Policy Research
National AI Strategies for Inclusive & Sustainable Development
From 2020 to 2022, TFS supported the development of 3 National AI Strategies in Africa with public sector partners, GIZ, and Smart Africa. These programs build capacity through AI policy, regulatory, and governance frameworks to support countries’ efforts to harness AI responsibly, to achieve national objectives and inclusive and sustainable development goals.
Read MoreWorking group publishes A Manifesto on Enforcing Law in the Age of AI
The Transatlantic Reflection Group on Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence” convened for a second year to draft a manifesto that calls for the effective and legitimate enforcement of laws concerning AI systems.
Read MoreTFS champions Regulatory Sandboxes in the EU AI Act
The Future Society has been advocating for regulatory sandboxes to be implemented via the EU AI Act and designed a three-phase roll out program.
Read MoreTFS refocuses vision, mission, and operational model for deeper impact
The Future Society convened in Lisbon, Portugal to mark the conclusion of an in-depth “strategic refocus” to determine what the organization will focus on for the next 3 years.
Read MoreClassifying AI systems used in COVID-19 response
To aid in our information-gathering efforts, starting today, we are inviting those associated with the development of AI systems used in COVID-19 pandemic response to complete our survey by August 2nd, 2021.
Read MoreOpportunities & Challenges of AI in Healthcare in Africa
This briefing outlines some of the key opportunities, challenges, and governance pathways for responsible AI adoption in the healthcare sector in Africa.
Read MoreDigital contact tracing against COVID-19: a governance framework to build trust
Published in Oxford’s International Data Privacy Law Journal, our article offers an ethical and legal framework to govern the development of contact tracing apps in order to build trust and social acceptability.
Read MorePolicy Pathways to Harness AI for Development
This project builds a framework of enabling policies for emerging and developing countries to harness artificial intelligence for their development objectives while mitigating important risks.
Read MoreDigital Insights into Modern Slavery Reporting: Challenges and opportunities of machine readability
In our Artificial Intelligence Against Modern Slavery (AIMS) project, Walk Free in collaboration with The Future Society, WikiRate, and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre have published a paper on digital insights into modern slavery reporting, which discusses the challenges and opportunities of machine readability.
Read MorePolicy Brief on Humanizing the Future of Work
The Future Society organised two workshops on the Future of Work in the EU with senior decision-makers at the national, european and international levels, academics, trade unions and industry. This policy brief summarizes the insights from our conversations and research.
Read MoreArticle published: Bridging the trust gaps in biometrics
A TFS article published in Biometric Technology Today analyzes a survey of policymakers’ and company representatives’ preferences of ethical principles across a range of biometric technology use cases.
Read MoreDemocratizing AI for Humanity: A Common Goal (Springer Press, 2021)
The chapter ‘Democratizing AI for Humanity: A Common Goal’ in the new book Reflections on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity (2021, Springer Press) introduces the AI Commons following the Global Forum on AI for Humanity in Paris, France.
Read MoreGlobal Governance of Artificial Intelligence, Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation
The Future Society’s chapter ‘Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence’ discusses challenges and pathways toward the responsible adoption of AI for the benefit of humanity.
Read MoreAI for Good and its Global Governance in The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) Journal
The Future Society authored the article ‘AI for Good and its Global Governance’ in the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) journal Artificial Intelligence Vol. 36 No.2 (Mar. 2021).
Read MoreReport Release with the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) on Responsible AI and AI in Pandemic Response
The Future Society had the privilege to support the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) Responsible AI and Pandemic Response working groups. On December 4th 2020, our team presented our reports at the GPAI Plenary with key recommendations for future global action and collaboration. We are very proud to share this work below.
Read MoreThe Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth & Geopolitics
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) will be the key strategic factor of the new geopolitics. It can act as a catapult for economic growth and innovation with profound impacts on all sectors of the economy. Will this lead to the monopoly of a few large companies and a perhaps insurmountable gap between the countries leading in AI and the rest of the world?
Read MoreThe Development of Rwanda’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy
The Future Society is supporting Rwanda’s Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) and Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) and GIZ FAIR Forward to develop Rwanda’s national artificial intelligence strategy.
Read MoreReport Launch: Bridging AI’s trust gaps: Aligning policymakers and companies
Bridging AI’s trust gaps: Aligning policymakers and companies is a new global survey conducted by The Future Society in collaboration with EYQ (EY’s Think Tank). Common understanding between companies and policymakers is key to build a governance framework and protect citizens’ rights. Our survey reveals ethical gaps between company and policy leaders that need to be addressed for the trustworthy adoption of AI across sectors.
