Created in 2015 within The Future Society and incubated at Harvard Kennedy School by HKS students, the AI Initiative gathers students, researchers, alumni, faculty and experts from Harvard and beyond, as well as citizens interested in better understanding, discussing and working on the profound consequences of the current AI explosion on our societies. The AI Initiative endeavors to engage all relevant stakeholders to help shape the global policy framework needed to address the challenges of the ongoing race for the development and control of Artificial Intelligence.