This report introduces a practice-based framework for advancing inclusive artificial intelligence (AI), shaped through collaboration with community, humanitarian, health, legal and learning organisations. Inclusive AI is considered not as a technology add-on but as a participatory process, centring capability building and equitable benefit. Central to this reframing is the role of participatory processes and intermediaries – the individuals, organisations, and public or online spaces – that act as capability converters, translating technical features into community-relevant outcomes.

The report focuses on the knowledge, skills and literacies – the critical capabilities – needed to achieve inclusive AI. It finds that inclusive AI requires translation, adaptation and grounding in community contexts beyond compliance with principles and technical fixes. Partner-led projects and intermediaries are essential in bridging AI development with community needs.