Author: Coompanion Göteborgsregionen
AI and data tools offer huge power for innovation and growth. But as these systems grow, they bring a big risk: they can easily make existing social unfairness and discrimination worse. We are excited to share a key development from Sweden.
Seeing the need for safe digitalization, twelve leading Swedish non-profit and civil society organizations have teamed up with AI Sweden to release joint guidelines for using AI responsibly.
This is a powerful example of civil society leading the ethics conversation. The resulting document is a practical guide – or toolkit –for organizations to use AI well, make sure it’s fair, and actively fight discrimination and bias.
These guidelines are based on human rights and social values. They offer real-world advice, rules, and recommendations that focus on fairness, transparency, and protecting people’s data.
As Rodolfo Zúñiga from Save the Children said:
– We need to talk about AI – how it can support our work, create new opportunities, and help us innovate for the good of society.
This ensures that the social sector doesn’t just benefit from AI, but also actively checks how it is used.
Relevant for the Do Impact Project
The launch of these guidelines matches perfectly with what the Do Impact project is all about.
Do Impact helps smaller social economy businesses and organizations boost their social impact through digital and data-driven solutions. Our main goal is to promote a new, positive, and ethical way of using data and digital tools.
Through our training and programs, we provide the skills needed to collect, analyze, and use data safely and smartly. We believe using new technology must lead to solutions that help solve social problems – a true commitment to “tech for good.”
The Do Impact project is active across Europe with various partners. Our work in Sweden is led by our partner Coompanion Göteborgsregionen, who are eager to make this ethical digital change happen locally.