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Developing Responsible AI Policy For Civil Society

The NonProfit Times

As AI becomes increasingly prevalent, CSO leaders must establish robust policy frameworks that prioritize the interests of their beneficiaries and communities while upholding principles of equity, inclusivity, and social justice. Policy frameworks provide a necessary structure to mitigate these risks and ensure ethical AI deployment.

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9 Core Responsibilities of Nonprofit Board Members

Nonprofit Fixer

Nonprofit boards are technically the most powerful entity within a nonprofit. However, too many nonprofit boards and board members don’t fully understand their core responsibilities. Despite how many nonprofit boards are struggling, board leadership and management does not have to be complicated.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

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Co-op Federation Seeks to Shift Worker Co-op Movement into a Passing Gear

NonProfit Quarterly

Worker co-ops are businesses owned and governed by their employees. In Chicago, speakers surveyed the growth of the past 20 years while setting forth goals to bring worker co-ops fully into the economic mainstream through movement infrastructure, public policy, and culture building.

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What Would a Social Justice Investment Ecosystem Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

By comparison, the $75 million (33) that Jahi indicates is invested in social justice is roughly one millionth as much. One sign of this is the rapid growth of what is variably called “socially responsible investment” or “impact investment.” But the phrase, “impact investing,” implies pursuing some positive social benefit.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.”

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10 Ways Funders Can Address Generative AI Now

Stanford Social Innovation Review

At this uncertain time, as the potential use-cases of generative AI begin to become apparent, there are at least 10 things that funders can do to help the existing field of tech-related nonprofits—and society at large—better prepare. Understanding, and developing guidelines and guardrails for, government use of AI. The future is now.