These resources connect you to independent organisations shaping global debates on AI policy, ethics, and safety.
Independent AI-Focused Non-Profits
Partnership on AI (PAI)
Multi-stakeholder body issuing open standards such as the Responsible Synthetic Media and Foundation Model Deployment frameworks.
partnershiponai.orgCentre for AI & Digital Policy (CAIDP)
Publishes the annual AI & Democratic Values global scorecard and trains policymakers.
caidp.orgFuture of Life Institute (FLI)
Policy briefs and watchdog reports on existential AI risk; convened the 2025 "AGI Safety Grades."
futureoflife.orgAI Now Institute
NYC-based research centre examining AI's labour impacts, power dynamics, and regulatory capture.
ainowinstitute.orgAda Lovelace Institute
UK think tank producing human rights-centric studies and practical governance toolkits.
adalovelaceinstitute.orgAlgorithmWatch
EU NGO conducting investigative audits of automated decision-making and publishing bias reports.
algorithmwatch.orgElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
AI & Machine Learning work group leading strategic litigation and policy advocacy.
eff.orgCentre for Humane Technology
Creator of the Ledger of Harms and practitioner playbooks for ethical product design.
humanetech.comAlgorithmic Justice League (AJL)
Combines art, research, and advocacy to expose algorithmic bias (founded by Joy Buolamwini).
ajl.orgMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
Long-form technical alignment research and governance studies.
intelligence.orgCentre for AI Safety (CAIS)
Runs open-access evaluations and field-building programmes aimed at reducing catastrophic risk.
centerforaisafety.orgResponsible AI Institute (RAI Institute)
Develops certification criteria and "RAISE Pathways" badging for enterprise AI.
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Governance & Global Policy
OECD.AI
Intergovernmental platform tracking national AI policies and issuing the OECD AI Principles.
oecd.aiThe Alan Turing Institute
UK's national AI research institute, with strong programmes on ethics and policy.
turing.ac.ukStanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
Publishes the AI Index and briefs governments on AI policy.
hai.stanford.eduGovAI (Centre for the Governance of AI, Oxford)
Academic centre researching global AI governance strategies.
governance.aiCarnegie India AI Initiative
Examines governance and ethics of AI from an Indian and Global South perspective.
carnegieindia.orgAfrican Observatory on Responsible AI (AORAI)
Builds context-specific frameworks for responsible AI across Africa.
aorai.orgLatin American Observatory of Digital Media and AI
Regional project monitoring AI regulation and rights in Latin America.
Rights & Civil Liberties
Access Now
Global NGO defending digital rights and campaigning on AI regulation worldwide.
accessnow.orgData & Society
Research institute in New York studying the social and labour impacts of AI.
datasociety.netPrivacy International
Watchdog against AI-driven surveillance and threats to privacy rights.
privacyinternational.org