What we did, in a sentence: we built an index that attempts to score countries by their current vulnerability to AI-amplified democratic backsliding. It’s an early pilot with several points that we flag, so push-back is highly encouraged.

AI systems’ impact on democracy

In what ways does artificial intelligence (AI) affect democratic systems? We’d wager that many would agree that there’s great potential for both positive and negative effects; our investigation covers those that drive countries towards authoritarianism. In this decidedly ‘negative’ realm, we identify five preliminary pathways for AI-amplified backsliding: 

  1. Economic inequality (D1): mass job displacement and income inequality are spurred by the replacement of workers; countries’ dependence on broad-based income tax decreases in favor of AI reliance, leading to a resource curse dynamic.  
  2. Information environment (D2): AI ‘pollutes’ the information environment via hard-to-identify synthetic content and microtargeted propaganda campaigns.
  3. Elite defection (D3): AI enables winner-take-all capital accumulation and elite fragmentation, or a crumbling of the traditional structure of elite interaction and power accumulation up until a point. 
  4. State capacity (D4): AI development outpaces regulatory capacity and enables “regulatory arbitrage” by tech firms.
  5. Polarization (D5): sophisticated AI-powered social media algorithms amplify outrage and create/strengthen filter bubbles.

We’ve named these Drivers of Political Change[1]. Per our definition, they’re factors that erode a country’s democratic practices and have historically preceded shifts towards authoritarianism. Sometimes they coincide with races to the bottom, sometimes reactions to crises, and other times foreign intervention. Often, they arrive as a result of many systematic and sudden factors. Nonetheless, our reference point is the authoritarian regime — these factors, when yielding negative outcomes, push states towards authoritarianism; if the state is already largely authoritarian, it helps consolidate state power in favor of that authoritarian system. 

The value of an index

How on earth does an index really help, anyway? First and foremost, they’re awareness-building tools for citizens and organizations. If you want support for proposed countermeasures, the awareness must exist to make the policy salient in the first place. Second, we aim to fill a gap that we believe AI risk evaluations miss. Audits of this nature often focus on organizational structure and model risk. And since AI development is currently led by multiple private actors and deployed around the world, we think that evaluations fail in addressing the impact of AI development, deployment, and usage at a country level; this is worth exploring because AI interacts with existing political systems and social structures.

Now, it’s not like AI’s effect on democratic practices and stability is some unexplored phenomenon — Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net[2] and CAIDP’s AI & Democratic Values Index[3] are some institutionally-backed examples that track similar relationships. Our angle, however, asks not about the acute implications of specific policies or the impact of co-moving technologies but about whether a state’s structural conditions shape how it is exposed to AI-amplified democratic backsliding. Spoiler: they seem to.

We hypothesize a variety of ways that this happens. Economic strife, a degraded information environment, and a fractured elite sphere are political conditions ripe for AI-amplified knock-on effects to otherwise strong democratic processes. Change may also enter through structures, or rather the change of said structures. A world that no longer needs workers due to their disutility to the overall economy may also systematically filter them out of the democratic process. Our goal is to canvas contemporary threats while keeping an eye out for those that threaten to overturn historically democratic systems in dramatic ways.

Preexisting political conditions like economic strife, a degraded information environment, and fractured elites are ripe to see their democratic knock-on effects amplified by AI. A state’s exposure is therefore largely a function of how many of these AI-amplifiable vulnerabilities are already present. As such, existing indices of this type are designed for a pre-AI threat environment, and they only capture materialized threats, which makes them less suitable for measuring exposure to risks that have not yet materialized. We also see limited utility in measuring AI democratic risks after they materialize. Because the transition may be harder to reverse than in previous eras, it’s more useful to assess risk through small early triggers.

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Let’s talk methodology

We followed the OECD’s composite indicator guidelines to help us structure our methodology. We collected proxy indicators related to our five drivers, including 29 AI-specific indicators and 88 non-AI-specific (democracy health indicators). The selection for the 27 countries relied on geographical and political diversity. Linear interpolation was only used for imputing data that is missing at random. We applied a 30% missingness threshold and min-max normalization to keep indicators comparable. 

Non-AI democracy indicators were included so that, for a given level of AI capability, authoritarian states are penalized more heavily than democracies. This design decision follows a conversation with our colleague Jeba Sania about their Future of Life Institute case-study project[4], which found that the AI capability threshold at which democratic risks emerge varies by regime type: because authoritarian regimes are more prone to power concentration, even low-level AI poses risks there that it wouldn’t in a democracy.

