GovAI publishes annual report covering 2023 and Q1 2024

What the report covers

According to GovAI, the annual report contains useful information about its team, programs and activities in 2023 and the first quarter of 2024. The blog post that accompanies the report is short and points readers to the full document, which is available through a "Read the Report" link. The post also lists footnotes and further reading.

The source text does not include figures, staff numbers, publication lists or program results from the report itself. Those details sit in the full document, which was not part of the material available for this article.

GovAI's framing of the past year

GovAI says the past year was "the most consequential year for AI governance yet." In the blog post, the organisation adds that this has made the importance of its mission "unmistakeable."

The group also makes a claim about its own position. It says its team realized the future potential of the importance of AI, especially general-purpose AI, nearly a decade ago. On that basis, GovAI states that it is now better placed than any other non-profit to execute on its mission. This is the organisation's own assessment and is not independently verified in the post.

Preparing for the present moment

GovAI presents the current period as one it has been getting ready for over a long time. In its words, "In many ways, the present moment is one for which we have been preparing for years." The annual report, it says, describes what the organisation has done over the past year to seize that moment, which it calls its most productive year yet.

For readers who follow AI policy and governance research, the report is the primary place to find a detailed account of what GovAI worked on during the period. The blog post itself offers the organisation's high-level message: that AI governance has grown in importance, and that GovAI sees itself as well positioned to respond.