AI and Society Institute

The Institute’s missions are as follows:
- Reflection on public policy and the geopolitics of AI
- Engagement and participation in public debate
- Awareness-raising and knowledge sharing
- Support for research
- Action-research projects

The Institute draws on research conducted within its academic partners to enrich its work. To date, four major areas of shared interest have been defined:
- AI and social justice
- AI and the future of work
- AI robustness and security
- Language, images, and disinformation in the age of generative AI

The institute is jointly managed by its academic partners: Paris Dauphine University, the École normale supérieure, and Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL), as well as the AI and Society association.

Steering Committee:
- Marc Mézard, professor at Bocconi University in Milan
- Anne Bouverot, chair of the Board of Directors of ENS-PSL
- Frédéric Worms, director of the École normale supérieure
- Bruno Bouchard, president of Université Paris Dauphine
- El Mouhoub Mouhoud, president of Université PSL
- Stéphanie Fougou, president of the European Company Lawyers Association
- Constance de Leusse, executive Director of the Institute for AI and Society

List of experts who supported the Institute during its launch phase:
- Jamal Atif, professor, vice-President of Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
- Laurent Daudet, co-director and co-founder of LightOn
- Carly Kind, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute
- Xavier Lazarus, managing Partner and co-founder of Elaia
- Yann Le Cun, AI researcher, 2018 Turing Award laureate
- Tanya Perelmuter, co-founder, Abeona Foundation
- Gabriel Peyré, director of the Data Science Center at ENS
- Isabelle Ryl, director, PRAIRIE / Paris School of AI
- Valérie Theis, deputy Director at ENS for Humanities and Social Sciences
- Martin Tisné, director of AI Collaborative, Omidyar Group
- Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal

Projects:
- Observatory on the environmental impact of AI
- Citizens’ convention on AI with Missions Publiques
- Official civil society and expert consultation for the AI Summit
- Call for ideas
- Report

News and Events:
- The AI Action Summit and Beyond: 3 Steps to Strengthen Global AI Collaboration, OECD, Feb. 3, 2025
- A Call for Modular Multistakeholder AI Governance: Practical Recommendations for the Upcoming AI Action Summit, Tech Policy Press, Jan. 13, 2025
- AI: What Citizens Expect, Les Echos, Dec. 12, 2024
- Saving Democracy: The Urgent Need for Citizen Reconciliation, La Tribune, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence: “Institutions Have a Unique Opportunity to Harness the Power of Innovation to Engage Youth”, Le Monde, Sept. 27, 2024