Partial weighting is used between and within drivers. “Partial” here means an indicator is weighted in a country’s score only if it exists for that country. The decision not to penalize countries for missing indicators was made due to data limitations, but we think it relates to one of the methodological limitations in our index design (other limitations are discussed in detail on our website). We applied sensitivity tests for our indicators, and the ranking was almost always robust across different imputation, normalization, and weighting choices except when using geometric instead of linear aggregation.

So here’s what we found…

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In this section, we outline a few of our pilot’s findings. These are what we find most interesting, but we’re certainly open to sharing more if it arises as part of any resulting discussion.

The top ten are all liberal democracies

Our scores ranged from 86.2 (Denmark) to 28.6 (China), a spread of 57.6. The top ten, fairly predictably, are all classified as liberal democracies with resilient institutions that plausibly provide a structural buffer against the amplification mechanisms our framework identifies. That being said, this buffer is uneven across drivers.

The polarization question

Of all the hypothesized drivers, polarization demonstrates the most interesting trend. For the top two thirds of countries (listed from highest to lowest by CORDA score, as partially pictured above), the driver is always the lowest value, whereas for the bottom third it almost always isn’t. Now, this reveals a couple of things. First, among liberal and electoral democracies, polarization tends to be the greatest structural weakness with respect to the other drivers in the basket. Second, and perhaps more crucially, the driver may be statistically unique from the other four; background testing revealed that the driver has far lower internal consistency and may be doing more cross-cutting, cross-driver work than first theorized.

Economic inequality and state capacity erosion are the biggest differentiators

D5, despite its shortcomings, reveals an interesting emergent separation between the top two thirds and bottom third. This isn’t because its scores swing, they don’t; D5 is the most homogeneous driver, with the lowest spread at 32.3 against roughly 60 for the rest. What separates the groups is where D5 sits relative to a country’s other drivers, not its own value. 

So what drives the bottom third’s low overall scores? Economic inequality and state capacity erosion. Among authoritarian regimes, all drivers score low. Hybrid regimes, by contrast, tend to have relatively healthy scores for information environment, elite defection, and polarization while scoring comparatively weak on economic inequality and state capacity erosion.

The importance of design choices

Some readers might have already been thinking “why choose arithmetic aggregation for scoring rather than geometric?” The simplest answer is, well, simplicity. Our index rewards overall strength by taking the simple mean to calculate the CORDA score. However, rewarding driver balance is a perfectly arguable approach, and one that we continue to grapple with. 

Take New Zealand. Under arithmetic aggregation, it sits at 10 of 27 per our ranking. Under geometric aggregation, it falls to 19 given a relatively weaker polarization score. By making the choice to employ arithmetic over geometric aggregation, we encode the assumption that strong drivers can compensate for the others. While not a pure limitation (some of which we address in a later section), it demonstrates an example of how extractable insights can swing widely following subtle changes in theoretical and methodological approach.

…and here’s what we’re doing next. 

Initially, for our state capacity erosion driver, we defined the risk as AI outpacing state regulation capacity and regulatory fatigue by tech firms. This definition does not include the risk of AI integration in the executive branch. Cullen O’Keefe,[5] Alan Z. Rozenshtein,[6] Christoph Winter,[7] and the Forethought Foundation have argued in related works that AI integration within the executive branch could lead to the removal of bureaucratic checks and balances that democracy depends on. If an AI system is functionally beholden to the head of the state, gradual integration could lead to extreme concentrations of power. These scenarios are hard to operationalize given that they rest on strong assumptions about how a system is deployed. Still, we think it’s worth spending time thinking about their specification and potential dynamics that make them possible to produce a more comprehensive index. 

As it stands, our index treats AI as a tool. Future work should consider whether that assumption holds for more agentic systems, ones better modeled as actors with their own objectives, which would change what the index needs to measure. Further, there is a need to account for the positive impacts of AI in the index construction; things like AI improving epistemic and collective sense-making via deliberative and fact-checking tools are worth exploring. Another positive impact would be the improvement of state capacity, but operationalizing this should consider executive AI risks. 

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Everyone’s got their limits

Whilst we are planning to scale up our project, we acknowledge the limitations of our work, and so should others (and we welcome any individuals or teams to replicate our work). Here are a few we’ll be working on going forward: 

Theoretical framework

Our five drivers are not comprehensive or definitive. We think it’s worth spending time thinking about how new threat models can be constructed, like AI magnifying existing authoritarian capacities (e.g., surveillance, loyalty screening and securitization) by unlocking feasibility bottlenecks. 

