Karen Hao livestream, Responsible Tech backgrounds, DC + London speakers, and so much more
Plus Tech Policy and Public Interest Technology career resources!
Welcome back! Here at All Tech Is Human, we bring people together to tackle thorny tech & society issues. Working collectively, we can surface important values, tensions, tradeoffs, and best practices as we co-create a tech future aligned with the public interest. We have a unique approach that you can learn about here.
We’re glad you’re part of the vibrant Responsible Tech ecosystem, which you’ll see by the number of upcoming activities you can participate in. In today’s newsletter, you’ll read about our May 23 livestream with Karen Hao (author of Empire of AI), see newly announced speakers for our June 4 Trust & Safety gathering in DC, and new speakers for our July 16 Online Safety gathering in London.
🏗️All Tech Is Human recently put out resources for building a career in Public Interest Technology and Tech Policy (w/ Responsible AI coming soon), and we are putting out a call to understand backgrounds and career journeys for those working in the Responsible Tech in preparation for our next guide to be released in September.
Stay tuned for more details about our Responsible Tech Summit, which has now been set for Mon, October 27th in NYC (moved from a previous date).
Now, onto the newsletter! 👇
👋We’re discussing the future of Trust & Safety on June 4th in DC. Join us!
We’ve got space for 200 people at Union Stage in DC (a music venue, because Trust & Safety professionals are rockstars for a safer online experience); if you are involved in the field of Trust & Safety, we’d love for you to join us.
We’re thrilled to announce that Katie Harbath, Aliya Bhatia, Scott Vlachos, and Colleen Mearn confirmed as speakers for our two panels; more to be announced in our next newsletter.
Some of the orgs and companies in attendance include the Algorithmic Justice League, Aspen Institute, Brookings Institution, Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Humane Technology, Compiler, Discord, Ford Foundation, Freedom House, French Embassy, Future of Privacy Forum, Google, Humane Intelligence, Institute for Security + Technology, Issue One, Meta, New_ Public, Pinterest, Resolver, ReThink, ROOST, Salesforce, Siegel Family Endowment, Spotify, Tech Coalition, Tech Policy Press, TechCongress, TikTok, UNICEF, VSCO, X, Young People's Alliance, and more.
This gathering is in partnership with Resolver.
📕Empire of AI is a hotly anticipated book. Join our livestream on May 23.
Perhaps you have appreciated Karen Hao’s investigative journalism over the years, as we have. That’s why we’re thrilled that she’ll be discussing her upcoming book, Empire of AI, for our livestream series on Friday, May 23 at 11am ET.
Karen Hao is an award-winning journalist covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society. She writes for publications including The Atlantic and leads the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series, a program training thousands of journalists around the world on how to cover AI.
Don’t forget to pre-order Empire of AI, and join us on May 23! Register below.
💡Would you like to let others know about this livestream? You can share our LinkedIn post here.
Responsible Tech has a mix of backgrounds involved. How would you describe yours? 🤔
Our organization is working on the next edition of our flagship resource, the Responsible Tech Guide, which is arriving in mid-September. To help inform the advice in this upcoming guide, we are gathering perspectives from those currently working in the Responsible Tech ecosystem.
Dozens of individuals recently shared their unique backgrounds, crossover careers, non-linear career paths, and more in our Slack community here (sign in | apply).
We missed you, London. We’re getting ready for our July 16 gathering and hope to see you there.
Are you joining us in London on July 16 at The Royal Society? We are curating a gathering for 250 individuals across civil society, government, industry, and academia, coming together for two panel conversations and ample time to learn from each other and connect.
We’re thrilled to announce speakers Conor Sanchez, Michael Tunks, Esther Jaromitski, and moderator Charlotte Jee for our panel around navigating the evolution of child safety policy.
Orgs and companies in attendance include 5Rights, Alan Turing Institute, Amazon, Bethnal Green Ventures, Big Brother Watch, Bumble, Children's Investment Fund Foundation, Coimisiún na Meán, Google, LEGO Group, Meta, Mozilla Foundation, NetHope, NSPCC, Ofcom, Oversight Board, Oxford Internet Institute, PlayStation, Reboot the Future, Supercell, The Future Society, Thomson Reuters Foundation, TikTok, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Twillio, Twitch, UK Home Office, Wikimedia Foundation, WhatsApp, Yoti, and more.
👋Focused on AI Assurance? We’re putting together a workshop in London on July 17
This workshop, co-hosted by All Tech is Human, Trilligent, and techUK, brings together influential voices from across the Responsible AI and AI assurance ecosystem for a strategic conversation under Chatham House rule focused on sustained engagement and impact, as well as navigating regulatory frameworks for trustworthy and robust AI systems.
This gathering will begin with a context-setting panel, which will feature leaders who have successfully embedded assurance considerations in boardrooms, media narratives, research agendas, and policy forums, sharing their approaches for maintaining a seat at decision-making tables.
Fill out our interest form for consideration.
The team from All Tech Is Human is racking up frequent flyer miles (and Amtrak points) traveling to conferences to speak about our bridge-building work, coalition-building in Responsible AI, and the various dilemmas facing our digital world. Reach out to request David Ryan Polgar, Sandra Khalil, or Rebekah Tweed for a livestream, podcast, or conference appearance.
You can see Rebekah on stage on May 15 (NYC, panel on Responsible AI education), May 27 (United Nations Global Compact webinar on Responsible Investing into AI), and June 3 (NYC, for NY Tech Week).
👀 In Case You Missed It…
📺Did you watch our panel videos from our recent Safety by Design gathering? You can watch them here.
📚Have you read our lengthy newsletter and thought, “Amazing! But I want my daily dose of Responsible Tech”? Join us on LinkedIn, where we post every day.
🗣️Did you miss our livestream last week on the state of Responsible Tech? You can watch the discussion here.
🤖Would you like to discuss the concerns related to AI companion chatbots? We’ll be having an online brainstorm session on May 22 at 12pm; express your interest here.
🧠We’re ramping up a few projects around Responsible AI Governance. Express your interest here.
“Public awareness and AI literacy initiatives play a crucial role in shaping expectations for governance. Organizations like the Montreal AI Ethics Institute and All Tech is Human equip citizens, policymakers, and businesses with the knowledge to evaluate AI systems critically and hold developers accountable.” -Responsible AI as a Business Necessity (Tech Policy Press)
On a related note, we were nodding our heads in agreement reading Vilas Dhar’s (President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation) new Op-Ed in the Boston Globe stating that “AI development still depends on all of us.” Yes! The very reason for our name, All Tech Is Human, is because the trajectory of AI (and all technologies) is determined by the choices we make, the people we include, the rules we write, and the values we embed in our tools.
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💪 Are you part of a foundation that wants to support our mission? Reach out directly to David Ryan Polgar to learn about our new Responsible Tech Supporters Network that allows us to provide the relational infrastructure for the ecosystem, produce valuable resources, and create a necessary space for solution-making.
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