All Tech Is Human

Thank you to everyone who came out to Cornell Tech yesterday for our collaborative gathering on platform responsibility regarding non-consensual intimate imagery & the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Video arriving soon of the illuminating panel conversation with Malika Saada Saar, Dr. Rebecca Portnoff (Thorn), Miranda Wei, and moderator Alexios Mantzarlis. It was quite powerful. This collaboration between All Tech Is Human and Cornell Tech was developed through Alexios, Director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative and co-founder of Indicator. Indicator has been doing some impressive investigative journalism related to this issue. Yesterday's gathering also featured the triumphant return of All Tech Is Human's Sandra Khalil, who gave opening remarks alongside ATIH's David Ryan Polgar. (Photo by Leah Ferentinos.) All Tech Is Human has numerous projects and gatherings related to NCII, child safety, and Safety by Design in the coming months. Reach out to learn more and get involved. #AllTechIsHuman #ResponsibleTech #ResponsibleTech

"One of the red flags is when anyone says that this future, whatever it is, is inevitable. That is a red flag, because it's making you feel scared, it's making you not ask questions, it's a kind of conversation stopper." -Carissa Véliz If you missed our livestream with Carissa Véliz, author of Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI, you can watch below. Carissa traces humanity's historic obsession with predictability—drawing a line from the Oracle of Delphi to modern artificial intelligence—to expose how predictions are frequently weaponized as power plays rather than pure quests for knowledge. She highlights how tech executives use doom-laden or inevitable future-casting to instill fear, create self-fulfilling prophecies, and strip citizens of their own agency. She argues that by reframing complex AI architectures into their simpler political roles, individuals can see past the marketing of corporate interests and feel empowered to reclaim a self-determined future. Grab your copy of Prophecy and check out the discussion! #ResponsibleTech #ResponsibleAI #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/eZBjD5AB

How do we protect kids online without building a pervasive ecosystem of digital surveillance? Read our new piece by Emma Hatheway that tackles this question by diving into the shift from platform-specific age gates to device-level age verification. As states and global regulators rapidly mandate age verification, the tech ecosystem faces a critical turning point: balancing child safety with fundamental digital rights. Let us know your thoughts on it! #ResponsibleTech #ResponsibleAI #ChildSafety #TrustAndSafety #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/eqSWsXNX

As you may have seen in a few recent viral videos, booing at the mention of AI during graduation speeches is having a moment. The most famous occurred at the University of Central Florida two weeks ago, with students booing when the speaker mentioned that AI is “the next Industrial Revolution.” When the speaker mentioned that AI was not part of daily life just a few short years ago, the students enthusiastically clapped. The speaker was clearly taken aback by the reaction. I wasn’t shocked, and I imagine many of you reading this were not shocked as well. But it certainly caused me to reflect on how one’s age and upbringing dramatically color where we fall on the spectrum of hope towards building a better tech future. My past was filled with moments of awe, excitement, and hunger as I thought about how tech would change our lives. I have memories of social media and emerging technology enriching my life. So while that is certainly not the present situation, my memories deeply influence my belief in what is possible. But to a recent graduate, their past was after social media started going sideways. It’s much harder to believe that a better tech future is possible when there isn’t a memory in your past where the tech in your life felt positive. I think that’s why intergenerational collaboration can be so important; to be siloed in youth robs one of history and potential, and to be isolated from youth prevents one from experiencing the true gravity and vulnerability that others feel. That intergenerational mismatch was in full effect during the graduation boos, along with the clapping when describing an AI-free past. We can’t go back in time, however. Nor should we. But I certainly want a tech future worth clapping for. #AllTechIsHuman #ResponsibleTech All Tech Is Human

🚨Responsible Tech Job Alert🚨 Current AI, a global partnership working to reshape the future of AI and ensure it serves the public good, has 6 (!!) open roles! 📌Chief of Staff (New York, 9–12 months) 📌Head of Impact Communications (Paris or remote) 📌VP Programmes (Paris or remote) 📌Chief Operating Officer (Paris) 📌People Operations Senior Manager 📌Executive Assistant to the CEO (Paris) Do you know someone ideal for one of these roles?! Share it with them! You can also find hundreds of roles on our Responsible Tech Job Board and shared in our large Slack community. And for candidates or employers looking for talent matching, we now offer this to our talent pool through our new partnership with Highspring (Melanie Quandt leading the partnership). It's wonderful to see the hiring from Current AI, an org that is "helping build the partnerships, tools and standards needed for a future where open, trustworthy technology serves the public interest." You'll hear from Ayah Bdeir, CEO of Current AI, at our Responsible Tech Summit (October 29, NYC), which is being livestreamed. #ResponsibleTech #ResponsibleAI #PublicInterestTech #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/dC-SkD2q