Systemic risks 

Our framework considers strategic risks where political agents take advantage of AI impacts and capabilities. However, we think it’s plausible for AI to create risks to democracy without malicious actors. For example, the impact of gradual disempowerment and erosion of critical thinking can change the democratic culture without someone intending it to do so. 

Methodological future research direction

In the methodological realm, we hope to expand our country coverage, rearrange our indicator grouping to match statistical findings, and verify our data missingness audits.

We’d like to thank the following individuals for their consultation:

Jeba Sania, Michael L. Bąk, and Omer Alawed for thinking with us about our theoretical framework. We are also happy to talk to others who are interested in thinking with us about how AI will impact democracy.

This post’s content is based on collaborative work by Coleman Snell, Eilaf Mohamed, Jason Hung, and Casimir Wypyski.

Find our WIP dashboard and public access data here @ https://aiinsocietyhub.com/corda/

  1. ^Admittedly, “vectors of democratic backsliding” is more accurate. For the sake of presentation we’ve just noted this to avoid any confusion; the term “drivers of political change” is maintained for internal consistency. It’s very much an ‘alpha version’ artifact.
  2. ^https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net
  3. ^https://www.caidp.org/reports/caidp-index-2026/
  4. ^This report is as yet unpublished; support for our methodology emerges from our conversation with Jeba rather than an official, finalized research output.
  5. ^https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/cokeefe
  6. ^https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/arozenshtein
  7. ^https://www.lawfaremedia.org/contributors/chwinter

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  • Emerging Voices in AI and Society Fellow

    Organization: Center for Humane Technology (CHT)

    Location: Remote

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Jun 13, 2026

    This six-month fellowship program invites specialists to explore critical intersections between artificial intelligence and society across focus areas like cognition and relationships. Fellows will receive a $30,000 stipend to contribute interdisciplinary perspectives and develop solutions that align technology with humanity's best interests.

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  • Hannah Arendt Fellow

    Organization: Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (NAWG)

    Location: Göttingen, Germany

    Region: EU

    Type: On-site

    Category: Others

    Posted: Jun 7, 2026

    The Hannah Arendt Fellowships offer outstanding international scholars the opportunity to pursue independent research on the topic "Humans and AI" for up to six months in Lower Saxony (Germany) during the summer semester 2027 (April–September).

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  • Youth for Responsible AI Participant

    Organization: Rule26 AI

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Jun 7, 2026

    Youth for Responsible AI is a 12-week global program where students and young people build real knowledge and portfolios in AI tracks like policy, content, or tech. Fellows commit 5–7 hours per week to participate in a LinkedIn-verified role focused on shaping how artificial intelligence is developed and governed.

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  • Foresight Fellow

    Organization: Foresight Institute

    Location: San Francisco, CA and Berlin, Germany

    Region: US/Canada, EU

    Type: Hybrid

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Jun 6, 2026

    The Foresight Fellowship is a year-long program supporting early-career scientists, engineers, and innovators across focus areas like Secure AI, Longevity, and Nanotechnology. Fellows receive mentorship from senior researchers, travel to technical workshops, and access to a global network of funders and experts.

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  • Grantee - Promoting AI Research (Summer 2026)

    Organization: Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ)

    Location: Global

    Region: Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Jun 6, 2026

    The Artificial Intelligence Journal provides substantial financial support to promote and disseminate AI research through competitive open calls. Funds are primarily allocated for the sponsorship of research activities, conferences, and studentships within the international AI community.

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  • Member of Technical Staff

    Organization: Geodesic Research

    Location: Cambridge, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Full-time

    Posted: Jun 3, 2026

    Geodesic Research is a technical AI safety organization that focuses on alignment pretraining and midtraining interventions to ensure model safety persists through reinforcement learning. They develop data-centric methods like document mixing and declarative midtraining to create robust model initializations for frontier labs.

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  • Frontier Biodefense Fellow

    Organization: Pivotal

    Location: London, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 31, 2026

    The Frontier Biodefense Fellowship is a 9-week intensive program focused on high-impact projects in biosecurity, including PPE, detection, and transmission suppression. Fellows receive expert mentorship, a financial stipend, and workspace support to produce research papers or policy reports.

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  • AI Accountability Fellow

    Organization: Pulitzer Center

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 28, 2026

    The AI Accountability Fellowships support journalists conducting in-depth investigations into how governments and corporations use predictive, generative, and surveillance technologies. Fellows examine the impact of these AI systems on critical sectors such as policing, medicine, social welfare, criminal justice, and hiring.

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  • FDE Fellow

    Organization: a16z Build

    Location: San Francisco, CA

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 28, 2026

    An 8-week program for frontline Forward Deployed Engineers and AI division leaders focused on technical depth and product intuition. Fellows engage in curated dinners and events with industry leaders from companies like Cursor, Google, and OpenAI.

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  • BASE Research Fellowship Mentor

    Organization: BASE

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 28, 2026

    The BASE Fellowship builds a pipeline of Black talent in AI alignment, governance, and security to reduce catastrophic risks. Participants receive training and support to shape the development of safe and equitable AI systems.

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  • Grantee - Fast Grant

    Organization: Biswas Family Foundation

    Location: Global

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: May 24, 2026

    The Fast Grants Program provides lightweight, rapid gifts of up to $100,000 for researchers exploring high-ambition projects at the intersection of AI and health. It specifically aims to fund compute, dataset access, and pilot experiments that traditional grants often overlook.

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  • Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow

    Organization: Imperial College London

    Location: London, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: Hybrid

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 23, 2026

    This prestigious fellowship supports early-career researchers in using artificial intelligence to advance and disrupt fields across natural sciences and engineering. Fellows conduct independent research within a multidisciplinary cohort while receiving specialized AI training and integration into the global Schmidt Sciences network.

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  • Changemaker Fellow

    Organization: Microsoft Elevate

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 23, 2026

    A global 10-week program designed for nonprofit and intergovernmental staff to move from AI interest to strategic, real-world adoption. Participants develop a concrete AI Adoption Plan while receiving expert mentorship and peer support to drive digital transformation within their organizations.

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  • Grantee - AI Accelerator Grant

    Organization: Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance

    Location: United States

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Funding

    Posted: May 23, 2026

    The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance provides various research grants and prizes to advance the prevention and treatment of gynecologic cancers. These awards support scientific efforts ranging from AI-driven care personalization to global research collaborations.

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  • Secure Program Synthesis Fellow

    Organization: Apart Research

    Location: Remote

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 20, 2026

    This fellowship provides part-time research opportunities on mentor-led projects focusing on formal methods, AI systems, and security to improve software correctness. Participants work in small teams to address complex problems in specification elicitation, validation, and adversarial robustness for AI-generated code.

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  • Global Majority AI Fellow

    Organization: Heinrich Böll Stiftung

    Location: Geneva, Switzerland and New York, NY

    Region: US/Canada, EU

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 16, 2026

    This fellowship supports civil society experts from the Global South to participate in the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance. Selected fellows will engage in discussions regarding AI ethics, human rights, and global governance during sessions in Geneva and New York.

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  • MATS Autumn 2026 Scholar

    Organization: MATS

    Location: Berkeley, CA and London, UK

    Region: US/Canada, UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 15, 2026

    This intensive 10-week research phase provides fellows with mentorship from world-class researchers at organizations like Anthropic and Google DeepMind to work on AI alignment, security, and governance. Participants are expected to develop independent research directions and produce tangible research outputs while receiving funding and potential extension options.

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  • Hi! PARIS Postdoctoral Fellow

    Organization: Hi! PARIS (Institut Polytechnique de Paris and HEC Paris)

    Location: Paris, France

    Region: EU

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 15, 2026

    This call supports early-career researchers in AI and data science to join research labs at Institut Polytechnique de Paris or HEC Paris. Selected fellows receive funding for 12 months, with renewal options, to participate in high-impact multidisciplinary research and academic events.

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  • Transforming Society through AI Fellow

    Organization: Center of Policy Research and Governance (CPRG)

    Location: India

    Region: Asia, Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 9, 2026

    This fellowship program focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence and societal transformation through policy research. Selected fellows will work on governance projects and receive a stipend of Rs. 50,000 for the duration of the program.

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  • Google DeepMind Fellow in Genomics and AI

    Organization: Wellcome Sanger Institute

    Location: Cambridge, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: Hybrid

    Category: Full-time

    Posted: May 9, 2026

    This role is responsible for applying your significant skills and expertise in AI/ML/Computer Science to deliver original research that tackles a ‘Grand Challenge’ in Genomics & AI; and developing and delivering ambitious and original outreach activities that build capacity in Genomics and AI.

