With insight from European civil society and philanthropy, we produce research and analysis to help funders understand where their support can make a difference in the AI transformation. We also share our grantees' stories and successes, recording how they are holding governments and tech companies accountable.
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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...
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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...
In the final stages of the AI Act legislation development when CDT Europe needed to act, the European AI & Society Fund was able to move money quickly to help them meet that need. Since then, we have awarded...
THIS PROGRAMME IS NOW CLOSED FOR PROPOSALS. For too long the Big Tech industry has dominated our understanding of Artificial Intelligence. To counter this, the European AI & Society Fund is launching the Building Narrative Power programme to help people...
In November 2024, the European AI & Society Fund backed eight Global AI & Market Power Fellowship teams, made up of 14 individuals, to spearhead investigations into market power dynamics in the AI ecosystem.
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...
This new research found that, not only that representatives of the tech industry monopolise media coverage of AI, but that the underpinning ways in which AI is framed overwhelmingly serve industry, and to a lesser extent government, interests.
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...
In 2025, the European AI & Society Fund nurtured and sustained the work of our grantees who are working to shape AI in the public interest.
As AI is being adopted across all areas of our lives at unprecedented speed – reshaping our economies, politics and societies – more and more philanthropists are becoming aware of the necessity to shape AI. In just 18 months,...