The Case for Cross-Border AI Incident Infrastructure
AI incidents are scaling fast, and coordinated global governance is lagging behind. This report proposes addressing this challenge through the development of internationally-distributed incident management infrastructure. Our recommendations aim to enable governments, multilateral bodies, and frontier AI companies to jointly detect, prepare for, and respond to AI incidents across jurisdictions.
Read MoreFuture-Proofing EU AI Gigafactories: Four Design Imperatives
The EU’s AI Gigafactory initiative is its largest planned compute investment to date. Our new memo identifies four imperatives that the initiative must address to deliver on Europe’s frontier AI ambitions.
Read MoreEU Frontier AI Sovereignty: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts
Our report “Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts: Building True EU Frontier AI Sovereignty” is the first comprehensive framework mapping Europe’s frontier AI dependencies across the five pillars of sovereignty.
Read MoreHow AI Agents Are Governed Under the EU AI Act
Our report “Ahead of the Curve: Governing AI Agents under the EU AI Act” is the first comprehensive analysis of regulation of AI agents in the European Union.
Read MoreInternational Coordination for Accountability in AI Governance: Key Takeaways from the Sixth Edition of the Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law
We share highlights from the Sixth Edition of the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law on December 9, 2024, including 15 strategic recommendations that emerged from the day’s discussions.
Read MoreCitizens and Experts Unite: Final Report on Global Consultations for France’s 2025 AI Action Summit
Our comprehensive consultation of 10,000 citizens and 200+ experts worldwide reveals five priority areas for AI governance, with concrete deliverables for the 2025 AI Action Summit. The results demonstrate strong public support for robust AI regulation and a vigilant approach to AI development, emphasizing the need for inclusive, multistakeholder governance.
Read MoreWeaving a Safety Net: Key Considerations for How the AI Safety Institute Network Can Advance Multilateral Collaboration
Our report examines how the AISI Network can be structured and strategically integrated into the broader AI governance ecosystem to effectively fulfill its mandate toward secure, safe, and trustworthy AI.
Read MoreDelivering Solutions: An Interim Report of Expert Insights for France’s 2025 AI Action Summit
We share initial findings from 84 global experts who contributed to the first part of our open consultation for France’s 2025 AI Action Summit, revealing four key shifts needed in AI governance and concrete recommendations for action. The complete analysis will be presented at The Athens Roundtable on December 9.
Read MoreGuidance on Risk Mitigation for the Open Foundation Model Value Chain
The Future Society contributed to Partnership on AI’s risk mitigation strategies for the open foundation model value chain, which identify interventions for the range of actors involved in building and operationalizing AI systems.
Read MoreTowards Effective Governance of Foundation Models and Generative AI
We share highlights from the fifth edition of The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, and we present 8 key recommendations that emerged from discussions.
Read MoreContribution to Safety and Global Governance of Generative Al Report
TFS members contributed an article to the Safety and Global Governance of Generative Al Report, proposing ten principles for institutional design in AI governance.
Read MoreA Blueprint for the European AI Office
We are releasing a blueprint for the proposed European AI Office, which puts forward design features that would enable the Office to implement and enforce the EU AI Act, with a focus on addressing transnational issues like general-purpose AI.
Read MoreModel Protocol for Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
The Future Society, with support from IEEE, has developed a model protocol to assist parties seeking to establish the trustworthiness of advanced tools used to review electronically stored information (ESI) in legal discovery.
Read MoreHeavy is the Head that Wears the Crown: A risk-based tiered approach to governing General-Purpose AI
In this blueprint, we explain why a tiered approach makes sense in the EU AI Act and how to build a risk-based tiered regulatory regime for GPAI – the technicalities involved, which requirements should be imposed on their corresponding tiers, and how to enforce them.
Read MoreResponse to NIST Generative AI Public Working Group Request for Resources
TFS submitted a list of clauses to govern the development of general-purpose AI systems (GPAIS) to the U.S. NIST Generative AI Public Working Group (NIST GAI-PWG).
Read MoreResponse to U.S. OSTP Request for Information on National Priorities for AI
Our response put forward national priorities focused on security standards, measurement and evaluation frameworks, and an industry-wide code of conduct for GPAIS development.
