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The public AI website

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What is public AI?

  • Public AI is publicly accessible: ensuring AI delivers benefits to all.
  • Public AI is publicly accountable: ensuring AI reflects society's values.
  • Public AI creates permanent public goods: ensuring AI provides a reliable foundation.
  • Public AI is being designed and built right now - all around the world.

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Why do we need public AI?

  • Limited public capacity in AI is stifling our collective capacity to shape the direction of society.
  • AI is becoming essential infrastructure, like roads and water pipelines - fitting for the public sector.
  • AI systems are growing in power and should reflect society's values, not the values of shareholders.
  • Private companies have a head start - without investment in public capacity now, the gap will grow.

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Who we are

The Public AI Network is a coalition working to bring about public AI. Our aims are to:

  • Ensure public capacity-building is part of the conversation about AI design, policy, and funding
  • Make it easier to build public AI by coordinating research efforts in the ML community
  • Support policymakers and technical teams seeking to implement public AI
  • Organize the movement for public AI

We host a Slack community which connects together experts from leading public AI projects, thinktanks, and civil society groups as well as a seminar series.

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Getting involved

Public AI is a public, collaborative effort.

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  • For questions about public AI or to get involved, sign up for the newsletter{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, join the Google Group{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, or contact us{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.
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Acknowledgements

A wide range of people{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"} have contributed ideas and time to the movement for public AI. We gratefully acknowledge operational support by Metagov{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Aspen Digital{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Open Future{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Public Knowledge{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, Code for Science and Society{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}, and Chatham House{:target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.

License

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