English artificial intelligence ethicist
Verity Harding (born October 1984[1] [2] ) is the Co-Lead of Ethics and Society at DeepMind .
Education and early career [ edit ] Harding studied history at Pembroke College, Oxford .[3] She specialised in American history and completed a thesis on Black Power under the thesis of Stephen Tuck .[4] In 2007 she was a Michael von Clemm Fellow at Harvard University .[3] [4] In 2022, she was an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at University of Cambridge .[5]
Harding served as Special Adviser for Nick Clegg until 2013.[6] [7] [8] She was responsible for home affairs and justice.[9] She was part of the fight for same-sex marriage movement in the UK.[10] [11] She was appointed head of Public Policy at Google .[6] [12] [13] [14] She was concerned that YouTube was too busy to filter terrorist videos.[15] [16] In 2015 she was described by Management Today as being one of the Top Women in UK business.[17]
Harding was working on policy for Google's European business when Google were criticised for improper use of health data.[18] In 2017 Harding was appointed as co-lead for ethics and society at DeepMind .[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] DeepMind ethics and society has six pillars, including privacy transparency, economic impacts, governance, managing risk, morality and how to use AI to address the world's challenges.[19] She has discussed artificial intelligence at Cheltenham Science Festival and the Financial Times Festival.[24] [25]
She was appointed Co-Chair of the Partnership on AI Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI working group.[26] She also serves on the OECD Artificial Intelligence expert group.[27] She has delivered keynote talks on Artificial Intelligence at Cheltenham Science Festival , FT Weekend and at the G7 Multistakeholder Conference.[28]
Harding serves on the Board of Friends of the Royal Academy of Arts .[29]
Diversity and equality [ edit ] Harding is a campaigner for more women in technology.[30] She was named by City A.M. as one of the Power 100 Women.[31] She is a judge for the Playfair Prize and on the advisory board of Women on Boards.[32]
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^ Doward, Jamie (4 June 2016). "Google: new concerns raised about political influence by senior 'revolving door' jobs" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "YouTube too overloaded to filter terrorist videos" . cbsnews.com . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "YouTube unable to eliminate all terror content due to volume" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ Anderson, Elizabeth (5 July 2015). "Are these the top 35 business women in Britain today?" . The Daily Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Following health data controversy, Google's DeepMind forms AI ethics unit" . SiliconANGLE . 4 October 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ a b Shead, Sam (4 October 2017). "DeepMind has launched a new 'ethics and society' research team" . Business Insider . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Why we launched DeepMind Ethics & Society" . DeepMind . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Google DeepMind has launched a new 'ethics and society' research team" . e-x-a.co.uk . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "So long Skynet: DeepMind sets up ethics committee" . IT PRO . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ Hern, Alex (4 October 2017). "DeepMind announces ethics group to focus on problems of AI" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Liberty and morality in the AI era" . Financial Times . 19 September 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence" . Cheltenham Festivals . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ " "Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI" Working Group launches in London" . The Partnership on AI . 10 May 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
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^ Government of Canada, Innovation. "G7 Multistakeholder Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Agenda" . ic.gc.ca . Retrieved 4 February 2019 .
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^ Hammett, Ellen. "#AWEurope: The gender gap - where are we now?" . mediatel.co.uk . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Power 100 Women" . cityam.com . City A.M. Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Judges" . playfair prize . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .