Responsible Tech 2025 goals, upcoming livestream, and more
Plus an All Tech Is Human holiday song to add a little joy
🌲Happy Holidays, everyone! We are glad that you are reading today’s newsletter, as we look back at a productive 2024 and plan for an impactful 2025.
⏲️At the start of the year, we set out to build the world’s largest multistakeholder, multidisciplinary in Responsible Tech. Well, we did it. This year we held 43 livestreams (join us this Thurs), 15 in-person gatherings, had hundreds of subject matter experts collaborate in our working groups, and grew our Slack community to 11k members across 105 countries, and much more. You can read about it in our Year in Review. We deeply appreciate your help in our organization’s growth.
🎯Now…All Tech Is Human’s goal for 2025: put this powerful network to use in tackling thorny tech & society issues. Complex problems require multistakeholder collaboration and understanding, which is the superpower of our org. We are uniquely positioned to move from sensemaking to collective action. Thanks to the newly-announced support from The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Siegel Family Endowment, we’re headed into 2025 with some nice momentum so we can meet our new goals.
🤔What would YOU like to see from All Tech Is Human in 2025? Let us know in our form here. We are currently setting up convenings (NYC, SF, DC, London), resources, white papers, and other projects related to Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Youth, Tech, and Wellbeing.
Now, onto the newsletter 👇By making it to the end, you’ll get to check out All Tech Is Human’s holiday song 🎶
How do we have tech advancement that is designed for inclusivity, equity, and justice? Join our livestream this Thursday
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has reshaped industries, economies, and societies worldwide. However, these advancements often disproportionately affect marginalized communities, who face both opportunities and risks from AI technologies. We’ll be exploring questions such as, “what are the most pressing challenges marginalized communities face in accessing AI-driven tools and technologies that could improve their quality of life (e.g., in education or healthcare)?”
Join this Thursday’s livestream featuring Desmond Patton (Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Rise25 honoree) and Lama Mohammed (Affiliate at ATIH), where we will explore the intersection of AI and marginalized communities; highlighting the challenges while advocating for technological advancement that is designed for inclusivity, equity, and justice.
Last Call: Apply to be a mentor in our Responsible Tech Mentorship Program!
Part of being able to tackle thorny tech & society issues is helping to build the next generation of leaders in Responsible Tech. Our mentorship program has now benefited over 1.2k individuals who leave with more knowledge, confidence, and a larger network as they grow within the Responsible Tech ecosystem.
December 31st is the deadline for applications to serve as a mentor, paying your knowledge forward to helping to strengthen the ecosystem.
📆For those of you who applied to be mentored, notifications will be going out at the end of January.
Sandra Khalil, Associate Director at All Tech Is Human, spoke at NATO’s Stratcom Summit in Istanbul last week
Sandra spoke about the unique role that the non-profit sector, with orgs like All Tech Is Human, can play in leveraging greater accountability and transparency in tech. The panel discussion emphasized the importance of embedding ethical principles into AI development, harmonizing national policies with international standards and framework-building, and fostering global collaboration to ensure technology remains in the public interest.
👋Curious about having Sandra Khalil on stage to speak about fostering global cooperation? Reach out to her.
We recently held our third livestream in celebration of Mozilla’s 2025 Rise25 honorees. Led by ATIH UNet Project Lead, Nicole Cuneo, the conversation featured honoree Dr. Angela Odour Lungati, a seasoned technologist, community builder and advocate of open-source software, speaking about being a changemaker in Responsible Tech.
Angela shared the following advice:
Ensure your contributions reflect diverse voices and expose systemic gaps.
Stay curious and open-minded. Enter discussions ready to challenge assumptions and grow.
Seek mentorship and pay it forward. Angela credits peer and professional mentorship for her growth.
Tackle imposter syndrome. Confidence-building requires intentional effort, including reading, asking questions, and seeking coaching that can help you stay on track with your goals.
👀 In Case You Missed It…
All Tech Is Human moves at the speed of tech…here are some recent happenings and projects for you to get involved with.
