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Informational Democracy

A working group of the Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science. Informational Democracy publishes provocations, groundings, and reflections on topics such as collective intelligence, the role of AI in democratic systems, attention as a democratic resource, and the infrastructural transformation of the public sphere.

2026

AiCT Consortium

An organization led by companies in Aizu-Wakamatsu City to promote smart cities.

Aizuwakamatsu City, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

gov/acc

gov/acc is a research program focused on accelerating governance innovation and experimentation in web3 communities.

Interoperable Deliberative Tools (IDT) Cohort

The mission of this research area is to make today’s collective intelligence tools more open, modular, and interoperable, laying the groundwork for a capture-resistant ecosystem of deliberative tooling in which process innovation thrives and local creativity blossoms.

USA

Indigenous AI

The Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Working Group develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building the next generation of A.I. systems.

Global
2019
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Ubuntu AI Working Group

This is a collective of dedicated individuals and organizations committed to fostering ethical AI practices, encouraging research, and addressing the societal implications of AI across Africa and largely the Global South.

2024

GovTech Working Groups at the World Bank

The Bank launched GovTech Working Groups to provide thought leadership, facilitate the exchange of ideas, and support the development of sound GovTech solutions. Community building and impact-driven collaboration are the core objectives of this initiative.

Vienna

MLCommons AI Safety

The MLCommons AI Safety working group is composed of a global consortium of industry leaders, practitioners, researchers, and civil society experts committed to building a harmonized approach to AI safety.