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This interactive Soft Launch Event marks the start of the Public Interest AI Initiative (PI-AI-I) under the Global Digital Futures Architects. Hosted by the TUM Think Tank, the event will take place at the margins of the Munich Security Conference and as an official Side Event of the AI Action Summit (Paris).

 

 

 

Agenda: Advancing Public-Interest AI

Following the opening remarks, we will launch into an expert panel discussion on:
“Advancing Public-Interest AI for Resilient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Societies.”

This session will explore:

  • Sustainable financing and governance models for AI.
  • Community-driven co-design of AI solutions for diverse contexts.
  • Innovative citizen engagement and talent acquisition strategies.
  • Connections to global AI initiatives, including the Global Digital Compact, AI Action Summit, and AI4Good Summit.

Interactive Breakout & Collaboration Session

After the panel, we invite participants to engage in an interactive breakout session to discuss:

  • Shaping a shared understanding of public-interest AI as a basis for the PI-AI-I project collaborations.
  • Practical strategies for implementing Public-Interest AI.
  • Co-designing repositories of AI use cases.
  • Innovative models for financing sustainable AI ecosystems.

This session is designed to bring diverse perspectives together, shape regional consultations, and initiate real-world collaborations that advance AI for public good.

The Public Interest AI Initiative (PI-AI-I)

The Public Interest AI Initiative (PI-AI-I) is the ‘Global Digital Futures Architects’ first research-to-action initiative and blueprint, powered by the TUM Think Tank at the Technical University of Munich. PI-AI-I advances context-sensitive and rights-based public-interest AI for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through research and community-driven co-design of AI use cases, best-practices, risk frameworks and learning modules across regional, national and local contexts. It will advance these goals through three core work streams

  1. Mapping the state of the art of national and regional implementation of AI policy recommendations and frameworks (e.g., UNESCO Readiness Assessment Reports, Global Digital Compact) across regions, diagnosing financial, political and societal barriers for implementation and defining areas for hands-on action. 
  2. Co-designing a repository of rights-enhancing public interest AI use cases and risk/safety frameworks in various regional, national and local contexts through effective community engagement, co-ideation and regional innovation challenges. Application fields may relate to: climate/security and climate adaptation, inclusive societies, disinformation and elections.
  3. Scaling investments in ethical and sustainable public-interest AI by developing innovative financing mechanisms, business cases and incentives for private sector and philanthropic investments and matching innovators and investors.

TL;DR

The Global Digital Futures Architects is a research-to-action community of innovators and an incubation platform, founded and led by Nicole Manger (German Federal Foreign Office & TUM Think Tank Fellow of Practice) to implement the Global Digital Compact and scale public-interest technology and skills programs. Its first initiative, the Public Interest AI Initiative (PI-AI-I), focuses on advancing context-sensitive, rights-based AI for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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