Think tank · Policy · Somerville, MA · Est. 2014
The Future Society (TFS) is an independent nonprofit policy organization focused on aligning artificial intelligence (AI) through better governance. It works internationally—spanning the United States, European Union, and global policy forums—by producing research and policy recommendations, building networks across decision-makers, and convening dialogues intended to translate governance ideas into actionable rules, strategies, and agreements for AI safety, security, and rights-protecting deployment.
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A TFS memo arguing that countries outside the U.S.–China AI race can build verification technologies that make an international agreement to slow AI development more enforceable.
What compute on European soil might buy Europe and what it dependsTFS maps arguments and open questions around locating large compute capacity in Europe, including implications for sovereignty, security, and risk governance.
Buyer Beware: What AI-Enabled Weapons in Africa Reveal About VerificationTFS discusses enforcement and verification challenges for AI-related safeguards in the context of procurement and regional verification for AI-enabled weapons.
The Case for Cross-Border AI Incident InfrastructureTFS proposes internationally distributed incident management infrastructure intended to help governments, multilateral bodies, and frontier AI companies jointly detect, prepare for, and respond to AI incidents across jurisdictions.
Determining the State of the Art in General-Purpose AI Risk Management: From Code to PracticeTFS argues that the “state of the art” concept in EU AI risk governance is best understood as process-driven and advanced by an expert ecosystem.
Future-Proofing EU AI Gigafactories: Four Design ImperativesTFS publishes a memo identifying four design imperatives intended to improve the likelihood that EU AI Gigafactories deliver on frontier AI ambitions.