Evidence over hype
We commission and publish independent analysis on how AI systems behave, where they fail, and what credible oversight looks like — free of commercial pressure to overstate or understate the technology.
What we research →Independent · Non-profit · Founded 2019
Intelligence built for the public good.
The Artificial Intelligence Foundation is an independent institution working to ensure that advances in artificial intelligence serve people first — through rigorous research, open public education, and practical standards for responsible deployment.
The problem we work on
A powerful technology is arriving faster than our understanding of it.
Artificial intelligence is moving from research labs into hospitals, classrooms, courts, and workplaces. The Foundation exists to close the gap between what these systems can do and what the public is equipped to understand, govern, and benefit from.
Literacy for everyone
Clear, accurate, jargon-free explanations of how AI works — for students, professionals, journalists, and policymakers who need to make sense of it without a technical background.
Public programmes →Responsible by design
Practical, adoptable guidance that helps institutions deploy AI safely — turning abstract principles like fairness and transparency into checklists teams can actually use.
Our frameworks →Our position
We are neither AI's cheerleaders nor its critics. We are its independent witnesses — committed to getting the facts right and making them public. — The Foundation's founding statement
Most of what the public hears about artificial intelligence comes from the companies that build it or from headlines competing for attention. Both have reasons to distort the picture.
The Artificial Intelligence Foundation was established as a deliberately independent voice: funded by an endowment rather than by the industry it examines, and accountable to a public-interest mandate rather than to shareholders. That independence is the whole point. It is what lets us say plainly when a system works, when it does not, and when no one yet knows.
How we stay independent →By the numbers
A focused institution, not a sprawling one.
100%
Independently funded
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Programme areas
Open
All research published freely
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Industry funding accepted
Figures describe the Foundation's operating model. Specific programme metrics are published in our annual review.
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