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LA Tech4Good
Eva Sachar | eva@latech4good.org
Karen Borchgrevink | karen@latech4good.org
Release date: February 8, 2024
Tech4Good Announces Participation in Department of Commerce Consortium Dedicated to AI Safety
LA Tech4Good will be one of more than 200 leading AI stakeholders to help advance the development and deployment of safe, trustworthy AI under new U.S. Government safety institute
Los Angeles, CA – Today, LA Tech4Good announced that it joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of trustworthy and safe AI. Established by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) will bring together AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations to meet this mission.
LA Tech4Good welcomes the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium’s efforts to ground responsible AI in a human-centered context and a sociotechnical lens. The consortium’s inclusion of members across industries will enable the development of a collective vision that transcends “just talk” to create practical, holistic guidelines. LA Tech4Good teaches equitable and ethical data skills to empower individuals and communities to use data responsibly. Our education and advocacy efforts for data justice align with NIST’s efforts to guide the design of safe and trustworthy data and algorithmic systems. We look forward to participating in the consortium and its work.
The consortium includes more than 200 member companies and organizations that are on the frontlines of developing and using AI systems, as well as the civil society and academic teams that are building the foundational understanding of how AI can and will transform our society. These entities represent the nation’s largest companies and its innovative startups; creators of the world’s most advanced AI systems and hardware; key members of civil society and the academic community; and representatives of professions with deep engagement in AI’s use today. The consortium also includes state and local governments, as well as non-profits. The consortium will also work with organizations from like-minded nations that have a key role to play in setting interoperable and effective safety around the world.
The full list of consortium participants is available here.
LA Tech4Good
LA Tech4Good offers expertise at the intersection of society and technology by providing practitioners with theoretical foundations, practice in working on data projects with an ethics lens, and resources that enable responsible data use. Our Leading Equitable Data Practices programs train people to think about data in its respective context. We train our participants to think from the lens of social justice and design justice as they use data and technology as a tool to further equity and the mission of your organization. Our curriculum is centered on practical, hands-on work that emphasizes that data is a product of our current systems and that there are opportunities and necessity to collect and use data in a manner that is grounded in concepts of equity and ethics. We are cross-sector and industry agnostic, not limited to academia, corporate or government sectors.
More: https://www.latech4good.org
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