The Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.
Dylan joined more than 150 scientists around the world calling for "a clear framework to empower and protect academics working on information and democracy and ensure they can continue their work both safely and independently, free from financial repercussions or emotional toll.” See Dylan’s op-ed on the topic and his guide on social media data collection for researchers.
We publish interdisciplinary work uncovering and mitigating the harms of current AI systems, and research, tools and frameworks for the technological future we should build instead.
Read our research philosophy on conducting community rooted research, and browse our projects ranging from developing AI systems for low resource settings, to data related work, and robustness testing and documentation.