Investigating AI Where It Actually Lives
AI systems now decide who receives police protection, qualifies for benefits, what you pay for a ride, and whose voice gets amplified online — often with almost no independent oversight.
Eticas Foundation investigates how AI actually behaves once it reaches the real world, by partnering with on-the-ground communities affected to build evidence that policymakers, journalists, and the public can act on.
Creating a Bottom-Up Infrastructure for AI Accountability
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We investigate real-world AI uses in partnership with communities, conducting qualitative and quantitative audits to produce evidence that can inform consumer choice, challenge risk and bias, support advocacy in the public interest, and create guidelines for accountable AI.
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We develop technical and social impact standards for AI systems based in our rigorous audit and research findings, continually adding to a body of work that can be used to measure, score, improve, and drive public demand for responsible AI systems.
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We build the field of public interest AI by convening and partnering with thought leaders, technologists, policymakers, organizers, and advocates to create concrete tools and strategies to shape a safe, healthy, and fair future with technology.
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About Eticas
Dr. Gemma Galdon-Clavell founded Eticas in 2012 as one of the first R&D organizations globally to focus on tech responsibility from a socio-technical perspective, pioneering audit methods and advising policymakers. In 2023, Eticas added a non-profit venture working directly with communities and expanded to the US.
Since the day we started, we have been dedicated to protecting people and the environment by collaboratively building the socio-technical tools needed to ensure that AI works for everyone.
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