or someonethey know received.

Australia 🇦🇺
Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots
URBEM
urbem.digital

URBEM

URBEM es una plataforma para digitalizar trámites y servicios de gobierno, y automatizar la atención ciudadana con Inteligencia Artificial.

Monterrey
since 2016
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, The Tech
Hayden.ai
hayden.ai

Hayden.ai

Artificial intelligence powered mobility solution for smart cities

2150 Shattuck Avenue, Penthouse Berkeley, CA 94704
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
mobility
Fora
cortico.ai/platform

Fora

Human-Led + AI-Supported Listening

68 Harrison Ave Boston
since 2016
Artificial Intelligence, Engagement tech, Group decision making
apps
European AI & Society Fund
europeanaifund.org

European AI & Society Fund

The European AI Fund is a philanthropic initiative to shape the direction of AI in Europe

Rue Royale 941000, Brussels, Belgium
Artificial Intelligence, Ethical tech and responsible tech, Funders & donors
Autogrid Flex
auto-grid.com

Autogrid Flex

Flex, the company’s flagship product, predicts and controls tens of thousands of energy resources from millions of customers by ingesting, storing, and managing petabytes of data from trillions of end...

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech
Sustainable cities and communities
Go Vocal
govocal.com

Go Vocal

The only platform you need for meaningful community engagement.

Bd Pachéco 34, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
since 2015
Civic forums, Communicating with the government, Communicating with the people
Association Civic Tech Europe
Computer vision uncovers predictors of physical urban change
web.archive.org/web/20210314172308/https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/07/05/1619003114

Computer vision uncovers predictors of physical urban change

We develop a computer vision method to measure changes in the physical appearances of neighborhoods from street-level imagery.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2017
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, Machine vision
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Holopolis bot
talk.pdis.nat.gov.tw/t/holopolis-bot/5095

Holopolis bot

Holopolis bot allows always available participation. It packages vTaiwan as a contact you can add friend with and share your opinions on cases under discussion.

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
since 2017
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging tech
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute
hai.stanford.edu

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute

Introducing The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
Samurai Labs
samurailabs.ai

Samurai Labs

Samurai is a Frontier Artificial Intelligence Lab Dedicated to Eliminating Online Violence

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
harassment
Gravyty Guide
web.archive.org/web/20210624153044/https://www.gravyty.com/guide

Gravyty Guide

This weekly digest email helps you more efficiently manage your portfolio so you prioritize the right donors at the right time and raise more

Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, CRM
Gravyty Go
web.archive.org/web/20210613084406/https://gravyty.com/go

Gravyty Go

Travel to the right donors, at the right time.

Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, CRM
Wagbot
messenger.com/t/wagbot

Wagbot

Wagbot is a Facebook Messenger-based chatbot designed to answer questions from school children about sexualhealth and related issues.

New Zealand 🇳🇿
Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Bots
Facebook Tracking Exposed
facebook.tracking.exposed

Facebook Tracking Exposed

a project to improve the transparency behind Facebook’s algorithms

Italy (Italia) 🇮🇹
since 2019
Algorithmic transparency, Artificial Intelligence, Filter bubble poppers
Facebook
Programa de Derechos Humanos
ibero.mx/prensa/fosas-desenterrando-la-verdad-clandestina

Programa de Derechos Humanos

El Programa de Derechos Humanos busca, desde su creación en el año de 1998, contribuir a la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en México a través de la investigación con pertinencia social, la inc...

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
since 1998
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
Quartz Bot Studio
blog.qz.com/why-were-starting-the-quartz-bot-studio-ae535cc9ed45

Quartz Bot Studio

The Quartz Bot Studio builds narrative experiences for messaging and voice platforms.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Emerging tech
Call Time
calltime.ai

Call Time

Online political fundraising tools powered by artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics. Call Time provides online donor research and an automated fundraising platform.

