Paul Rennie, the Head of the Global Economy Group at the British Embassy in Washington D.C., joins this week’s episode of In AI We Trust? to discuss the upcoming U.K. AI Safety Summit, the U.K.’s approach to AI regulation, and the international regulatory landscape of AI. Tune in to learn more about who is participating in the upcoming Summit, what it means to be a responsible AI actor today, and how AI can be used to promote global good.
Oct 25, 2023•39 min•Ep. 80
In part two of our special episode of In AI We Trust? , EqualAI advisors Victoria Espinel and Reggie Townsend discuss how they got into the field of AI, their involvement in the EqualAI Badge Program and their experiences guiding its participants, and, along with Dawn Bloxwich, discuss how companies can benefit from their co-authored white paper: An Insider’s Guide to Designing and Operationalizing a Responsible AI Governance Framework ....
Oct 11, 2023•39 min•Ep. 79
In this week’s special episode of In AI We Trust? , we interview three of our EqualAI Badge Program alumni—Xuning (Mike) Tang (Verizon), Diya Wynn (AWS), and Catherine Goetz (LivePerson)—to discuss their journey’s in the responsible AI field, share their highlights from the EqualAI Badge Program and AI Summit, and underscore the main takeaways from our co-authored white paper: An Insider’s Guide to Designing and Operationalizing a Responsible AI Governance Framework.
Oct 03, 2023•39 min•Ep. 78
Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) joins this week’s episode of In AI We Trust? to discuss how Congress should approach AI legislation, the impact of generative AI, and U.S. AI efforts on the global stage. Tune in to learn more about Representative Lieu’s computer science focused approach to AI policy and more.
Sep 27, 2023•29 min•Ep. 77
Tune into this week’s episode of In AI We Trust? with former United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, and Lucy Thomson (American Bar Association), to learn the ways in which AI is changing the legal landscape, how the ABA is tackling this issue (spoiler alert: we applaud the launch of the new AI TF), and to learn the Secretary’s “Three D's” of AI governance.
Aug 30, 2023•51 min•Ep. 76
Professor Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School of the U. of Penn and leads Wharton Cypher Accelerator and Dr. Philipp Hacker, Chair for Law and Ethics of the Digital Society at the European New School of Digital Studies at European University join this week on In AI We Trust? to debrief their recent #AIforGood Conference. Listen to the discussion for insights on how financial regulation, sustainability in AI, content moderation, and other opportunities for international collabo...
Jul 26, 2023•59 min•Ep. 75
In this week’s episode, we are joined by Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Charlotte Burrows, who highlights the EEOC’s work to address AI proliferation in the employment sphere. She discusses the need to increase education of the public on how AI is being used, EEOC guidance on key civil rights bills such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), as well as key points employers should be aware of when d...
Jul 12, 2023•46 min•Ep. 74
Tune in to this week’s episode of In AI We Trust? , where Kevin McKee, Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, discusses issues of AI fairness, AI’s impact on the LGBT+ community, and the balance between developing AI that humans can trust and the anthropomorphization of technology. Kevin leads research projects focused on machine learning, social psychology, and sociotechnical systems and has worked on algorithmic development and evaluation, environment design, and data analysis. — Resour...
Jul 05, 2023•36 min•Ep. 73
This week on In AI we Trust? Executive Director of LGBT Tech, Chris Wood, joins Miriam Vogel and guest-co-host Kathy Baxter for a special episode in celebration of Pride Month. Join this week’s conversation on the duality of technology for the LGBT community – how it can be an impactful medium to foster connection in the LGBT+ community or a harmful tool leveraged against the same individuals – the significance of diversity in tech, the complexity of representation in our datasets, as well as hi...
Jun 28, 2023•45 min•Ep. 72
Gilman Louie is CEO and co-founder of America’s Frontier Fund, CEO of In-Q-Tel, and an NSCAI Commissioner. Tune into this week’s episode of In AI We Trust , where Gilman shares his thoughts on the government's role in regulating, funding, and convening key stakeholders to promote responsible AI. Gilman invokes similar moments of technological innovation in our history to contextualize the opportunity in the U.S. at this moment to set the standards in the AI race; and considers the challenges tha...
May 24, 2023•53 min•Ep. 71
Meet one of the Bad A#%* women in Congress, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). She is a trailblazer: a strong advocate for and accomplished practitioner in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) as an engineer, Air Force veteran, successful entrepreneur and former chemistry teacher. This week on In AI We Trust? Miriam Vogel and special guest co-host Victoria Espinel of #BSA ask Representative Houlahan to share her unique perspective on why – and how – Congress must do more t...
