A global public-interest institution advancing trustworthy artificial intelligence — so people, institutions, and society can rely on the systems that shape their lives.
Trust is not declared. Trust is demonstrated.
Mission
The Trustworthy AI Initiative advances public trust in artificial intelligence through transparency, governance, ethical leadership, education, and measurable evidence — so people, institutions, and society can rely on the AI systems that shape their lives.
Vision
A world where every consequential AI system is accountable to the public it serves — and where trust in artificial intelligence is demonstrated, not declared.
Organizations across every sector face converging pressures on how they build, buy, and deploy AI. The Initiative exists to help them meet those pressures with public evidence, not private assurance.
A single AI failure can erase decades of institutional trust in a single news cycle.
Executive orders, state laws, and international frameworks are converging faster than most organizations can adapt.
Directors need signal-grade evidence to approve, govern, and halt AI — not vendor marketing.
Consumers are asking whether the AI behind a decision is fair, safe, and contestable.
Governments and enterprises increasingly require verifiable responsible-AI practices from vendors.
Buyers cannot audit what suppliers refuse to disclose. Transparency has to become a market expectation.
Communities affected by automated decisions have a right to know how those decisions are made.
Principles without operational controls do not survive contact with production systems.
Professionals across every sector need practical fluency in responsible and trustworthy AI.
The organizations that lead on trust will lead the next decade of AI adoption.
The Trustworthy AI Registry is one visible answer — evidence of the mission, not the mission itself.
The Initiative is organized around enduring public-interest capabilities — not products. Each pillar advances trustworthy AI in a distinct way, and together they form the infrastructure.
Public evidence of responsible AI — searchable, citable, and verifiable.
Helping organizations earn public trust — not merely claim it.
The Ethos Trust Standard, aligned to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and OECD principles.
Independent research, benchmark studies, and annual public indexes.
Professional education, executive training, and university partnerships.
Verified conformance to the Ethos Trust Standard and public recognition of responsible AI leadership.
A global network of governments, industry, universities, developers, and citizens.
Flagship Programs
Annual and ongoing programs that generate the evidence, convene the field, and set the standard.
The definitive annual read on the state of responsible AI practice worldwide.
Ranks organizations on transparency, governance, ethics, and accountability.
Measures public confidence in AI across industries and populations.
Tracks governance maturity across countries and sectors.
An international convening of leaders shaping the future of responsible AI.
A private leadership forum for boards and C-suite executives.
Supports faculty and graduate researchers advancing trustworthy AI.
Invites students, startups, and researchers to build trustworthy AI solutions.
Long-horizon targets that measure how well the Initiative is advancing public trust in AI worldwide.
The Initiative advances through collaboration across sectors. Choose the track that fits your role.
Independent evidence for oversight, procurement, and policy.
Demonstrate responsible AI to customers, regulators, and shareholders.
Collaborate on the science of trust in AI.
Build with a public standard for trustworthy AI.
Underneath every credential, standard, and audit we publish is a promise — read aloud at every Opening and grown up alongside the holder. This is what we pledge, before we ever ask anyone else to trust us.
The Child’s Register
I promise to learn how these machines work,
to be honest about when I use them,
to use them to help and never to harm,
and to keep learning as they change.
Everything in it will be earned, and everything in it will be true.
Governance
The Trustworthy AI Initiative is a public-interest program of the Algorithmic Accountability Project, supported by the TechGeekette Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) public charity. Its work is independent, non-partisan, and freely licensed for public benefit.