Public AI Network

What is public AI?

Public AI is AI as public infrastructure: provisioned like electricity, water, roads, libraries, or the Internet itself.

Public AI is publicly accessible: ensuring AI delivers benefits to all.
Public AI is publicly accountable: ensuring AI reflects society’s values.
Public AI creates permanent public goods: ensuring AI is a reliable foundation.
Public AI is being designed and built right now — all around the world.

Limited public capacity in AI is stifling our collective capacity to shape the direction of society.
AI is becoming essential infrastructure, like roads and water pipelines - fitting for the public sector.
AI systems are growing in power and should reflect society’s values, not the values of shareholders.
Private companies have a head start. Without investment in public capacity now, the gap will grow.

The Public AI Network (PAINT) is a growing coalition working to bring about public AI. We aim to:

Ensure public capacity-building is part of the conversation about AI design, policy, and funding
Make it easier to build public AI by coordinating research efforts in the ML community
Support policymakers and technical teams seeking to implement public AI
Organize the broader movement for public AI

We host a Slack community which connects together experts from leading public AI labs, projects, and civil society groups. We also host many events (see below) and a regular seminar series that shares insights from leaders in the field such as Yoshua Bengio, Diane Coyle, Lawrence Lessig, and Kim Stanley Robinson.

Public AI is a public, collaborative effort.

For questions about public AI or to get involved, sign up for the newsletter or contact us!
We’re recruiting for specific roles, and always intereseted in working with aligned groups.
The original wiki document describing public AI is publicly-editable. Suggestions welcome.
To edit this site (e.g. to add an event or document), visit our GitHub.

Upcoming events are being planned in Zurich and Los Angeles.

Date	Event	Location
Sep 9, 2025	the first Public AI quarterly call	Online

Date	Event	Location
Jul 31, 2025	Public AI: Policy, Community, & the Future of National Labs. TPC 2025	San Jose, CA
Jul 16, 2025	Oh Canada! A Public AI Happy Hour at ICML 2025	Vancouver, Canada
Apr 26, 2025	Public AI Dinner & Salon at ICLR 2025	Singapore
Apr 24-25, 2025	Commercializing Public AI at Barcelona Supercomputing Center	Barcelona, Spain
Apr-Jun, 2025	Public AI Seminar Series, Season 3 🎬	Online
Feb 12-15, 2025	AI Action II at Chateau du Fey	Joigny, France
Feb 11, 2025	⭐ Public AI Congress and Public AI House at AI Action Summit	Paris, France
Oct 17-20, 2024	mAIfuture at the Cambridge Innovation Center	Warsaw, Poland
Oct 2, 2024	Designing Public AI at the Rockefeller Foundation	Washington, DC
Aug 13-14, 2024	⭐ Building a More Public AI Ecosystem	Library of Congress
Aug-Oct, 2024	Public AI Seminar Series, Season 2 🎬	Online
Jul 24, 2024	Public AI Social #4 (+ Fishing Expedition)	ICML 2024
Jul 15-21, 2024	AI Palace 2024	Bückeburg Palace
Mar 13, 2024	Public Visions for AI Workshop	Newspeak House
Jan-Feb, 2024	Public AI Seminar Series, Season 1 🎬	Online
Jan 8, 2024	Public & Civic AI Social #3	Newspeak House
Dec 14, 2023	Public AI Dinner Party	NeurIPS 2023
Nov 16, 2023	Public & Civic AI Social #2	Newspeak House
Oct 17, 2023	Public & Civic AI Social #1	Newspeak House
Sep 21, 2023	Talk at AI: Ethical Paths Forward	Internet Archive
Sep 14, 2023	Public AI Seminar	NYU Engelberg Ctr
Jul 3-10, 2023	AI Palace 2023	Bückeburg Palace