We are thrilled to announce that Carrie Varoquiers (Chief Impact Officer at Workday) will be a speaker at our Responsible Tech Summit! Our Responsible Tech Summit is a curated gathering for 375 leaders across civil society, government, industry, academia, and philanthropy coming together to tackle thorny tech & society issues. Our summit takes place at The New York Times Center in Manhattan on October 29 and will be livestreamed. The theme for this year's summit is Embedding Accountability in the AI Era. Carrie Varoquiers is the Chief Impact Officer at Workday, where she leads the Workday Foundation and Social Impact team. An insatiably curious and creative movement-builder and global philanthropy executive, Carrie has spent the past 25 years designing, launching, growing and investing in innovative initiatives that measurably improve lives. As a leading voice on the human-technology frontier, Carrie specializes in AI’s transformative effects on both the labor market and our interpersonal relationships. Ultimately, her work is dedicated to steering technological advancement toward a future of collective human flourishing. She also recently developed and executive-produced a feature-length documentary film called “UNTAPPED,” available on Netflix, focused on accelerating the skills-based hiring movement globally. Carrie is currently researching the impact of AI on human connection in the workplace. We are excited to welcome Carrie to the Responsible Tech Summit stage on October 29. And if you don't feel like waiting that long, Carrie will also be on stage at the upcoming Human Algorithm Summit in SF on May 27 (Human Change Foundation). #ResponsibleTech #ResponsibleAI #AllTechIsHuman

Are you building your career in Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, or Public Interest Technology? Here are 9 observations from our ongoing survey for candidates, employers, and hiring managers. Which one (or more) resonates with you?? 📌The ATIH talent community skews heavily toward career transitioners, not first‑time entrants 📌Demand is strongest in Trust & Safety, AI Safety, Policy/Governance across non‑technical and hybrid roles 📌“Finding relevant roles” and “standing out” are bigger pain points than compensation 📌Personalized job matching is the single most requested service, and talent is open to AI helping 📌There is global demand for Responsible Tech Roles, but non‑US talent feels underserved 📌Access to humans matters more than more content 📌Talent wants transparency about “ghost jobs” and broken hiring systems 📌Skills & certification pathways are desired, but only if tied to jobs 📌There is a deep bench of talent willing to be featured, and many want visibility There is often a mismatch in expectations from those looking for roles in Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Public Interest Technology, and those on the hiring side. That is why we are surfacing observations that can benefit the entire ecosystem, along with enhancing our career-related activities and talent matching through our partnership with Highspring. We'll be doing a deep dive on everything we are learning for a livestream on Responsible Tech Trends on Thurs, May 28th, with Melanie Quandt from Highspring and Sherine Kazim from ATIH. A big thank you to Siegel Family Endowment for supporting our whole-of-ecosystem work, along with our aligned inquiry-based approach to understanding what the community needs. These observations derive from 200 survey responses, along with analyzing trends from our Responsible Tech Job Board and talent pool. #ResponsibleTech #AllTechIsHuman https://lnkd.in/e9y_ETqm

I'm excited to head over to London, where All Tech Is Human has a Responsible AI Community Mixer at the historic Old Spitalfields Market, and I'm speaking at SXSW London. Come on by! My colleague Sherine Kazim and I will be in London, saying hello to everyone joining our mixer, which is part of SXSW London (we have spots for both badge and non-badge holders). We are nearing capacity. You can register here: https://luma.com/4oub0x3t There will be a DJ and drinks, and lots of great people who make up the Responsible Tech community. A big thank you to John Hearty and Mastercard for helping make this happen. Be on the lookout for our Inter-Party Trust in AI Systems whitepaper arriving in June. And if you are attending SXSW London, ping me. The panel I am speaking on is called Reclaiming AI for the Public Good (June 3, 2026, 1:35 - 2:15 PM, Protein Studios). Thrilled to be on a panel alongside Bo Young Lee 이보영 (CEO of AI4ALL), Elizabeth M. Renieris (Senior Research Associate, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford), and moderator Charlotte Jee (News Editor, MIT Technology Review). #ResponsibleAI #ResponsibleTech #AllTechIsHuman