POLICY · COMPANIES · #790
Google.org funds Jigsaw’s Sensemaking AI partner program to help local governments
Google.org is supporting Jigsaw’s Jigsaw Partner Program with a collaborative fund to expand use of Sensemaking AI—an open-source suite for turning large-scale civic feedback into policy insights—allowing localities to run AI-assisted civic conversations at no operational cost; early deployments include Bowling Green, Chattanooga, Riverside, and Kitchener. Bloomberg Philanthropies and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation are among other philanthropic supporters helping scale the effort.
KEY POINTS
- Google.org is supporting Jigsaw’s Jigsaw Partner Program with a collaborative fund to expand use of Sensemaking AI—an open-source suite for turning large-scale civic feedback into policy insights—allowing localities to run AI-assisted civic conversations at no operational cost; early deployments include Bowling Green, Chattanooga, Riverside, and Kitchener.
- Bloomberg Philanthropies and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation are among other philanthropic supporters helping scale the effort.
- This reduces operational barriers for local governments to use AI to aggregate and interpret community input, potentially improving policy responsiveness and equity in public decision-making.
WHY IT MATTERS
This reduces operational barriers for local governments to use AI to aggregate and interpret community input, potentially improving policy responsiveness and equity in public decision-making.