About TRAILS

The Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) is the first organization to integrate artificial intelligence participation, technology and governance during the design, development, deployment and oversight of AI systems. We investigate what trust in AI looks like, how to create technical AI solutions that build trust, and which policy models are effective in sustaining trust.

TRAILS is a partnership between the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Morgan State University and Cornell University.

Funded by a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the institute is focused on transforming the practice of AI from one driven primarily by technological innovation to one that is driven by ethics, human rights, and input and feedback from communities whose voices have previously been marginalized.

In addition to UMD, GW, Cornell and Morgan State, other participation in TRAILS comes from private sector organizations like the DataedX Group, Planet Word, Arthur AI, Checkstep, FinRegLab and Techstars.

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