Citizens' Track on AI

Alongside community workshops, the Citizens’ Track on AI partnered with @iswe-foundation.bsky.social, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, @data4sdgs.bsky.social & @taicollab.bsky.social to convene two roundtables on resources for democratic AI governance. 🧵 (1/7)

▪️ Funders need a collective learning agenda: Many traditional democracy, human rights, and social justice donors are still determining how to approach AI. Deliberative pilots offer funders and frontline partners a practical space to test “what works” together. (6/7)

Alongside community workshops, the Citizens’ Track on AI partnered with @iswe-foundation.bsky.social, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, @data4sdgs.bsky.social & @taicollab.bsky.social to convene two roundtables on resources for democratic AI governance. 🧵 (1/7)

▪️ Public participation is essential: Funders seeking to build “Public AI” cannot succeed through technical development alone. Democratic participation generates public legitimacy, shifts public sector procurement demand, and moves public debate from reactive backlash to proactive design. (4/7)

Alongside community workshops, the Citizens’ Track on AI partnered with @iswe-foundation.bsky.social, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, @data4sdgs.bsky.social & @taicollab.bsky.social to convene two roundtables on resources for democratic AI governance. 🧵 (1/7)

Held under the Chatham House Rule in San Francisco & at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York, these discussions brought together philanthropic foundations, international institutions & participatory AI practitioners to explore how to advance the field of participatory AI. (2/7)

Learning from our September Co-Design Workshops Ahead of our October toolkit sprint we brought together more than 80 grassroots organisers, AI researchers, civil society leaders & deliberative practitioners across 4 distinct sessions. You can read reports from each of the sessions below: 🧵 (1/6)

▪️ Demanding public procurement standards and community audit rights before local governments or school districts buy commercial AI systems; ▪️ Focussing on environmental transparency and zoning oversight over data center developments; (5/6)

Learning from our September Co-Design Workshops Ahead of our October toolkit sprint we brought together more than 80 grassroots organisers, AI researchers, civil society leaders & deliberative practitioners across 4 distinct sessions. You can read reports from each of the sessions below: 🧵 (1/6)

Each session provided a distinct set of insights into the priority topics, participation methods, and design considerations for productive community dialogues on AI. (3/6)

Learning from our September Co-Design Workshops Ahead of our October toolkit sprint we brought together more than 80 grassroots organisers, AI researchers, civil society leaders & deliberative practitioners across 4 distinct sessions. You can read reports from each of the sessions below: 🧵 (1/6)

Who gets to shape the conversation about artificial intelligence? Join the Citizens' Track on AI for a co-design workshop: "Community Assembly Toolkit Co-design: Briefing & workshop" 📅 Monday, Sep 14 (15:00 UTC (16:00 BST / 9:00 Mexico City / 20:30 Delhi)) 📍 Online (Zoom) 🧵 (1/3)

We're building an open toolkit to help communities convene their own deliberative assemblies on AI around the world. In this session we'll explore: • Features of a good community assembly • Key questions & learning for community dialogue • Connecting local voice to global governance 🧵 (2/3)

Delighted that the Citizens' Track is now featured as part of the UN Digital Cooperation Portal: undigitalcooperation.org/home Look out for @timdavies.org.uk representing us at UN Digital Cooperation Day in New York on 21st September.

We're on Bluesky! The Citizens' Track on AI is working for a world in which everyone can have their say on the future of AI - from grassroots to global governance. You can find out more in our white paper: citizens-track.org/2026/report/