Read MoreStrengthening the AI operating environment
In a paper published at the International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Assistance for Legal Professionals in the Digital Workplace (Legal AIIA), Dr. Bruce Hedin and Samuel Curtis present an argument for distributed competence as a means to mitigate risks posed by AI systems.
Read MoreResponse to U.S. NTIA AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment
Our response emphasized the need for scrutiny in the design and development of general-purpose AI systems (GPAIS). We encourage the implementation of third-party assessments and audits, contestability tools for impacted persons, and a horizontal regulatory approach toward GPAIS.
Read MoreGiving Agency to the AI Act
Earlier this year, we conducted research comparing different institutional models for an EU-level body to oversee the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act. We’re pleased to share our memo: Giving Agency to the AI Act.
Read MoreOur 2022 Annual Report
Our 2022 Annual Report provides a retrospective of our accomplishments from the past year, and a perspective on the work ahead of us in 2023.
Read MoreTakeaways from the fourth edition of The Athens Roundtable
Held at the European Parliament in Brussels, the dialogue focused on implementation and enforcement of AI governance mechanisms at this critical juncture in human history.
Read MoreNew year. New TFS.
2022 was a year of transition and growth at The Future Society.
Read MoreNational 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 MoreAI Policy Seminar for U.S. State Legislators
In the United States, many paramount AI issues are litigated, regulated, and evaluated in lower jurisdictions before reaching the federal government. States, in essence, serve as laboratories for broader policymaking—providing insight into national regulatory trajectories. In spite of state legislators’ critical role, relatively little is known about their AI expertise, capabilities, and priorities, and few…
Read MoreProgress with GPAI AI & Pandemic Response Subgroup at Paris Summit 2021
On November 12th, 2021, an update on our work on the ‘AI-Powered Immediate Response to Pandemics’ project was presented at the GPAI Paris Summit 2021.
Read MoreEU AI Act: Trust in Excellence & Excellence in Trust
As the European Union develops the first law on AI, The Future Society has actively worked to ensure the text and policymakers help achieve a responsible adoption of AI.
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 MoreProject AIMS (Artificial Intelligence against Modern Slavery)
AIMS built the first exploration of the application of machine learning to automate the analysis of statements produced by businesses under the UK Modern Slavery Act to boost compliance and help combat and eradicate modern slavery. Project AIMS is now open source on GitHub!
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 Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law 2020 Report
The two-day roundtable, hosted virtually from New York City, welcomed back many of the first edition’s participants to create continuity in purpose, but also expanded participation to the Global South, with the support of UNESCO. Approximately 1,000 attendees joined the gathering.
Read MoreGeopolitics of Artificial Intelligence: Europe claiming its place amid China and the USA
Read our executive brief in collaboration with Agora Strategy Group about the main trends, key figures and issues on how, in a competitive AI age, Europe seeks to establish its own industrial niche based on trustworthiness of AI while competing with both the US and China.
Read MoreAI for Good Hackathon: AI Against Modern Slavery
In 2018, the Global Slavery Index found that there were 40.3 million people in modern slavery, of whom 25 million were in forced labor producing computers, clothing, agricultural products, raw materials, etc. and 15 million were in forced marriage. In order to facilitate measures to end modern slavery, the United Nations encourage governments and companies…
Read MoreRoadmap for Digital Cooperation, United Nations Secretary General High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
The Future Society advises the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation in its Working Groups on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Public Goods
Read MoreInput on Europe’s future AI policies
The Future Society recommends “Experimentation, testing & audit as a cornerstone for trust and excellence” in response to the European Commission’s White Paper on AI.
Read MoreGlobal Governance of AI Forum (GGAF)
AI technologies are evolving rapidly across sectors, ushering in enormous potential for good but also the risks to fundamental human values, including human dignity and privacy.
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 MoreThe AI Commons
The AI Commons brings together diverse global voices to enable greater access to AI for solving the world’s greatest challenges.
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 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 MoreThe Inaugural US-China AI Tech Summit
The Future Society co-hosted the first-ever US-China AI Technology Summit in Silicon Valley, in partnership with FoundersX Ventures and China’s AI Industry Alliance.
Read MoreGlobal Governance of AI Roundtable, World Government Summit
Attended by more than 90 leading experts, scientists, and practitioners, the forum began the necessary dialogue on the pathways to the development of effective, yet culturally adaptable, norms that will assure the safe deployment of AI for the betterment of humanity.
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