AI and information integrity in West Africa: the Forum held a Seminar with its partners in Dakar
On October 17 and 18, 2024, in Dakar, Senegal, the Forum brought together its civil society partners from West Africa: the Association de Lutte Contre le Racisme, l’Ethnocentrisme et le Régionalisme (Benin), Jonction (Senegal), Mauritanie Perspectives, and the Réseau des Professionnels de la Presse en Ligne de Côte d’Ivoire. These two days of seminars were […]
Scientists around the world call to protect research on one of humanity’s greatest short-term threats – Disinformation
On the occasion of International day for universal access to information, the Observatory publishes a call from 150 researchers across 41 countries to raise the alarm against threats and barriers facing those who study information integrity. This collective effort follows critical actions from partner organizations, including calls by the Coalition of Independent Technology Research and […]
Call to Action: Key Priorities to Ensure Information Integrity in the AI Era
On the eve of the Ministerial Conference on Information, Democracy and AI uniting the States of the Partnership for Information and Democracy on 24 September in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly, the Forum on Information and Democracy and its coalition of civil society organizations publish a call to action to […]
Paper release: Exploring a voluntary certification mechanism for public interest AI
As policy makers are grappling with developing appropriate regulation and measures to promote responsible AI, the Forum on Information and Democracy releases a paper exploring a novel idea to govern trustworthy AI: a voluntary certification mechanism for public interest AI. This idea was first presented in the Forum’s policy framework on AI as a Public […]