👉All Tech Is Human’s ongoing collaboration with Thorn, forging generative AI principles to enhance child safety, was mentioned in this Fast Company profile of Dr. Rebecca Portnoff (Together we have received commitments from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and more. 📺Continued learning: watch a recent panel conversation we had with Rebecca, Afrooz Kaviani Johnson (Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF), Sean Litton (President and Chief Executive Officer, Tech Coalition), and Juliet Shen (Community Advisory Board, Integrity Institute; Research Associate for Columbia University's Trust and Safety Tools Consortium).
📜Progress with reducing harms against children are often stymied by concerns related to privacy. We dealt with this thorny issue head on with our recent paper, Balancing Privacy and Child Safety in Encrypted Environments. We offer actionable ways to break the impasse.
👋In early 2025, we will be releasing a paper highlighting our Slack community which has evolved into a network-of-networks for Responsible Tech. We’ll be showcasing 100 Responsible Tech orgs that are part of our Slack, along with positive results from being connected with others who deeply care about co-creating a better tech future. Do you have an experience to share with us? Are you part of our Slack and involved with an org in Responsible Tech that should be highlighted? Let us know here.
🗓️We recently collaborated with the Obama Foundation to hold an information session about their Leaders USA 2025-2026 cohort, a virtual leadership development program that seeks to inspire, empower, and connect values-driven changemakers. The application deadline has been extended to January 5th. Apply here.
👩💻Did you know that we recently started a Responsible Tech Careers newsletter? It arrives every two weeks, on opposite weeks as our main newsletter you are reading right now. Outside of our Responsible Tech Job Board, talent pool, and the numerous roles being shared in our Slack, this is essential reading for tips, insights into the evolving Responsible Tech career landscape, and highlights from our board.
🔮Where is the future of Trust & Safety headed? David Ryan Polgar, Founder & President at All Tech Is Human, recently moderated a discussion at Project Liberty’s Summit on the Future of the Internet.
And now it’s time to warm up your vocal chords and sing the All Tech Is Human holiday song…
All Tech Is Human Holiday Song (courtesy of ChatGPT)🎄
Verse 1
In a world of screens and glowing lights,
We gather round on winter nights.
Through bytes and code, we make a start,
Building tech with soul and heart.
Pre-Chorus
It’s a season of sharing, a season of care,
Creating a future that’s thoughtful and fair.
From the ones and zeros, a melody true,
All Tech Is Human—it’s me, it’s you!
Chorus
Oh, we’re building bridges, not just machines,
Making tech that’s kind, not cold or mean.
For every coder, dreamer, and friend,
All Tech Is Human—where the heart won’t end.
Verse 2
From AI dreams to data streams,
We’re crafting thoughtful, ethical themes.
Together we strive, no one’s left behind,
A tech revolution that’s just and kind.
Pre-Chorus
It’s a season of progress, a season of cheer,
Imagining futures that we hold near.
A tapestry woven with everyone’s part,
All Tech Is Human—it’s the beating heart.
Chorus
Oh, we’re building bridges, not just machines,
Making tech that’s kind, not cold or mean.
For every coder, dreamer, and friend,
All Tech Is Human—where the heart won’t end.
Bridge
Let’s light up the world with empathy,
Shape the future inclusively.
Each voice matters, each hand holds the key,
Together, we write humanity’s story.
Chorus
Oh, we’re building bridges, not just machines,
Making tech that’s kind, not cold or mean.
For every coder, dreamer, and friend,
All Tech Is Human—where the heart won’t end.
Outro
So this holiday, let’s dream anew,
A world where tech reflects the true.
With hope and love, our song is spun,
All Tech Is Human—we’re all as one.
😎Let’s co-create a better tech future in 2025
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💪 We’re building the world’s largest multistakeholder, multidisciplinary network in Responsible Tech. This powerful network allows us to tackle the thorniest tech & society, through collective understanding, involvement, and action. Are you part of a foundation that wants to support our mission? Reach out directly to David Ryan Polgar.