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title: "AI Now Institute: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "The AI Now Institute is an American research institute studying the social implications of artificial intelligence and policy research that addresses the concentration of power in the tech industry. AI Now has partnered with organizations such as the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), Data & Society, Ada Lovelace Institute, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, New York University Center for Data Science, Partnership on AI, and the ACLU."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-ai-now-institute
type: Organization
wikidata: Q55602948
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Now_Institute
website: https://ainowinstitute.org/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# AI Now Institute

> The AI Now Institute is an American research institute studying the social implications of artificial intelligence and policy research that addresses the concentration of power in the tech industry. AI Now has partnered with organizations such as the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), Data & Society, Ada Lovelace Institute, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, New York University Center for Data Science, Partnership on AI, and the ACLU.

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## Facts

- Category: Research lab
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2017-01-01
- Status: private
- Website: https://ainowinstitute.org/
- Also known as: AI Now, AI Now Institute at NYU, ainowinstitute.org

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/ainowinstitute
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj6Sdo4tRaczDt30FNbMztg

## Key people

- Kate Crawford, founder (Australian researcher)
- Meredith Whittaker, founder (American artificial intelligence research scientist)
- Amba Kak (Indian researcher)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on AI Now Institute, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-ai-now-institute#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55602948, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Now_Institute

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