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  • PRISM AI Safety Research Fellow

    Organization: PRISM

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: May 8, 2026

    PRISM is a peer-vetted research initiative focused on safety methodologies for artificial intelligence. It provides support for researchers developing technical approaches to ensure the alignment and safety of advanced AI systems.

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  • Lunartech Fellow

    Organization: LUNARTECH

    Location: Armenia

    Region: Asia, Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 7, 2026

    The Lunartech Fellowship is a 6-month program focused on building real AI systems through hands-on mentorship. Participants engage in groundbreaking projects to develop cutting-edge AI, data, and software solutions for transformative growth.

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  • 2027 CRP Fellow

    Organization: Co-operative Research Programme, OECD

    Location: Global

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 7, 2026

    The aim of the Research Fellowships is to invite research scientists working in agriculture, forestry or fisheries who would like to conduct research projects abroad, in another member country of the Co-operative Research Programme from 6 to 26 weeks.

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  • Kempner AI Fellow

    Organization: Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University

    Location: Cambridge, MA

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: May 7, 2026

    The Kempner AI Fellows Program is designed for bachelor’s or master’s recipients with strong technical backgrounds in machine learning to engage in collaborative scientific research. Fellows work alongside Kempner investigators on projects spanning foundation models, NeuroAI, and computational biology at Harvard University.

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  • Research Scientist

    Organization: Texas GenAI Center, The University of Texas at Austin

    Location: Austin, TX

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Full-time

    Posted: May 5, 2026

    This multi-year program will host several researchers working on one or more of the following topics: Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning for Biology, and Machine Learning for Health/Medicine.

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  • CERN Short-Term Intern

    Organization: CERN

    Location: Geneva, Switzerland

    Region: EU

    Type: On-site

    Category: Internship

    Posted: May 5, 2026

    This program offers students in technical, engineering, or administrative fields the opportunity to take their first steps into a professional environment at a world-leading science organization. Participants will support experienced professionals on real projects while gaining practical skills and collaborating in a multicultural setting.

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  • Just Tech Fellow

    Organization: Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

    Location: United States

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 29, 2026

    The Just Tech Fellowship supports rigorous, original, and community-grounded work that addresses pressing questions about how technology shapes society and public life. It provides a one-year unrestricted award of up to $60,000 to researchers, artists, and practitioners from a wide range of fields. Fellows must reside in the United States for the duration of the fellowship year.

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  • Research Associate

    Organization: Arcadia Impact

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 27, 2026

    This twelve-week part-time research program supports experienced professionals transitioning into AI governance careers focused on reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI. Participants work in multidisciplinary teams to produce policy-relevant research outputs under the guidance of expert partners from leading safety organizations.

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  • AI Existential Risk Research Intern

    Organization: Existential Risk Observatory

    Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Region: EU, Remote

    Type: Hybrid

    Category: Internship

    Posted: Apr 25, 2026

    Interns are responsible for doing research and helping draft papers as part of the project "Solving the Right Problem: Towards Researchers Consensus on AI Existential Threat Models" (with MIT FutureTech and Future of Life Institute).

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  • Grantee - Career Transition Grants

    Organization: BlueDot Impact

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Apr 24, 2026

    This grant provides financial support and advising to individuals transitioning into full-time impactful AI safety work. Recipients receive warm introductions to field experts and regular check-ins to help them upskill, network, and identify high-impact career opportunities.

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  • Google Data Center Community AI Fellow

    Organization: Watson Institute

    Location: Google Data Center Communities

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 24, 2026

    The Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship is a fully-funded program empowering leaders to leverage AI and technology for local solutions. Fellows receive entrepreneurship training, committed mentorship, and access to Google’s AI products and resources to scale their community-focused ventures.

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  • ARUA Early Career Research Fellow

    Organization: African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)

    Location: Africa and Europe

    Region: EU, Others

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 24, 2026

    This program provides early-career researchers at African universities with a six-month period dedicated to globally competitive research and collaboration. Selected fellows will work alongside distinguished researchers at ARUA Centres of Excellence or Africa-Europe Clusters of Excellence to enhance their research capacity, including in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Theoretical and Computational Thinking.

