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The Future Society

What The Future Society does

The Future Society (TFS) is an independent nonprofit policy organization focused on aligning artificial intelligence (AI) through better governance. It works internationally—spanning the United States, European Union, and global policy forums—by producing research and policy recommendations, building networks across decision-makers, and convening dialogues intended to translate governance ideas into actionable rules, strategies, and agreements for AI safety, security, and rights-protecting deployment.

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Sep 02, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (site author page entry)How To Make International AI Verification a Reality

A TFS memo arguing that countries outside the U.S.–China AI race can build verification technologies that make an international agreement to slow AI development more enforceable.

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Aug 19, 2026 · Official · The Future SocietyWhat compute on European soil might buy Europe and what it depends

TFS maps arguments and open questions around locating large compute capacity in Europe, including implications for sovereignty, security, and risk governance.

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Aug 10, 2026 · Official · The Future SocietyBuyer Beware: What AI-Enabled Weapons in Africa Reveal About Verification

TFS discusses enforcement and verification challenges for AI-related safeguards in the context of procurement and regional verification for AI-enabled weapons.

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May 14, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (tag page entry)The Case for Cross-Border AI Incident Infrastructure

TFS proposes internationally distributed incident management infrastructure intended to help governments, multilateral bodies, and frontier AI companies jointly detect, prepare for, and respond to AI incidents across jurisdictions.

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May 12, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (Research and Insights index)Determining the State of the Art in General-Purpose AI Risk Management: From Code to Practice

TFS argues that the “state of the art” concept in EU AI risk governance is best understood as process-driven and advanced by an expert ecosystem.

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May 07, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (Research and Insights index)EU AI Act meets AI Agents

TFS highlights discussions on how the EU AI Act applies to AI agents and the governance challenges that follow.

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May 06, 2026 · Official · The Future SocietyFuture-Proofing EU AI Gigafactories: Four Design Imperatives

TFS publishes a memo identifying four design imperatives intended to improve the likelihood that EU AI Gigafactories deliver on frontier AI ambitions.

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Apr 17, 2026 · Official · The Future SocietyEU Frontier AI Sovereignty: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

TFS releases a framework for assessing trade-offs across sovereignty pillars and components of the frontier AI stack.

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Mar 11, 2026 · Official · The Future SocietyKey Takeaways from the India AI Impact Summit

TFS summarizes participation in the India AI Impact Summit and highlights areas it says are critical for international coordination in 2026 (including AI incident monitoring and red lines for high-risk use/capabilities).

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Feb 12, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (site author page entry)Serious AI Incident Prevention and Preparedness

A TFS post summarizing discussions on preventing, monitoring, reporting, preparing for, and responding to AI incidents, including calls for standardized reporting and secure data sharing.

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Feb 12, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (Research and Insights index)Defining and Governing Unacceptable AI Risks

A TFS post describing outcomes from a December 2025 closed-door dialogue on operational AI red lines and enforceable thresholds/verification mechanisms.

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Feb 05, 2026 · Official · The Future Society (site author page entry)“Facing the Stakes of AI Together”: 2025 Athens Roundtable Report

Highlights from TFS’s Seventh Edition Athens Roundtable (held December 4, 2025 in London) focused on AI and the rule of law and governance mechanisms.

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What it builds

Policy research, advisory, and convenings for international AI governance

TFS produces AI governance policy research and recommendations and helps decision-makers use them through relationship-building and convenings intended to support coordinated governance action.

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The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law

An international multi-stakeholder forum organized by The Future Society on AI governance and the rule of law.

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Educational and leadership development programs on AI and governance

TFS runs educational programs described as reaching legislators, regulators, and other decision-makers and educating students on aspects of AI governance.

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Milestones & partnerships

Sep 02, 2026
Memo: international AI verification

TFS publishes a memo on making international AI verification more enforceable.

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May 14, 2026
Publication: cross-border AI incident infrastructure

TFS publishes a proposal for internationally distributed incident management infrastructure to detect, prepare for, and respond to AI incidents across jurisdictions.

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Feb 26, 2026
AI red lines workshop at UNESCO headquarters

TFS states it and CeSIA convened a four-hour workshop at UNESCO headquarters as part of the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI (IASEAI) conference.

UNESCO · French Center for AI Safety (CeSIA) · International Association for Safe & Ethical AI (IASEAI)
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Dec 04, 2025
Seventh Edition Athens Roundtable

TFS’s Research and Insights content refers to the Seventh Edition Athens Roundtable as being held December 4, 2025 in London and as convening discussions on unacceptable AI risks/incident prevention/red lines.

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Mar 18, 2024
Athens Roundtable held at the OECD in Paris

TFS states the Sixth Edition of the Athens Roundtable brought together leadership from the UN, the European AI Office, the Network of AI Safety Institutes, and other institutions.

OECD · UN · European AI Office
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Jan 18, 2024
Support for approval of the EU AI Act

TFS states it supports the approval of the EU AI Act to protect citizens and establish the EU as a leader in AI governance.

European Union
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Jan 01, 2016
Established as a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit

TFS states that it was established as a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) in 2016.

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Oct 03, 2014
Formation at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

TFS states it was formed at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

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