Trustless Computing Association
Geneva, Switzerland
About
Founded in 2015, Trustless Computing Association is a non-governmental organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland working on democracy & civil society, science & research.
The Trustless Computing Association is a non-profit founded in 2015 and headquartered in Geneva, with a main operational office in Rome, Italy. It works to develop international standards and institutions for the secure and democratic governance of digital communications and artificial intelligence. Its activities include research, scholarly publications, conference series that bring together experts, officials and diplomats, and advocacy campaigns. Its main current initiative is the Harnessing AI Risk Initiative, which promotes an open, expert-led treaty-making process toward a democratic intergovernmental organisation for AI, and the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI. The association also spun off TRUSTLESS.AI to build open technologies aligned with trustless computing certifications. Its work is largely voluntary, sustained by a small team and contributions from advisors and partners.
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Harnessing AI Risk Initiative
Democracy & Civil society
Open coalition effort to advance a democratic, expert-led treaty-making process toward an intergovernmental organisation for AI governance. Its main programme since March 2023, now conflated into the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI.
Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI
ViewDemocracy & Civil society
Open, participatory coalition of NGOs, experts and states, launched on 10 September 2024, to advance the goals and methods of the Harnessing AI Risk Initiative.
Global Public Benefit AI Lab
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Planned open, public-private, democratically governed consortium to develop human-controllable, safe AI capabilities, currently in early development.
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EOS, DFKI, Kryptus, KU Leuven Cryptography Lab