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Our Mission

 

The Center for AI and Digital Policy aims to ensure that artificial intelligence and digital policies promote a better society, more fair, more just, and more accountable – a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law.

 

As an independent non-profit research organization,  the Center for AI and Digital Policy assesses national AI policies and practices, trains AI policy leaders, and promotes democratic values for AI.

 

CAIDP Annual Report

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The CAIDP is a recognized, charitable organization, incorporated in Washington, DC in 2021.

CAIDP has earned a 2023 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency. Fewer than one percent of registered non-profits are recognized with a Candid Platinum Seal.

CAIDP has earned a 2022 Candid Gold Seal of Transparency. 

Leadership - Board of Directors

Board Members

  • Merve Hickok, President
  • Lorraine Kisselburgh, Chair
  • Karine Caunes, Secretary 
  • Pablo Molina, Treasurer 
  • Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director
  • Doaa Abu-Alyounes
  • Ivan Fong
  • Len Kennedy
  • Ursula Pachl
  • Larissa Zutter

Former Board Members

  • Wonki Min (2021-2023)
  • Cristos Velasco (2021-2023)

Staff

  • Selim Alan, Communication Director
  • Giuliano Borter, CAIDP Europe Administrator
  • Karine Caunes, CAIDP Europe Director
  • Merve Hickok,Policy Director
  • Mélissa M'Raidi, Advocacy Coordinator
  • Christabel Randolph, Associate Director
  • Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director
  • Dr. Grace Thomson, Research Fellow
  • Varsha Sewlal, Teaching Fellow
  • Tamiko Eto, Teaching Fellow
  • Selin Ozbek Cittone, Teaching Fellow

Activities

  • Advises national governments and international organizations on AI policies and practices
  • Trains the next generation of AI policy leaders
  • Promotes the Global Academic Network
  • Publishes commentaries on AI policy
  • Updates and publishes annually Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values
  • Publishes weekly the CAIDP Update
  • Supports AI initiatives, projects, and campaigns that safeguard rule of law, democratic institutions, and fundamental rights
  • Organizes educational events with AI policy experts

Goals

  • Promote the Universal Guidelines for AI (2018)
  • Monitor implementation of the OECD AI Principles / G20 AI Guidelines (2019) , the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI (2021), and the US Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (2022)
  • Support the establishment of new legal frameworks for AI, including the EU AI Act and the Council of Europe Convention on AI

Support

The Center for AI and Digital Policy welcomes contributions from individual donors and charitable foundations. The CAIDP is a non-profit, charitable organization, incorporated in Washington, DC (EIN: 86-3350258). CAIDP received a 501(c)(3) status on December 20, 2021.

Support CAIDP

Donors Include

  • Addison Fischer, President, Planet Heritage
  • Fund for Constitutional Government
  • Greater Washington Charitable Foundation
  • Professor Oscar Gandy
  • Professor Douglas Hofstatder
  • Joi Ito
  • Len Kennedy
  • The Leah Foundation
  • Alastair Mactaggart, President, Californians for Consumer Privacy
  • Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
  • Craig Newmark Philanthropies
  • Harriet and Stephen Pearson Charitable Fund
  • Estate of Charles S. Rotenberg
  • David Stern, President, Equal Justice Works
  • Anonymous