Generative AI guide for civil society

This document aims to help civil society organizations (CSOs) navigate the risks and responsibilities of using generative AI tools. It highlights concerns such as factual inaccuracies, security risks, bias, and the potential exclusion of internal deliberation in AI-generated outputs. The guide, based on surveys and workshops with activists, emphasizes the need for policies tailored to each organization. It encourages a human-rights perspective and stresses that the guide is not meant to promote the use of generative AI but to provide a framework for safe and responsible usage when necessary. The document urges CSOs to create policies reflecting their unique contexts and voices.