From the 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report, published by James G. McGann at the University of Pennsylvania.
From my own experience, I would pick: OpenAI, Deepmind at Google, FAIR at Facebook, Vector Institute, INRIA, AMII in Canada, AI Now, Future of Humanity Institute, Future of Life Institute, SAIL at Stanford, HAI at Stanford, BAIR at UC Berkeley
Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Think Tanks 2019
(Alphabetical Listing, Not Ranked)
AI Now, New York University (United States), https://ainowinstitute.org/
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (United States), https://www.belfercenter.org/
Brookings Institution (United States), https://www.brookings.edu/
Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) (Japan), https://www.canon-igs.org/en/
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (United States)
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) (United States), https://www.cnas.org/
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (United States), https://cset.georgetown.edu/
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), https://www.csis.org/
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (Canada), https://www.cigionline.org/
Centre for Open Data Research, Public Affairs Centre (India), https://www.codrindia.org/
Chatham House (United Kingdom), https://www.chathamhouse.org/
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) (France), https://www.ifri.org/en
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil), https://portal.fgv.br/en
Future of Humanity Institute (United Kingdom), https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
Future of Life Institute (United States), https://futureoflife.org/ai-policy-united-states/
German Institute of Development (Germany), https://www.die-gdi.de/en/
Google AI Research Center (Switzerland), https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/16/google-opens-aresearch-center-in-europe/
Google Deep Mind (United Kingdom), https://deepmind.com/
Heritage Foundation (United States), https://www.heritage.org/
The High-Level Policy Dialogue was held under the Chatham House Rule, and the full report can be found on TTCSP’s scholarly commons page.
Hudson Institute (United States), https://www.hudson.org/
Insitute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (Russia), http://inion.ru
Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) (Italy), https://www.ispionline.it/en
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) (Israel), https://www.inss.org.il/
Instituto Millenium (IMIL) (Brazil), https://www.institutomillenium.org.br
Intellisia (China), https://t.co/TZzKZp46Z0
International Buness In Technology in America
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal), https://inl.int/
Jigsaw (United States), https://jigsaw.google.com/
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (Germany), https://www.kas.de/de/home
Korea Advanced Technology (South Korea), http://www.stofficeseoul.ch/
Lisbon Council (Belgium), https://lisboncouncil.net/
Mckinsey Global Institute (MGI) (USA), https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/overview
OpenAI (United States), https://openai.com/
Parc institute
Public Affairs Center (India), https://pacindia.org/
RAND Corporation (United States), https://www.rand.org/
Royal United Services Institut (RUSI) (United Kingdom), https://rusi.org/
Samsung AI Research Center (South Korea), https://research.samsung.com/aicenter
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (United States), https://ai.stanford.edu/
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (United States),
https://hai.stanford.edu/
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV) (Germany), https://www.stiftung-nv.de/en
Stimson Center (United States), https://www.stimson.org/
The Future Society (United States), https://thefuturesociety.org/
Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania (United
States), https://www.gotothinktank.com/
University of Cape Town (South Africa), https://www.uct.ac.za/
Urban Institute (United States), https://www.urban.org/
Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Canada), https://vectorinstitute.ai/
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (United States), https://www.wilsoncenter.org/
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