In case of war, electronic democracy tools have to be even stronger.

Not without controversy

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In a worst-case scenario, it could be used for disinformation or just plain good old online toxic behaviour.

Revitalising European democracy: AI-supported civic tech on the rise

The majority of those operating internationally are startups with between 10 and 60 employees, but expanding quickly.

Just before local elections in 2010, theopen-sourcesoftware was used to set up the Better Reykjavik portal.

Thus far, over 70,000 of the capitals inhabitants have engaged with Better Reykjavik.

Screenshot of OpenAI chatbot conversation

Pretty impressive for a population of 120,000.

Furthermore, Your Priorities has been trialled in Malta, Norway, Scotland, and Estonia.

GPT-4 now empowers digital democracy and collective intelligence in Iceland ?

Linnea Ahlgren

One solution proposed is the introduction of a Europe-wide quality trust mark for democracy technologies.

Story byLinnea Ahlgren

Linnea is the senior editor at TNW, having joined in April 2023.

Dabbles in gaming and fitness wearables.

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