Rumman Chowdhury

Co-founder and CEO of HumaneIntelligence, a tech nonprofit that champions ethical technology.

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, the United States’ Science Envoy for AI and a member of their AI Safety and Security Board.

She is a Bangladeshi American with an MS in Quantitative Methods from Columbia University and a PhD in Political Science from UC San Diego.

Here are some of her career highlights:
► 2017: Joined Accenture as Managing Director, where she developed the Fairness Tool to tackle bias in AI systems.
► 2020: Founded Parity AI, an algorithmic audit platform focused on enhancing AI transparency and fairness.
► 2021: Became Director of the Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability (META) team at Twitter, spearheading initiatives to combat algorithmic harms.

Chowdhury is now the co-founder and CEO of HumaneIntelligence, a tech nonprofit that champions ethical technology. Her initiative, 'Hack the Future,' saw 8 major tech companies collaborate for the largest Gen AI red-teaming event, engaging 4,000 hackers.

Chowdhury’s work in AI ethics has led her to be recognised in Time’s 100 Most Influential People in AI (2023).

In this crazy world where technology is advancing at lightning speed, Chowdhury's consistent focus on human-centered AI and ethics is absolutely crucial.

Fun Fact: Chowdhury was inspired to explore sciences by Dana Scully, a character on the show X-Files, who was an FBI special agent, a medical doctor and scientist.

p.s. Catch her in the new Netflix series ‘What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates’ in the episode: “What can AI do for us / to us?”