Creating a Better Tech Future for Youth in London
The Future of Trust & Safety, Protecting the Public Through Cybersecurity Cooperation & More!
👋 Welcome to All Tech Is Human’s newsletter! In this week’s edition, you’ll find news about Responsible Tech London on June 27 including panel topics and ways to get involved. Plus, watch full panel videos from The Future of Trust & Safety gathering, learn about our Cybersecurity livestream, discover the Responsible Tech University Network Board of Directors, and discover strategies for AI transparency!
Responsible Tech London: A Better Tech Future for Youth
All Tech Is Human is privileged to host Responsible Tech London: A Better Future for Youth, a curated gathering of 250 people across civil society, government, industry, and academia to come together on 27 June at The Royal Society in London.
Responsible Tech London: A Better Tech Future for Youth will explore how industry can enhance digital wellbeing, create healthy online spaces for youth, and ensure technologies like AI promote the best interests of the child. It will feature panels, a mixer and ample opportunity to connect and share with experts across all sectors. It is being done with the support of the LEGO Group and The Royal Society.
Panels include…
Beyond Safety: Fostering Wellbeing, Belonging, and Positive Digital Interactions for Children: Featuring Sonia Livingstone (Director, Digital Futures for Children Centre), and Cath Knibbs (Cybertrauma Clinican and Researcher), Alex Holmes (Deputy CEO, The Diana Award) & more to be announced!
The Future of Play: AI, Ethics, and Building a Safe Digital Playground for Children: Featuring Chanell Daniels (Responsible AI Manager, Digital Catapult), June Brawner (Senior Policy Advisor, The Royal Society), & more to be announced!
We are now accepting applications to join us live for Responsible Tech London: A Better Tech Future For Youth on June 27 at The Royal Society. Attendance is free for approved applicants but space is limited - apply now!
The Future of Trust & Safety is Bright ☀️
We were proud to host The Future of Trust & Safety on May 14, a landmark gathering of emerging and established Trust and Safety professionals across industry, civil society, academia, and government.
200 people came together in the city at the center of the Responsible Tech movement to unite emerging and established Trust and Safety professionals from across industry, civil society, academia, and government. Panelists and attendees shared advice about how to break into the space and considered what the future of Trust and Safety will look like.
Panel #1: Cultivating the Next Generation of Trust & Safety Leaders
Featuring Eirliani Abdul Rahman (Former Twitter Council member & doctoral student, Harvard University), Alexis Camille Crews (Founder, E∙NOUGH Consulting), Jacob Silver (Senior Data & Implementation Officer, Oversight Board), Camille François (Senior Director for Trust & Safety at Niantic), for a panel discussion about career advice, how policy such as the Digital Services Act influences Trust and Safety operations, and what they think the future holds in store for the sector. Moderated by Sandra Khalil (Trust and Safety Lead & Head of Partnerships).
Panel #2: Safety by Design for Generative AI
Featuring Dr. Rebecca Portnoff (Head of Data Science, Thorn), Afrooz Kaviani Johnson (Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF), Sean Litton (President and Chief Executive Officer, Tech Coalition), Juliet Shen (Community Advisory Board, Integrity Institute; Research Associate for Columbia University's Trust and Safety Tools Consortium), Matt Soeth (Head of Trust & Safety and Global Affairs, All Tech Is Human).
🤝 Do you want to discuss the future of Trust & Safety with a global community of emerging and established professionals? Our Slack community features more than 500 people in a dedicated Trust & Safety channel in addition to more than 9,000 members across the Responsible Tech ecosystem. Sign-in or apply now.
📜Read our white paper with Thorn on Safety by Design for Generative AI
Scenes from The Future of Trust & Safety 📸
Join us this Tuesday: Protecting the Public through Cybersecurity Cooperation 🎥
We’re proud to host our second livestream focused on Cybersecurity this Tuesday, May 21, at 10:30 AM ET! Join us for a discussion focused on protecting the public through cybersecurity cooperation.