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  • Research Fellow 2026 Q3

    Organization: Pivotal Research

    Location: London, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 21, 2026

    The Pivotal Research Fellowship is a 9-week in-person program in London designed to grow the group of talented people working on AI safety. Fellows receive stipends and mentorship from organizations like UK AISI and Google DeepMind to produce research papers or policy briefs.

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  • Basis Set AI Fellow 2026 - Data Centers Track

    Organization: Basis Set

    Location: San Francisco, CA

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Others

    Posted: Apr 17, 2026

    The Data Centers Track is for early-career builders excited about one of the biggest bottlenecks in AI: compute infrastructure. As demand for training and inference explodes, the frontier is no longer just models, it’s the systems, economics, and operations behind getting compute where it needs to go.

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  • CIP Research Fellow

    Organization: The Collective Intelligence Project

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 17, 2026

    This six-month fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to conduct original academic and public-facing research using proprietary datasets on AI, public values, and democratic governance. Fellows work across thematic areas like cross-national analysis and AI evaluation while participating in virtual lab meetings and producing publishable outputs.

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  • Grantee - Internet Society Foundation: Research Grant

    Organization: Internet Society Foundation

    Location: Global

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Apr 12, 2026

    The Research Grant Program supports thematic research, especially in light of emerging paradigms including artificial intelligence, that advances the understanding of the Internet and its impact on society. It provides funding for independent researchers and organizations to explore topics such as the digital divide and the evolution of Internet technology.

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  • OpenAI Safety Fellow

    Organization: OpenAI

    Location: Berkeley, CA

    Region: US/Canada, Remote

    Type: Hybrid

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 8, 2026

    The OpenAI Safety Fellowship is a pilot program designed for external researchers and engineers to conduct high-impact research on the alignment and safety of advanced AI systems. Fellows receive a monthly stipend, compute support, and mentorship to produce significant outputs like papers or benchmarks.

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  • Grantee - Pear AI Researcher Grant

    Organization: Pear VC

    Location: San Francisco, CA

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Apr 5, 2026

    Pear AI Researcher Grant is a funding scheme for promising PhDs, PhD grads and Professors to push the boundaries of their research towards solving real-world applications and turning them into world changing companies

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  • Adobe IndiaAI Research Fellow

    Organization: Adobe Research

    Location: India

    Region: Asia

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 5, 2026

    The Adobe India AI Research Fellowship is a one-year program supporting PhD candidates in India who are conducting advanced research in areas like computer vision and natural language processing. Selected fellows receive a significant stipend, mentorship from Adobe researchers, and access to Adobe tools to advance their dissertation work.

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  • Google PhD Fellow

    Organization: Google

    Location: Global

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Others

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Apr 2, 2026

    The Google PhD Fellowship Program supports outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science. The program aims to nurture the next generation of researchers through financial support and opportunities to collaborate with Google researchers.

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  • Grantee - AI at Work

    Organization: Schmidt Sciences

    Location: Global

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Mar 29, 2026

    This program (Proposal development awards: $10,000; Full research awards: up to $200,000 for up to 2 years) provides empirical research grants to explore how AI adoption influences labor markets and workplace environments. It offers financial support for field and quasi-experiments conducted by early-career quantitative social scientists globally.

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  • AI Science Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

    Organization: Boston Consulting Group (BCG X)

    Location: United States

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 27, 2026

    This postdoctoral fellowship role at BCG X focuses on advancing artificial intelligence research within a leading global management consulting firm. Fellows collaborate with technical and business leaders to tackle complex challenges in the fields of technology and engineering.

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  • CBAI Summer Research Fellow in AI Safety ‘26

    Organization: Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative

    Location: Cambridge, MA

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 27, 2026

    This intensive nine-week program supports talented researchers in advancing AI safety domains such as interpretability, multi-agent safety, and risk management frameworks. Fellows receive a stipend and dedicated mentorship while engaging with the AI safety community at institutions like Harvard and MIT.

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  • Mila AI Policy Fellow

    Organization: Mila

    Location: Montreal, Canada

    Region: US/Canada, Remote

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 27, 2026

    The Mila AI Policy Fellowship (in-person or virtual) is designed for professionals and researchers focused on AI governance, policy, and inclusion. This program provides an opportunity to contribute to responsible AI practices and engage with Mila’s world-class research ecosystem.

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  • AI Ethics and Governance Fellow

    Organization: Policy Innovation Centre (PIC)

    Location: Africa

    Region: Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 27, 2026

    This 12-week program equips African leaders with the technical literacy and governance expertise needed to design responsible, rights-based AI frameworks centered on African ethical traditions. Fellows will move from foundational learning to producing practical governance artifacts such as policy frameworks and AI audit protocols.

