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Organisations involved in researching or policy making about artificial intelligence and robot ethics

UNITED KINGDOM

TRUST AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE

University of Cambridge, UK

Organised by the University of Cambridge, the Trust & Technology Initiative runs informal lunchtime talks, issues a newsletter and progresses other initiatives in the context of trust and technology.

CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF EXISTENTIAL RISK

University of Cambridge, UK

Dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse.

THE LIVERHULM CENTRE FOR THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE RISK

Cambridge, UK
The mission at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) is to build a new interdisciplinary community of researchers, with strong links to technologists and the policy world, and a clear practical goal: to work together to ensure that we humans make the best of the opportunities of artificial intelligence as it develops over coming decades.

CENTRE FOR GOVERNANCE OF AI

University of Oxford, UK

The Centre at the University of Oxford, seeks to guide the development of AI for the common good by conducting research on important and neglected issues of AI governance, and advising decision makers on this research through policy engagement.

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITIES INSTITUTE

University of Oxford, UK

FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. Academics at FHI bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy, social sciences, and science to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects. The Institute is led by founding Director Professor Nick Bostrom. Humanity has the potential for a long and flourishing future. Our mission is to shed light on crucial considerations that might shape our future.

ALAN TURING INSTITUTE

University of Oxford, UK

The Alan Turing Institute, created in 2015, is the national institute for data science, with headquarters at the British Library. It has five founding universities – Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, UCL and Warwick – and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. created The Alan Turing Institute in 2015.

CENTRE FOR DATA ETHICS AND INNOVATION

UK
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) is an advisory body set up by UK Government, and led by an independent board of expert members, to investigate and advise on how we maximise the benefits of data-enabled technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).

ADA LOVELACE INSTITUTE

London, UK
The Ada Lovelace Institute was established by the Nuffield Foundation (with partners) in 2018 and is “an independent research and deliberative body with a mission to ensure data and AI work for people and society.”

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE SIMULATION OF BEHAVIOUR (AISB)

Hove, Sussex
Cognitive science, UK based organisation founded in 1964, the society has an international membership drawn from both academia and industry.

BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY

Bristol, UK
Bristol Robotics Laboratory are interested in both robot ethics and ethical robots. The former is broadly concerned with the ethical use of autonomous systems including standards and regulation (ethical governance), while the latter is concerned with how autonomous systems can themselves be ethical, i.e. be imbued with ethical values.

WE AND AI

UK
We and AI is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) set up and staffed by volunteers. Its main mission is to increase public awareness and understanding of AI in the UK.

EUROPE (except UK)

EUROPEAN EXPERT GROUP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

European Commission
The European Commission has appointed 52 experts to a High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, comprising representatives from academia, civil society and industry.

FOUNDATION FOR RESPONSIBLE ROBOTICS

Netherlands
The mission of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics is to shape a future of responsible robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) design, development, use, regulation, and implementation. We see both the definition of responsible robotics and the means of achieving it as ongoing tasks that will evolve alongside the technology.

AI SUSTAINABILITY CENTER

Stockholm
Established in 2018 to create a multidisciplinary hub to address the scaling of AI in broader ethical and societal contexts. Founding partners from industry include Atomico, Bonnier, Cirio, Microsoft, and Telia Company.

WASP-HS

Umeå University, Sweden
Launching in March 2020 “WASP-HS research ” tackles the challenges and impact of upcoming technology shifts as well as contributing to the development of theory and practice of human and societal aspects of AI and autonomous systems, and in particular, focus on potential ethical, economic, labor market, social, cultural and legal aspects of technological transition. The Wallenberg Foundations are investing up to SEK 660 million in the WASP-HS research program.

UNITED STATES AND CANADA

AI NOW INSTITUTE

New York University
The AI Now Institute at New York University is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to understanding the social implications of artificial intelligence. Work focuses on four core domains: Rights and Liberties, Labour and Automation, Bias and Inclusion, and Safety and Critical Infrastructure.

ASSEMBLY

Cambridge, MA, USA
Assembly is a collaboration of the Berkman Klein Center & the MIT Media Lab. The program gathers technologists, managers, and policymakers to confront emerging problems related to the ethics and governance of artificial intelligence.

AI Ethics Lab

Cambridge, MA, USA
AI Ethics Lab brings together researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to detect and solve issues related to ethical design in AI. Through collaboration between computer scientists, practicing lawyers and legal scholars, and philosophers, the Lab offers a comprehensive approach to ethical design of AI-related technology.

AI4All

California, USA
AI4ALL is a US-based nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusion in AI education, research, development, and policy.

CENTER FOR HUMAN COMPATIBLE AI (CHAI)

Berkeley, CA, USA
CHAI’s goal is to develop the conceptual and technical wherewithal to reorient the general thrust of AI research towards provably beneficial systems.

