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This is the homepage of a philanthropic coalition focused on civil-society-driven AI governance; relevant to researchers tracking non-technical AI safety efforts, funding landscape, and multi-stakeholder governance initiatives.

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Humanity AI is a philanthropic coalition initiative, fiscally sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, aimed at ensuring AI development is shaped by and for people rather than purely by profit motives. It works to expand diverse participation in AI governance, strengthen civil society organizations, and support public-interest AI infrastructure. Partners include Ford Foundation, Mozilla, Omidyar Network, Mellon Foundation, and others.

Key Points

  • Unites major philanthropic foundations to collectively influence AI design, development, deployment, and governance toward human benefit.
  • Focuses on three levers: expanding who makes AI decisions, strengthening civil society organizations, and creating public-good AI tools.
  • Partners include Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Omidyar Network, Mellon Foundation, and Packard Foundation.
  • Positions AI governance as a civil society and democratic issue, not solely a technical or corporate one.
  • Emphasizes community voice and equitable access as core principles for shaping AI's societal impact.

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 Our future with AI can and will be what we make it.

 

 Humanity AI is uniting philanthropy in a broad coalition to build a more human(e) future in which AI is shaped by and for people.

 
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 AI will be what we collectively make it

 
 People build it. People use it. And people will benefit from its potential or suffer the harms it can cause.

 The choice in front of all of us is clear: will we allow AI to be designed only for profit, or will we invest in a future where people get to decide how, whether, and to what ends AI is used?

 We know that AI is neither a poison nor a panacea. 

 Digital technologies have already changed how we work, connect, and even find love. Now, we are told AI is on a similar but much faster, more pervasive, and inescapable trajectory in terms of the impact it will have on our lives.

 But its potential to have deep cultural, social, and economic impact means that people and communities must shape our future with AI.

 
 

 

 

 
 People are demanding a stake in how AI shows up in our future. Humanity AI is answering that call.

 

 

 

 
 By bringing the broadest coalition of philanthropic supporters together, Humanity AI aims to drive three levers to influence the present and future of this technology by:

 
 

 Expanding the group of people who make key decisions about AI design, development, deployment, and governance. 

 

 
 

 Strengthening organizations that are bringing people together to shape AI’s future and ensure their voices are heard.

 

 
 

 Supporting the creation of public goods that put AI access and control in the hands of people.

 

 
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