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  • Ethical AI Governance Fellow

    Organization: Globethics

    Location: Geneva, Switzerland

    Region: EU

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 27, 2026

    This competitive international programme is designed for early-career professionals to advance ethical and values-driven AI governance through mentorship and networking. Selected participants benefit from a one-week residency in Geneva and the opportunity to unlock seed funding for impactful AI ethics projects.

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  • General Intelligence Fellow

    Organization: The General Intelligence Company

    Location: Global

    Region: Remote

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 18, 2026

    The General Intelligence Fellowship is a 30-day program where individuals receive $1,000 upfront and daily platform credits to launch a company using the Cofounder 2 agentic platform. Participants retain full ownership and IP of their business while helping test next-generation agent orchestration and infrastructure management systems.

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  • Grantee - CHAI Hub Research Call Round 2

    Organization: Causality in Healthcare AI Hub (CHAI)

    Location: United Kingdom

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Mar 17, 2026

    This funding opportunity supports academic researchers and post-doctoral research associates collaborating with industry partners and clinicians to advance causal AI research. Projects focus on aligning with the hub's mission to address healthcare challenges through AI innovation and interdisciplinary partnership.

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  • Queens’ AI Scholar

    Organization: Queens' College, University of Cambridge

    Location: Cambridge, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Mar 17, 2026

    This scholarship supports students pursuing an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. It provides full fee coverage for domestic students or a partial award of £25,000 for international students.

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  • AI and Society Fellow

    Organization: Center for AI Safety

    Location: San Francisco, CA

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 14, 2026

    The AI and Society Fellowship is a fully-funded, three-month program supporting scholars in economics, law, and international relations to explore questions regarding AI power, wealth, and oversight. Fellows pursue autonomous research projects and engage with experts in the Bay Area to produce shareable academic outputs.

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  • Micsion Global Scholar and Fellow

    Organization: Micsion

    Location: Global

    Region: US/Canada, UK, EU, Asia, Australia, Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Funding

    Posted: Mar 12, 2026

    The Micsion Global Scholarship and Fellowship provides financial assistance to students, professionals, entrepreneurs, community organizers, and independent changemakers pursuing higher education opportunities worldwide. This program aims to support high-achieving individuals by covering tuition and educational expenses to foster academic excellence.

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  • AI Ethics Fellow

    Organization: Code for Africa

    Location: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Chad, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo

    Region: Remote, Others

    Type: Remote

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 12, 2026

    This three-month fellowship supports mid-career professionals in developing research and policy recommendations for the ethical adoption of AI across Africa. Fellows will analyze regional regulations and global standards to design inclusive AI policies and mitigate algorithmic bias.

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  • FDA Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Fellow

    Organization: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    Location: White Oak, MD

    Region: US/Canada

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 6, 2026

    This fellowship program offers research and developmental opportunities within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Science Program. Participants will conduct regulatory science research to ensure the safety and effectiveness of AI/ML-enabled medical devices in healthcare applications like disease detection and diagnosis.

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  • 2026 Summer Research Fellow

    Organization: Center on Long-Term Risk

    Location: London, UK

    Region: UK, Remote

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 6, 2026

    This eight-week program invites fellows to conduct research projects focused on reducing long-term suffering risks and advancing technical AI safety. Participants receive mentorship from experienced researchers and collaborate on empirical AI safety agendas such as understanding malicious traits in LLM personas.

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  • AI Senior Research Innovation Fellow

    Organization: University of Hertfordshire

    Location: Hatfield, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Mar 6, 2026

    This senior fellowship offers a high-impact opportunity to lead the integration of AI across health, medicine, and life sciences through strategic digital transformation initiatives. The role involves driving AI adoption in predictive diagnostics, mentoring junior colleagues, and securing research funding through collaborative partnerships.

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  • Cambridge Digital Minds Fellow

    Organization: Cambridge Digital Minds

    Location: Cambridge, UK

    Region: UK

    Type: On-site

    Category: Fellowship

    Posted: Feb 21, 2026

    This intensive seven-day residential programme aims to build research capacity in the fields of AI consciousness, AI welfare, and the societal implications of digital minds. Fellows receive expert mentorship, strategic project scoping support, and fully funded travel to participate in technical and philosophical workshops.

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