Emerging tech
Emerging tech that could make outsized contributions to existing battles.
MethaneSAT
A better and faster way to track methane
Public Interest AI explainer site
A project map of Public Interest AI and related research
First AI-written speech delivered by US congressman
Representative for Massachusetts Jake Auchincloss used ChatGPT to help introduce legislation supporting AI research
CS Fund Just Transitions
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
This 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 Ukrain...
Starling Lab
A new methodology to restore trust in digital media
United States Department of State's Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
Secretary 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 c...
LearnCard
What if we worked together to enable learner sovereignty, mobility and agency?
Low-Cost Sensors and Systems for Ocean Discovery
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.
Pathways Through the Portal: A Field Scan of Emerging Technologies in the Public Interest
A COVID-era research project into emerging technologies and their use for the public interest
LandOS
LandOS facilitates project design, due diligence, finance and certification – all key to unlocking supply at scale.
Artificial Intelligence in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust
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 o...
Dark Data Project
The Dark Data Project helps organizations uncover, deobfuscate, semantify and analyze problematic datasets
Global Atlas of AVs in Cities
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 i...
Algorithm Tips
Resources and leads for investigating algorithms in society
#SelfCare
#SelfCare is a free, simple, and beautiful AI companion for joy, self-connection, and hope.
Algorithmic Impact Assessments: A Practical Framework For Public Agency Accountability
A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability
AI Resources
An evolving directory of tools and resources that OPSI believes may be useful for civil servants interested in the use of AI in government
AI and the Cognitive Trap
AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.
A+ Alliance
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...
Air Matters
Providing real-time Air Quality Index & Allergy Pollen & Weather Data, as well as Protection Recommendations and Forecast.
A People’s Guide to AI
This 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 drea...
Algorithm Watch
Algorithm Watch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes
AI4Cities
Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.
AI Now Institute
The AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence.
Algo Transparency
An algorithm that attempts to analyze which information the YouTube algorithm is showing to people.
AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory
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
AI for Good Foundation
The AI for Good Foundation engages on a number of fronts in order to continuously serve its core mission.
The Metagovernance Project (Metagov)
a laboratory for digital governance
Media Matters for America
Media Matters for America is the nation's premier progressive media watchdog.
Legal Robot
Legal tech startup using Artificial Intelligence to make Legal Documents less painful & improve Access to Justice.
Vessels Tech
Digital Innovation for Social Impact
Spokane Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Commission of Spokane
Turn.io
Change the face of social impact engagement globally
Machine Learning and the Rule of Law
Predictive judicial analytics holds the promise of increasing the fairness of law.
BeeMonitor
Open source project using Raspberry Pis and sensors to learn about the health of a bee colony by monitoring the temperature and humidity inside and outside the hive over multiple years.
Hyphen-Labs
Hyphen-Labs is an international collective working at the intersection of technology, art, science, and the future
App Inventor for social innovation
Learn to make apps for Android devices by doing projects that can help people in your community.
Skills Lab
Skilllab is a social business developing technology-based solutions to empower employment services to better integrate job seekers into local labour markets.
Perspective
Perspective is an API that uses machine learning to spot abuse and harassment online.
Digital Asia Hub
AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT INTERNET AND SOCIETY RESEARCH THINK TANK BASED IN HONG KONG
Ride Report
From bikes to scooters and everything in between, dockless mobility offers cities a range of new options and challenges. Ride Report is your comprehensive toolset to manage emerging mobility services.
Association for Computational Linguistics
Computational linguistics is the scientific study of language from a computational perspective. Computational linguists are interested in providing computational models of various kinds of linguistic...
Zug ID, Switzerland blockchain for identity
We recently announced our cooperation with the Swiss City of Zug and local development partner ti&m to introduce the world’s first live…
Cofacts
Cofacts is a collaborative system connecting instant messages and fact-check reports or different opinions together.
Ford Foundation Tech Fellow
The Ford Foundation did something unique—it hired technologists and embedded them in its grant-making teams. It was part of a foundation-wide effort to better understand the growing influence of data...
Centre for Collective Intelligence Design
The Centre for Collective Intelligence Design will explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to make the most of our collective knowledge and develop innovative and effective solution...
ShotSpotter
ShotSpotter is the leader in gunshot detection solutions that helps law enforcement officials and security personnel identify, locate and deter gun violence
Google Colab
Colab notebooks allow you to combine executable code and rich text in a single document, along with images, HTML, LaTeX and more.
Google Acclima partnership
Aclima announces a new partnership with Google Earth Outreach to map and better understand outdoor air quality.