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The initial versions of the Democracy Levels Framework were developed by the Democracy Levels Working Group, the authors of the ICML paper and previous NeurIPS and CHI workshop papers. To support rapid evolution of the framework, the most up-to-date version (on this website) is being developed and maintained by AI & Democracy Foundation and is informed (but has not necessarily been approved or endorsed) by authors, working group members, or their organizations.

When citing the Democracy Levels Framework, please use the ICML 2025 paper as the primary reference:

Aviv Ovadya, Kyle Redman, Luke Thorburn, Quan Ze Chen, Oliver Smith, Flynn Devine, Andrew Konya, Smitha Milli, Manon Revel, K. J. Kevin Feng, Amy X. Zhang, Bilva Chandra, Michiel A. Bakker, Atoosa Kasirzadeh. Democratic AI is Possible. The Democracy Levels Framework Shows How It Might Work. Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning, Vancouver, Canada. PMLR 267, 2025.

Contact us at democracylevels@aidemocracyfoundation.org. To stay updated, contribute to the framework, provide feedback, or if you are interested in applying the framework, get in touch.