What We DO
Mobilizing locally and thinking globally
Our chapters build AI literacy in their own communities, publish context-specific policy research, and contribute to AI governance processes at every level. The result is coordinated pressure on AI policy from every direction at once.
Our Past Work
Across our network of 20+ chapters and ~300 members, we have:
past work
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Delivered testimony at three UN convenings calling for a legally binding treaty on autonomous weapons systems.
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Published a co-authored brief by youth representatives across ten Global Majority chapters, delivered to tech ministers ahead of the AI Safety Summit in France.
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Convened the Next GenAI Forum, a pre-AI Summit event with ~230 participants across hubs in Accra, Ankara, Astana, and Montreal.
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Produced a synthesis brief delivered to the India AI Impact Summit 2026.Global Dialogue on AI.
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Hosted a hybrid AI summit in Nigeria that received national press coverage.
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Coordinated monthly AI Safety Action Weeks across Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA, training 85+ participants in a single edition.
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Hosted a hybrid AI summit in Nigeria that received national press coverage. See a link to that coverage here.
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Coordinated monthly AI Safety Action Weeks across Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA, training 85+ participants in a single edition.
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Contributed to UN convenings including the 80th UNGA Side Event on the AI divide in the South Mediterranean and the Global Ethics Forum 2025 in Geneva.
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Participated as EU AI Pact stakeholders and responded to European Commission consultations on AI safety, AI in science, and the Digital Omnibus.
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Published policy briefs on autonomous weapons systems, AI-enabled fraud, frontier AI regulation, profiling misuse, and AI governance equity.
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Members of GAIN have been members of the UN Global Digital Compact process, UNICEF's Best Interest of the Child Project and consulted on the UN Global Dialogue on AI.
Our Events
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Past Events
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| AI and Diplomacy (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Sub-Saharan Africa | Apr 1, 2026 | ||
| Encode Philippines Soft Launch | Philippines | Seminar and workshop | Mar 17, 2026 | |
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Encode Philippines Soft Launch (Encode Philippines, Manila) March 7, 2026. Seminar and workshop. 50 attendees.
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| AI and Law | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mar 1, 2026 | ||
| Cameroon Chapter Welcome | Université de Yaoundé, Cameroon | Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Next GenAI Forum | Hybrid: Accra, Ankara, Astana, Montreal, online | Jan 30, 2026 | ||
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230 participants from 15+ countries. Produced an outcomes brief delivered to the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
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| Should We Pause AI’s Development? Debating FLI’s Open Letter | London | Workshop | Dec 1, 2025 | |
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Encode Philippines Soft Launch (Encode Philippines, Manila) — March 7, 2026. Seminar and workshop. 50 attendees.
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| AI and the Law: Where Are We Going? | London | Reading group | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| UNGA80 Side Event | Encode MENA, New York | Sep 1, 2025 | ||
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Side event at the 80th UN General Assembly on the AI divide in the South Mediterranean.
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| AI and Lobbying: Do We Need to Re-Write Our Democracy? | London | Mar 1, 2025 | ||
| How Does Algorithmic Bias Shape Social Media? | London | Workshop | Feb 1, 2025 | |
| AI and Capitalism | London | Reading group | Feb 1, 2025 | |
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Encode Philippines Soft Launch (Encode Philippines, Manila) — March 7, 2026. Seminar and workshop. 50 attendees.
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| AI and Intellectual Property | London | Mooting competition | Feb 1, 2025 | |
| The Global AI Race: Why Are Countries Competing to Lead AI Development? | London | Jan 1, 2025 | ||
| Nigeria Bootcamp | Nigeria, University of Ibadan | Day-long youth AI conference | Jul 20, 2024 | |
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100 participants. Featured workshops on AI ethics, AI governance, autonomous weapons, and AI in the military.
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