Read MoreThe Intersection & Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity
Understanding the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, with co-author Roman V. Yampolskiy
Read MoreDecision Points in AI Governance
Translating principles into practice: ‘Decision Points in AI Governance’ by Jessica Cussins Newman at UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and Advisor to The Future Society.
Read MoreMapping the AI Value Chain (OECD.AI)
In a report for the OECD AI Policy Observatory, The Future Society mapped opportunities and risks along AI value chains to facilitate adoption of the OECD AI Principles
Read MoreReview of AI Governance in 2019
The Future Society’s Nicolas Miailhe, Cyrus Hodes and Jessica Cussins joined 47 experts to review the state of AI governance in 2019 with SISS.
Read MoreBriefing: A List of AI Governance Levers
Over the past few years AI governance and policy actors including companies, regulators, academics and nonprofits have put forward many different initiatives to ensure AI development and applications have appropriate ethical and safety precautions – enabling ‘trustworthy’ or ‘responsible’ AI. This briefing lists these AI governance approaches rather than analyzes, in order to inform all possible options in a ‘toolbox’.
Read MoreAI for Sustainable Development Goals
The Future Society publishes forward-looking paper on AI for SDGs in a Special Issue of Delphi Journal.
Read MoreBridging the AI Trust Gap: Aligning Policymakers and Companies
This project evaluates how ethical priorities in specific AI use cases might differ between industry and policy leaders. This is a joint collaboration between The Future Society and EYQ ( Ernst & Young’s Think Tank).
Read MoreThe Future Society in Best Think Tanks on Artificial Intelligence
The Future Society has been selected as one of the ‘Best AI Think Tanks 2019’ by University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute.
Read MoreThe Geopolitics of Artificial Intelligence: The Return of Empires?
Embedded in the digital revolution, AI will help determine the international order for decades to come, accentuating and accelerating the dynamics of an old cycle in which technology and power reinforce one another.
Read MoreA Framework for Planning, Developing and Deploying Artificial Intelligence in Intergovernmental Organizations (AIGO)
A comprehensive database of AI case studies distills insights from more than a dozen interviews with recognized thought leaders applying AI in IGOs, the private sector, and government, to demonstrate how IGOs may leverage AI to solve real, concrete issues in delivering on their mission.
Read MoreWhy We Need an Intergovernmental Panel for Artificial Intelligence
AI global governance approaches will need to borrow and adapt from other governance regimes including climate change, internet governance, arms control, international trade, and finance.
Read MoreWaking Up ‘Human’ in 2045, Guest Article for The Alan Turing Institute
Guest article in The Alan Turing Institute’s series on The Future of Work
Read MoreReport from our Global Civic Debate on Governing the Rise of Artificial Intelligence
The report was released at the European Parliament on September 2018.
Read MoreA Challenge to Global Governance
This article in Inter-American Development Bank’s trade journal summarizes the key questions, considerations and approaches in the global governance of AI.
Read MoreAI. The Future is cognitive. Special Report on the inaugural US-China AI Tech Summit
This exclusive gathering was co-hosted by The Al Alliance of Silicon Valley, The Future Society, and China’s AI Industry Alliance (AIIA), the official industry body behind China’s AI Strategy, and the host of AI Forum at the Wuzhen Summit.
Read MoreBuilt Horizons – Alternatives for Architecture
CitX has launched its own digital magazine on various aspects of urban architecture.
Read MoreA ‘Principled’ Artificial Intelligence could improve justice
“To what extent should societies delegate to machines decisions that affect people?” This question permeates all discussions on the sweeping ascent of artificial intelligence. Sometimes, the answer seems self-evident.
Read MoreThe Future Society, Law & Society Initiative, Principles for the Governance of AI
Central Value: “Human beings are equal in rights, dignity, and the freedom to flourish”.
Read MoreMaking the AI Revolution Work for Everyone (OECD)
If the definitional boundaries of Artificial Intelligence (AI) remains contested, experts agree that we are witnessing a revolution.
“Is this time different?”
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the City
The objective has been to provide a panoramic view of how the fourth industrial revolution is and will play out in cities.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence and the Law of Armed Conflicts
there has been no international discussion on applying these standards to the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents used in support of military operations.
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