May 03, 2023•30 min•Ep. 70
In this episode of In AI We Trust? Dr. Haniyeh Mahmoudian, Global AI Ethicist at DataRobot, provides insight into the timely and critical role of an AI ethicist. Haniyeh explains how culture is a key element of responsible AI development. She also reflects on the questions to ask in advance of designing an AI model and the importance of engaging multiple stakeholders to design AI effectively. Tune in to this episode to learn these and other insights from an industry thought leader. — Resources m...
Apr 26, 2023•42 min•Ep. 69
Justin Hotard leads the High Performance Computing (HPC) & AI business group at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Tune in to In AI we Trust? this week as he discusses supercomputing, HPE’s commitment to open source models for global standardization and using responsible data to ensure responsible AI. – Resources mentioned in this episode: What are supercomputers and why are they important? An expert explains (Justin Hotard & the World Economic Forum) Fueling AI for good with supercomputi...
Apr 05, 2023•40 min•Ep. 68
Based on the testimony of 87 witnesses from 5 field hearings across the US, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce bipartisan AI Commission on Competition, Inclusion, and Innovation released a report yesterday, addressing the state of AI. Tune in this week to hear the U.S. Chamber’s Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC) VP, Jordan Crenshaw share key takeaways from this and other recent C_TEC reports, why tech issues are business issues, the importance of digitizing government data, and the critical impact ...
Mar 10, 2023•38 min•Ep. 67
Elham Tabassi and Reva Schwartz – two AI leaders from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – join us this week to discuss the AI Risk Management Framework #AIRMF released on January 26th thanks to the herculean efforts of our guests. Tune in to find out why Miriam Vogel and Kay Firth-Butterfield believe the AI RMF will be game changing. Learn the purpose behind the AI RMF; the emblematic 18-month multi (multi)-stakeholder, transparent process to design it; how they made it ‘...
Feb 06, 2023•50 min•Ep. 66
The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos gathers leading thinkers in government, business and civil society annually to discuss current global economic and social challenges. This week, listen to WEF Executive Committee Member, our own co-host Kay Firth-Butterfield, and Miriam Vogel discuss why this was Kay's “best Davos yet”. Not surprisingly, generative AI and ChatGPT were among the hottest topics. Learn insights gleaned on generative AI’s power and limitations, the key role that investo...
Feb 02, 2023•35 min•Ep. 65
Dr. Stuart Russell (CS Prof, UC Berkeley) has kept us current on AI developments for decades and in this week’s episode, prepares us for the headlines we’ll hear about this week @Davos and in the coming year. He shares his thoughts and concerns on ChatGPT, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, how the future of work might look through an AI lens, and a human compatible design for AI. Listen to this episode here and subscribe to ensure you catch other important upcoming discussions. — Materials ment...
Jan 18, 2023•51 min•Ep. 64
In this special year-in-review edition of "In AI we Trust?", co-hosts Kay Firth-Butterfield (@KayFButterfield) and Miriam Vogel (@VogelMiriam) take a look back at the key themes and insights from their conversations. From interviews with thought leaders, government officials and senior executives in the field, we explore progress and challenges from the past year in the quest for trustworthy AI. We also look ahead to what you can expect to see and encounter, including key issues that are likely ...
Jan 11, 2023•34 min•Ep. 63
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Suresh Venkatasubramanian, a former official at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and CS professor at Brown, to discuss his work in the White House developing policy, including the AI Bill of Rights Blueprint. Suresh also posits on the basis for current AI challenges as failure of imagination, the need to engage diverse voices in AI development, and the evolution of safety regulations for new technologies. — Materials mentioned i...
Dec 19, 2022•46 min•Ep. 62
This week, Joaquin Quiñonero Candela (LinkedIn, formerly at Facebook and Microsoft) joins us to discuss AI storytelling; ethics by design; the imperative of diversity to create effective AI; and strategies he uses to make responsible AI a priority for the engineers he manages, policy-makers he advises, and other important stakeholders. — Materials mentioned in this episode: Technology Primer: Social Media Recommendation Algorithms (Harvard Belfer Center) Finding Solutions: Choice, Control, and C...
