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The Digital Futures Project, launched by Google, is an initiative that works to bring a range of voices together to promote efforts to understand and address the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI). The project is intended to support researchers, organize convenings, and foster debate on public policy solutions that can encourage or facilitate the responsible development of AI. Part of Google's establishment of the Digital Futures Project is establishing a $20 million fund that intends to provide grants to think tanks and academic institutions worldwide to further their institutions and facilitate dialogue and inquiry into AI.
The fund is intended to support deep collaboration among industry, academia, governments, and civil society and support a range of perspectives and expertise to explore issues such as:
- How will AI impact global security, and how can it be used to enhance the security of institutions and enterprises?
- How will AI impact labor and the economy, and how can the workforce transition after AI-enabled jobs make them redundant?
- How can AI be used to boost productivity and economic growth?
- What kinds of governance structures and cross-industry efforts can best promote responsible AI innovation?
Inaugural grantees of the Digital Futures Fund include the Aspen Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center for a New American Security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Institute for Security and Technology, Leadership Conference Education Fund, MIT Work of the Future, R Street Institute, and SeedAI. The fund is open to organizations and institutions from countries around the world.