Los Angeles, CA
since 2018
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Fundraising tools
partisan
Drones & Dreams: A Speculative Sprint Story Collection
digitalasiahub.org/download/drones-dreams-a-speculative-sprint-story-collection

Drones & Dreams: A Speculative Sprint Story Collection

A speculative story sprint collection

Asia
since 2019
Artificial Intelligence, Civic fiction, Drones
Copy, Paste, Legislate
model-legislation.apps.publicintegrity.org

Copy, Paste, Legislate

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

Phoenix, AZ
Artificial Intelligence, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Crowdsourcing
Fast AI
fast.ai

Fast AI

Deep learning is transforming the world. We are making deep learning easier to use and getting more people from all backgrounds involved through our: free courses for coders, software library, cutting...

Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Digital literacy
NYC Automated Decisions Systems Task Force
www1.nyc.gov/site/adstaskforce/index.page#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20City%20Automated,more%20commonly%20known%20as%20algorithms).

NYC Automated Decisions Systems Task Force

Local Law 49

New York City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY
since 2018
Algorithmic transparency, Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech report orgs
Pondera
ponderasolutions.com

Pondera

Pondera offers a comprehensive cloud solution to help you detect, investigate, and enforce fraud, waste, and abuse.

80 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630
Artificial Intelligence, Bureaucracy tech, Govtech
fraud detection
Polco
info.polco.us/platform

Polco

Polco is a platform designed to increase civic engagement, improve government transparency, and inform municipal governments of constituents’ input which, in turn, will help better guide public policy...

Middleton, WI
since 2015
Engagement tech, Govtech, Participatory democracy
Bail-setting algorithms in Philadelphia
bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-09/big-data-alone-can-t-fix-a-broken-bail-system

Bail-setting algorithms in Philadelphia

Philadelphia should think twice about its risk-assessment algorithm.

Philadelphia
since 2017
Artificial Intelligence, Ethical tech and responsible tech, The Tech
criminal justice
Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making
tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32592

Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making

To compatible with core administrative law principles such as transparency, accountability, legality, and procedural fairness

Canada 🇨🇦
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, Regulation
Innowatts
innowatts.com

Innowatts

A startup developing an automated toolkit for energy monitoring and management

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
Climate action
Seeing AI
microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai

Seeing AI

A free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text and objects

Redmond, WA
since 2019
Adjacent Fields, Artificial Intelligence, Assistive and Accessible Tech
apps
ML5js
ml5js.org

ML5js

ml5.js aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser,...

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech
Atlas AI
atlasai.co

Atlas AI

Our software measures economic and infrastructure conditions across Africa, informing how capital can be deployed to drive forward economic progress.

Palo Alto
Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Emerging tech
development
Block Party
blockparty.studio

Block Party

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2020
Civic and social impact companies, Communicating with the government, Data science for social good
Development Seed Vulnerable Housing pilot
medium.com/devseed/finding-vulnerable-housing-in-street-view-images-using-ai-to-create-safer-cities-2b58b4e3b991

Development Seed Vulnerable Housing pilot

Development Seed is supporting the World Bank to identify dangerous housing in Colombia through the use of artificial intelligence.

Colombia 🇨🇴
Artificial Intelligence, Civic data, Data visualization
housing
Sama
sama.com

Sama

Hiring people from the bottom of the pyramid to complete digital work - SamaHub is Samasource’s training data annotation platform used to manage the entire annotation lifecycle. The platform ensures h...

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech
Decent work and economic growth
ClearGov Transparency
cleargov.com/products/transparency

ClearGov Transparency

Cloud-based budget and performance management software built for local governments.

Maynard, MA
since 2015
Budget explorers, Artificial Intelligence, Govtech
ChatGPT
FarmBeats
microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/farmbeats-iot-agriculture

FarmBeats

to enable data-driven farming

since 2015
Artificial Intelligence, The Tech, Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)
agriculture, Zero hunger
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