Dec 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 61
The Department of Commerce plays a key role in the USG’s leadership in AI given the multiple ways AI is used, patented and governed by the Department. In this special episode, hear from Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves on how the US intends to maintain leadership in AI, including through its creation of standards to attain trustworthy AI, working with our allies and ensuring an inclusive and ready AI workforce. — Materials mentioned in this episode: Proposed Law Enforcement Principles on the...
Nov 16, 2022•38 min•Ep. 60
Carl Hahn, Vice President and Chief compliance officer at Northrop Grumman, one of the world’s largest military technology providers, joins us on this episode to help answer this question that he addresses daily. Carl shares his perspective on the impact of the DoD principles, how governments and companies need to align on the “how” of developing and using AI responsibly, and much more. --------------- Materials mentioned in this episode: NAIAC Field Hearing @ NIST YouTube Page “DOD Adopts 5 Pri...
Nov 02, 2022•44 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, Mark Brayan focuses on a key ingredient for responsible AI: ethically sourced, inclusive data. Mark is the CEO and Managing director of Appen, which provides training data for thousands of machine learning and AI initiatives. Good quality data is imperative for responsible AI (garbage in, garbage out), and part of that equation is making sure that it is sourced inclusively, responsibly, and ethically. When developing and using responsible AI, it’s critically important to get you...
Oct 12, 2022•29 min•Ep. 58
Krishnaram is the Chief Scientist of Fiddler AI, an enterprise startup building a responsible AI and Machine Learning monitoring platform. Prior to Fiddler AI, Krishnaram has served as Principal Scientist at Amazon AWS AI, on the LinkedIn AI team, and on Microsoft's AI and Ethics in Engineering and Research (AETHER) Advisory Board. In this episode, Krishanaram warns of the importance of not simply performing the important task of model validation but continuing to test it post deployment. He als...
Sep 28, 2022•44 min•Ep. 57
Dr. Prestes, Professor of Computer Science at the Institute of Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and leader of the Phi Robotics Research Group. In this episode, Dr. Prestes shares his trailblazing work in international AI policy and standards, including the development of the first global AI ethics instrument. Dr. Prestes discusses ethics in technology and the infusion of empathy, as well as his focus on establishing human rights for a digital world. — Subscribe to catch each ...
Sep 14, 2022•46 min•Ep. 56
Joe Bradley is the Chief Scientist at LivePerson, a leading Conversational AI company creating digital experiences that are “Curiously Human”, powering nearly a billion conversational interactions monthly in their Conversational Cloud. In this episode, Joe shares the broad lens he brings to his work in AI. He discusses the interconnectedness between AI and humanity, and his work at LivePerson to develop “empathetic” AI systems to help brands better connect with their customers. Joe addresses his...
Aug 24, 2022•52 min•Ep. 55
Dr. Richard Benjamins is Chief AI & Data Strategist at Telefonica, author of The myth of the algorithm and A Data-Driven Company , and co-founder of OdiseIA. In this week’s episode, Richard offers his roadmap for trustworthy AI, including his company's “aspirational” approach to AI governance, their use of an ethics committee, how they use the bottom line to reinforce their goals and other best practices in designing responsible AI use.
Jun 15, 2022•59 min•Ep. 54
Beena Ammanath is Executive Director of the Global Deloitte AI Institute, author of T rustworthy AI: A Business Guide For Navigating Trust and Ethics in AI and founder of the nonprofit to increase diversity in tech, Humans for AI. In this episode, Beena explains where organizations (and others) can begin to embed AI ethics as a part of their routine business practice, the importance for policy makers and organizations alike to focus on use cases when building frameworks, and shares others lesson...
May 27, 2022•52 min•Ep. 53
Dr. Margaret Mitchell is a renowned researcher who has won numerous awards for her work developing practical tools to combine ethics and machine learning. Last Fall, Dr. Mitchell joined the AI startup Hugging Face ( "to democratize good machine learning") and previously research positions at Google and Microsoft. In this episode, Dr. Mitchell articulates numerous challenges in the endeavor to create ethical AI. She also illuminates the distinction between ethical and responsible AI; the necessit...
May 10, 2022•57 min•Ep. 52
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) is Chair of Congress' Joint Economic Committee and serves on the Ways and Means and the Science, Space and Technology Committees, as well as a member of the AI Caucus- and in his spare time, he is pursuing a Masters Degree in Artificial Intelligence. In this episode, Rep. Beyer explains his enthusiasm for AI and the opportunities it presents to enhance human life -- (e.g., better understanding and treating long covid and preserving life in suicide prevention)-- and the pote...
Apr 26, 2022•37 min•Ep. 51
