AI is moving fast, legislation is being challenged and old tactics are not cutting it. That's why in June, the European AI & Society Fund invited civil society leaders to a strategy retreat to reflect on how to build...
The AI & Market Power was the first Fellowship programme run by the European AI & Society Fund. It brought together top researchers and investigators to closely examine market power dynamics in the current AI ecosystem. The fellows studied diverse...
The current wave of Artificial Intelligence requires huge amounts of computing power. As the AI boom takes off, data centres – giant warehouses housing servers that process and store data – have mushroomed, with a further €176bn investment in...
As we launch the European AI & Society Fund’s 2025 annual report, we wanted to share some lessons from our grantmaking and fieldbuilding last year that we hope could inform others’ strategies in 2026 and beyond: AI is affecting all parts of society and the planet. So it makes sense...
In this funders’ briefing, the European AI & Society Fund sets out how civil society groups are rallying rapidly to respond to the EU’s deregulation push to ensure hard-won public safeguards are maintained – through campaigning, advocacy and allying across causes such as climate and...
In this funders’ briefing paper, the European AI & Society Fund sets out how funders can support civil society to influence digital sovereignty in Europe. Funders can help build the power of public interest groups to engage in and shape...
In this funders’ briefing paper, the European AI & Society Fund sets out the challenges of AI & welfare. We outline how philanthropists can support more civil society organisations can investigate, take action and guide governments to run better...
At a recent briefing for funders hosted by the European AI & Society Fund and Ariadne Network, our grantee partners Likhita Banerji, Deputy Director, Amnesty Tech, Amnesty International and David Cabo, Director of Fundación Ciudadana Civio, shared how automated...
What we’ve learnt from our AI Accountability funding round.