AI Governance report, upcoming livestream, and more!
Plus we're lining up gatherings in London, NYC, SF, and DC.
đWell, hello! We hope your 2025 is off to a nice start. If one of your New Yearâs resolutions was to read more, we hope you check out our new AI Governance Workshop Summary report. And if you didnât read our 2024 Year in Review yet, see it here.
â¨ď¸On our end, we are busy putting together a report about how our large Slack community (11k members across 105 countries; sign in | apply) has evolved into a network-of-networks for the Responsible Tech movement at large. Weâre currently gathering member quotes about its impact, which you can fill out here. This report, arriving Feb 4, will also include info about our new ATIHx program for independently-organized gatherings across the globe, along with numerous profile interviews.
đşWe also have a livestream next Thursday on The Year Ahead for the Responsible Tech Ecosystem; weâll be having two livestreams a month throughout 2025. Do you know someone who should be featured? Nominate a livestream guest here.
đ§Weâre also busy setting up in-person gatherings in NYC, SF, DC, and Londonâso do reach out with your ideas.
đOnto the newsletter. Itâs time to tackle the worldâs thorniest tech & society issues.
đDownload our AI Governance Workshop Summary report
This report is a summary of the AI Governance: AI Assessments, Audits, and Public Oversight Methods workshop that All Tech Is Human organized last September 20th in NYC with sponsorship from IBM Research.
Some of the questions we addressed included:
Why do we need AI governance?
What have we learned as we operationalize AI governance within our own institutions?
What are the challenges and constraints that we have faced in doing this work? What is missing?
Given the issues we face and what is missing, what should we do going forward?
Read the report to discover the insights and perspectives shared by participants during the workshopâs breakout discussions, and stay tuned for follow-up workshops and resources for Responsible AI Governance in 2025! Reach out to Rebekah Tweed if youâd like to participate.
đWould you like to help spread the word about our new report? You can share it here on LinkedIn, where we are very active.
âď¸View the panel discussion that was held at our workshop; featuring Rumman Chowdhury (listen to her recent podcast appearance with Kara Swisher), Gemma Galdon Clavell (Mozilla Rise25 honoree), Noah Broestl, and moderator RenĂŠe Cummings.
Join our livestream on Jan 16th to discuss the year ahead for the Responsible Tech Ecosystem
How will the field of Responsible Tech evolve in 2025? Please join us for a timely discussion about the potential twists and turns for the ecosystem. The livestream will feature a conversation between Deb Donig and David Ryan Polgar, along with your questions.
Weâll be building on Debâs recent piece, Our Responsible Tech Future Depends on Investing in the Responsible Tech Pipeline, along with her deep experience researching the field.
âď¸Would you like to nominate a livestream guest? Let us know here.
đWeâre coming back to London this Spring!
Yep, we are doing some planning on our end to put together another 200+ person gathering in London. Weâd love your ideas about ideal speakers, panel topics, orgs to involve, partners, and also your interest for attending. Our key topic areas include Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Youth, Tech, and Wellbeing.
đWeâre organizing a curated NYC gathering for Safer Internet Day on Feb 11th
Building on our recent work related to child safety, such as our ongoing initiative with Thorn and our recent white paper, weâll be curating a gathering in Manhattan on Feb 11th to coincide with the annual Safer Internet Day. If you are involved in child safety and would like to be considered for this gathering, please fill out our application form.
âď¸Thorn and All Tech Is Human will be adding additional companies who are committing to our Safety by Design principles to help reduce harms against children. Last July we announced Google, Microsoft, Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, and others have signed on. If you are with a company that would like to learn more, please reach out to David Ryan Polgar.
Did you watch our livestream on AI and Marginalized Communities?
We recently held a livestream featuring Dr. Desmond Patton (Mozilla Rise25 honoree) in conversation with Lama Mohammed (ATIH affiliate). Some of the areas discussed included:
Mitigating Bias in AI Development
Accountability in Data Practices
Youth as Experts in AI Development
The Role of Families and Parents in Digital Spaces
Integrating Social Science into Policy
AI as a Tool for Joy and Connection
All Tech Is Human's David Ryan Polgar and Sandra Khalil had a wonderful time meeting with Ambassador Jarmo Sareva last week at the Consulate General of Finland in New York.
Building on an event and reception we held together this past March ("Strengthening the Information Ecosystemâ), we discussed the importance of preserving and strengthening a human-centric approach to AI. We deeply appreciate the partnership with Ambassador Sareva and the Finnish Consulate, and look forward to continuing ways to promote multistakeholder collaboration around Responsible AI.
Check out the learnings from our previous collaboration with the Finnish Consulate, which had remarks by the United Nations Secretary General's Envoy on Technology Amandeep Singh Gill, along with broad representation across civil society, government, industry, and academia.
Sandra also recently came back from Istanbul, where she was on stage at NATOâs Stratcom conference speaking on the work of All Tech Is Human and the need for global, multistakeholder understanding and collaboration. Full video arriving soon.
đ In Case You Missed ItâŚ
All Tech Is Human moves at the speed of techâŚhere are some recent happenings and projects for you to get involved with.
đ¨We recently started a separate newsletter just to cover Responsible Tech Careers! Roles are also being shared daily in our Slack community and Responsible Tech Job Board.
đŚAre you in the Boston area? Theodora Skeadas, an advisor and affiliate with All Tech Is Human, is organizing a casual gathering in Cambridge this Fri, Jan 10. Reach out to her to get the calendar invite.
đ¤Is social media having its seatbelt moment? David Ryan Polgar was interviewed for this Bloomberg Businessweek piece about platforms being utilized to sell youth counterfeit drugs.
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đLetâs co-create a better tech future in 2025
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