New organizations added to our Responsible Tech Org List—now over 250 groups working to build a better tech future!

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Better Images of AI (@ImagesofAI)

Are you tired of those ridiculous AI images that are used in every story that touches upon artificial intelligence?! You know the ones…the robot hand touching the human hand, Terminator, Pepper, Sophia. Better Images of AI is seeking to better represent what artificial intelligence actually is and create a database of improved images for others to use. https://betterimagesofai.org/

“What’s the problem with current tropes?

Abstract, futuristic or science-fiction-inspired images of AI hinder the understanding of the technology’s already significant societal and environmental impacts.

Images relating machine intelligence to human intelligence set unrealistic expectations and misstate the capabilities of AI.

Images representing AI as sentient robots mask the accountability of the humans actually developing the technology, and can suggest the presence of robots where there are none.

Such images potentially sow fear, and research shows they can be laden with historical assumptions about gender, ethnicity and religion.

However, finding alternatives can be difficult! That’s why we, a non-profit collaboration, are researching, creating, curating and providing Better Images of AI.”

Integrity Institute (@Integrity_Inst)

Are you an integrity worker focused on making the social internet a better place? Similar to many of the Responsible Tech roles we post on our job board, there is a growing group of individuals focused on Trust & Safety, Health, Wellbeing, Community that fall into the Integrity Institute’s definition of an integrity worker. The Integrity Institute has a shared space on Discord for integrity workers, working groups, private events, and more. If you are an integrity worker, this is the community for you. https://integrityinstitute.org/

“We are a community of integrity professionals—the people who build platforms to be better.

We want a social internet that helps individuals, societies, and democracies thrive. We are here to explore, research and teach—each other, the platforms, and the world—how to do that best.”

The Signals Network (@TheSignalsNetw)

The Signals Network has been around since 2018 and focused on given greater power and protection to whisteblowers. Given the importance of whistleblowers in recent years involving Facebook (aka Meta), Cambridge Analytica, Theranos, and more, providing greater transparency about the inner workings of major tech companies is essential for us to better align tech with the public interest. Check out the organization’s Tech Accountability Project.

“Technology has become both essential and integral to every aspect of our lives. The growing dependence of our democracies on technology, and specifically on AI and private tech companies, for innumerable aspects of our day-to-day lives requires an unprecedented level of scrutiny of these industries.

The Tech Accountability Project will:

Empower tech workers and allies of tech workers through geographically and sector specific information on their rights and best practices

Support whistleblowers and conscientious objectors through legal counsel, psychological counsel, safe-housing, press and career support.

Investigate wrongdoing committed by powerful interests in the tech industry by coordinating media organizations

Advocate for greater overall tech accountability through partnerships with coalitions of agencies, activists, and associations”

DISCO Network (@DISCOnetwork_)

This new organization is music to our ears, as it combines Digital, Inquiry, Speculation, Collaboration, Optimism, and Network to envision an anti-racist and anti-ableist digital future. https://www.disconetwork.org/

“We are a new network of researchers, artists, technologists, policymakers, and practitioners that challenges digital social and racial inequalities. Racism and ableism are at the heart of digital industries and are taken for granted all through its development, implementation, and user culture. 

With funding support from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the DISCO Network connects, convenes, and sustains a national network of artists, scholars, and practitioners working on topics of racial inequality, histories of exclusion, disability justice and techno-ableism, and digital racial politics within the academy, the technology industry, and beyond. DISCO builds new digital methodologies and offers scholarly training within five research labs, mentoring and publishing opportunities, and public programming on cutting edge digital topics. 

Envisioning an alternative and inclusive digital future will require collaboration among different stakeholders in our digital world. The work and well-being of this collective is strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, and experience. We are committed to ensuring that a wide array of perspectives are heard and that our research is made free and available to the public.”

Distributed AI Research Institute (@DAIRInstitute)

As DAIR’s founder Timnit Gebru recently said in an interview with Quartz, “People need to remember that AI is something human beings create and something that we can shape in a way that doesn’t destroy society." Dedicated to AI research away from the influence of Big Tech, Gebru’s new organization is aiming to created greater space for independent, community-rooted AI research. Here’s to technology aligned with the public interest! https://www.dair-institute.org/

“AI needs to be brought back down to earth,” said Gebru, founder of DAIR. “It has been elevated to a superhuman level that leads us to believe it is both inevitable and beyond our control. When AI research, development and deployment is rooted in people and communities from the start, we can get in front of these harms and create a future that values equity and humanity.” From press release

“Community, not exploitation: We believe that research should center the voices and experiences of those most impacted by technology and should be rooted in their communities. Our distributed research institute allows us to remain embedded in our communities in the U.S. and globally to include a greater diversity of perspectives and lived experiences.”

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Check out All Tech Is Human’s full list of Responsible Tech organizations, along with Academic Centers & Institutes.

All Tech Is Human is a non-profit committed to building the Responsible Tech pipeline; making it more diverse, multidisciplinary, and aligned with the public interest. We unite a broad range of stakeholders in order to co-create a better tech future. Our activities includes a large community Slack group, regular livestreams and summits, Responsible Tech Job Board, mentorship program, university ambassadors program, regular working groups that release impactful reports, and more. Find all of our links here.