CENTER FOR BRAINS, MINDS AND MACHINES

Cambridge, MA, USA
The Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) at MIT is a multi-institutional NSF Science and Technology Centre dedicated to the study of intelligence – how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines.

CAL POLY – ETHICS & EMERGING SCIENCE GROUP

Cambridge, MA, USA
Based at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group is a non-partisan organization focused on the risk, ethical, and social impact of emerging sciences and technologies.

OpenAI

San Francisco, CA, USA
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The OpenAI Charter describes the principles that guide us as we execute on our mission. We will attempt to directly build safe and beneficial AGI, but will also consider our mission fulfilled if our work aids others to achieve this outcome.

MACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Berkeley, CA
MIRI’s mission is to ensure that the creation of smarter-than-human intelligence has a positive impact. We aim to make advanced intelligent systems behave as we intend even in the absence of immediate human supervision.

MARKKULA CENTRE FOR APPLIED ETHICS

Santa Clara, CA, USA

The mission of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is to engage individuals and organizations in making choices that respect and care for others.

BIAS IN AI

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA

“An online AI directory for products, services, data sets and research across 40+ industries.Find experts and solutions that help humans + machines work better together, to reduce bias in AI systems.”

MONTREAL AI ETHICS INSTSUTE (MAI-I)

Montreal, Canada

“The Montreal AI Ethics Institute is an international, non-profit research institute dedicated to defining humanity’s place in a world increasingly characterized and driven by algorithms. We do this by creating tangible and applied technical and policy research in the ethical, safe, and inclusive development of AI.”

INTERNATIONAL

The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems

The IEEE Global Initiative’s mission is, “To ensure every stakeholder involved in the design and development of autonomous and intelligent systems is educated, trained, and empowered to prioritize ethical considerations so that these technologies are advanced for the benefit of humanity.

THE FUTURE OF LIFE INSTITUTE (FLI)

Mission: To catalyze and support research and initiatives for safeguarding life and developing optimistic visions of the future, including positive ways for humanity to steer its own course considering new technologies and challenges.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ROBOT ARMS CONTROL (ICRAC)

ICRAC is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) comprising an international committee of experts in robotics technology, artificial intelligence, robot ethics, international relations, international security, arms control, international humanitarian law, human rights law, and public campaigns, concerned about the pressing dangers that military robots pose to peace and international security and to civilians in war.

WOMEN IN AI ETHICS(WAIE)

An international organisation founder and CEO, Mia Dand says “I launched Lighthouse3, an emerging tech research and advisory firm in 2014 and noticed that outside of the tech bubble, there was an entire universe of enterprises who were held to a much higher regulatory and ethical standard because of their direct impact on consumers. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies proliferate and permeate every aspect of our lives, it’s becoming increasingly hard to ignore the insidious implications of unrestrained AI exacerbated by lack of ethical standards. I was and am still convinced that a big part of why AI is often developed and deployed with critical flaws is related to exclusion of women and people of color. This lack of diverse perspectives manifests as ethical blind spots in AI.

WOMEN IN MACHINE LEARNING AND DATA SCIENCE (WiMLDS)

An international organisation whose mission is “to support and promote women and gender minorities who are practicing, studying or are interested in the fields of machine learning and data science. Opportunities for members to engage in technical and professional conversations in a positive, supportive environment by hosting talks by women and gender minority individuals, as well as hosting technical workshops, networking events and hackathons.

ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE LEAGUE

Organisation set up to highlight algorithmic bias, provide space to voice concerns about code bias and develop practices for accountability during design, development and deployment of codes systems.

FOUNDATION FOR RESPONSIBLE ROBOTICS

The mission of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics is to shape a future of responsible robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) design, development, use, regulation, and implementation.’

AUSTRALIA, ASIA and ELSEWHERE

Gradient Institute

University of Sydney

Gradient Institute is an independent, not-for-profit research institute whose purpose is to progress the research, design, development and adoption of ethical AI systems.

COMPANIES

This section includes companies that are taking an ethical approach and directories to robotics and AI companies generally.

FATE

< Microsoft – Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Explainability. A group within Microsoft promoting ethical AI

reputable.ai

A London company offering certification and advice on AI governance

AI Ethics Lab

Consultancy using the PiE (Puzzle solving in Ethics) model to focus on identifying and solving ethics problems that arise in building and using AI systems, enhancing technology as a result.

Ethical Intelligence

Consultancy and courses in Ethical Intelligence bringing together philosophers and programmers.

DEEP MIND

By implementing our research in the field of games, a useful training ground, we were able to create a single program that taught itself how to play and win at 49 completely different Atari titles, with just raw pixels as input. And in a global first, our AlphaGo program took on the world’s best player at Go – one of the most complex and intuitive games ever devised, with more positions than there are atoms in the universe – and won.