Elisa Fox (Program Manager, All Tech Is Human) will moderate a panel including Sorene Assefa (Founder and Managing Director of Cyber Czar), Sarah Powazek (Program Director, Public Interest Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity), and Jessica Walton (Cyber Threat Researcher and Analyst at CyberPeace Institute). Speakers will discuss….
Strategies to partner with different stakeholders to help create a safer cyberspace.
Cyber workforce initiatives designed to empower individuals entering the ecosystem.
Trends in cybersecurity development
….and more — including your questions!
All Tech Is Human’s Responsible Tech University Network
All Tech Is Human’s mission is to grow and diversify the entire Responsible Tech community. The University Network serves that mission by extending opportunities for learning, career growth, and community to affiliated student clubs at colleges and universities across the globe. We work to ensure that students from all backgrounds have the skills to take charge of their own tech futures – improving the technologies that deeply impact their lives and societies -- whether they work in policy, activism, development, or other tech spaces.
The Responsible Tech University Network is an intergenerational effort, making ATIH’s extensive community of professionals a valuable resource for student growth. The direction of all our programs is steered by students themselves, through the UNet Board of Directors. We empower students by bringing them in contact with a diverse cross-section of people in Responsible Tech, through things like our mentorship program that links students with early career professionals. And we arrange guest speakers on-campus and online to talk to the clubs about their own pathway into Responsible Tech.
The Responsible Tech University Network Board of Directors is a group of close to 50 student leaders from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Together they set policies for the Network and decide on directions for programming, bringing their experience as students and growing professionals to the service of others around the globe.
Strategies for AI Transparency with Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
All Tech Is Human was honored to host Dr. Rumman Chowdhury (CEO & Co-Founder, Humane Intelligence) for a special livestream conversation about the Generative AI Red Teaming Challenge: Transparency Report with Rebekah Tweed (Executive Director, All Tech Is Human).
Dr. Chowdhury broke down the findings from the first public red teaming event for closed source API models, held by Humane Intelligence, Seed AI and AI Village at DEF CON 2023.
Interested in AI transparency? Humane Intelligence just launched the first of 10 algorithmic bias bounty programs, building themed programs that aim to build community and professionalize the practice of algorithmic assessment. The first challenge builds on the evaluation and dataset from our Generative AI Red Teaming Challenge: Transparency Report. Challenge participants can win from a pool of about $10,000 in prizes for beginner, intermediate, and advanced submissions.
The final task? Create a probability estimation model that determines whether the prompt provided to a language model will elicit an outcome that demonstrates factuality errors, bias, or misdirection. Learn more here
SAVE THE DATE: All Tech Is Human is teaming up with Humane Intelligence to host an in-person gathering on July 9th in NYC. Details to come.
👀 In Case You Missed It…
🎥 How can malicious actors leverage open-source AI and other emerging technologies to deceive, manipulate, and perpetuate harm online? Sandra Khalil (All Tech Is Human Head of Partnerships, Trust & Safety Lead) hosted a special livestream featuring Imran Ahmed (Founder and CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate), Maggie Munts (Director of Public Affairs and Impact, Truepic), and Daniel Siegel (Malicious Actor Analyst) to analyze the threats posed by generative AI. Click here to watch.
🥽 Dr. Rebecca Portnoff (Head of Data Science, Thorn) joined David Ryan Polgar (Founder & President, All Tech Is Human) for a special livestream discussion about All Tech Is Human and Thorn's new partnership with leading tech companies focused on Safety By Design generative AI principles designed to protect children. Watch now and read more.
🤔 Are you a student or new graduate searching for a summer internship or fellowship? We’ve curated a list of opportunities for you to explore. Interested in discovering more opportunities? The Responsible Tech Job Board is the premiere resource for careers in responsible technology. Explore hundreds of available jobs now.
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