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Verity Harding
BornOctober 1984 (age 39)
Education Pembroke College, Oxford
Alma mater Pembroke College, Oxford
Harvard University
Employer DeepMind
Notable work
  • Co-Lead of Ethics and Society at DeepMind.
  • She is a judge for the Playfair Prize and on the advisory board of Women on Boards.

Verity Harding (born October 1984 [1] [2]) is the Co-Lead of Ethics and Society at DeepMind.

Education and early career

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]

Career

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

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]

References

  1. ^ "Verity HARDING perso". Companies House. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Verity Jane HARDING". Companies House. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "TECHINVEST | Verity Harding". Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The Pembrokian, Issue 31, Jun 2007". Issuu. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Verity Harding". Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b Owens, John. "Clegg adviser Verity Harding joins Google in policy role". prweek.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  7. ^ "The Pembrokian, Issue 38, Jul 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  8. ^ "January to March 2012 release of Special Advisers working for Deputy Prime Minister's Office hospitality in CSV format - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  9. ^ Events, Maddox. "Women of Silicon Roundabout 2018| Speakers". women-in-technology.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  10. ^ Featherstone, Lynne (26 January 2016). Equal Ever After: The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage - and How I Made It Happen. Biteback Publishing. ISBN  9781785900143.
  11. ^ "The Liberal Democrat Equal Marriage Act Roll of Honour". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Verity Harding > Events: Europe 2015 - Speakers". advertisingweek.com. Advertising Week. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Business appointment application: Verity Harding" (PDF). Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "YouTube too overloaded to filter terrorist videos". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  16. ^ "YouTube unable to eliminate all terror content due to volume". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Following health data controversy, Google's DeepMind forms AI ethics unit". SiliconANGLE. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  19. ^ a b Shead, Sam (4 October 2017). "DeepMind has launched a new 'ethics and society' research team". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Why we launched DeepMind Ethics & Society". DeepMind. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Google DeepMind has launched a new 'ethics and society' research team". e-x-a.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  22. ^ "So long Skynet: DeepMind sets up ethics committee". IT PRO. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  23. ^ Hern, Alex (4 October 2017). "DeepMind announces ethics group to focus on problems of AI". The Guardian. ISSN  0261-3077. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Liberty and morality in the AI era". Financial Times. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  25. ^ "The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence". Cheltenham Festivals. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  26. ^ ""Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI" Working Group launches in London". The Partnership on AI. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  27. ^ "Digital - OECD" (PDF). oecd.org. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  28. ^ Government of Canada, Innovation. "G7 Multistakeholder Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Agenda". ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  29. ^ "FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY(THE) - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  30. ^ Hammett, Ellen. "#AWEurope: The gender gap - where are we now?". mediatel.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  31. ^ "Power 100 Women". cityam.com. City A.M. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  32. ^ "Judges". playfair prize. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Verity_Harding&oldid=1200827028"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Verity Harding
BornOctober 1984 (age 39)
Education Pembroke College, Oxford
Alma mater Pembroke College, Oxford
Harvard University
Employer DeepMind
Notable work
  • Co-Lead of Ethics and Society at DeepMind.
  • She is a judge for the Playfair Prize and on the advisory board of Women on Boards.

Verity Harding (born October 1984 [1] [2]) is the Co-Lead of Ethics and Society at DeepMind.

Education and early career

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]

Career

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

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]

References

  1. ^ "Verity HARDING perso". Companies House. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Verity Jane HARDING". Companies House. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "TECHINVEST | Verity Harding". Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The Pembrokian, Issue 31, Jun 2007". Issuu. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Verity Harding". Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b Owens, John. "Clegg adviser Verity Harding joins Google in policy role". prweek.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  7. ^ "The Pembrokian, Issue 38, Jul 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  8. ^ "January to March 2012 release of Special Advisers working for Deputy Prime Minister's Office hospitality in CSV format - GOV.UK". gov.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  9. ^ Events, Maddox. "Women of Silicon Roundabout 2018| Speakers". women-in-technology.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  10. ^ Featherstone, Lynne (26 January 2016). Equal Ever After: The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage - and How I Made It Happen. Biteback Publishing. ISBN  9781785900143.
  11. ^ "The Liberal Democrat Equal Marriage Act Roll of Honour". Liberal Democrat Voice. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Verity Harding > Events: Europe 2015 - Speakers". advertisingweek.com. Advertising Week. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Business appointment application: Verity Harding" (PDF). Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "YouTube too overloaded to filter terrorist videos". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  16. ^ "YouTube unable to eliminate all terror content due to volume". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Following health data controversy, Google's DeepMind forms AI ethics unit". SiliconANGLE. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  19. ^ a b Shead, Sam (4 October 2017). "DeepMind has launched a new 'ethics and society' research team". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Why we launched DeepMind Ethics & Society". DeepMind. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Google DeepMind has launched a new 'ethics and society' research team". e-x-a.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  22. ^ "So long Skynet: DeepMind sets up ethics committee". IT PRO. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  23. ^ Hern, Alex (4 October 2017). "DeepMind announces ethics group to focus on problems of AI". The Guardian. ISSN  0261-3077. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Liberty and morality in the AI era". Financial Times. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  25. ^ "The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence". Cheltenham Festivals. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  26. ^ ""Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI" Working Group launches in London". The Partnership on AI. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  27. ^ "Digital - OECD" (PDF). oecd.org. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  28. ^ Government of Canada, Innovation. "G7 Multistakeholder Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Agenda". ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  29. ^ "FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY(THE) - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  30. ^ Hammett, Ellen. "#AWEurope: The gender gap - where are we now?". mediatel.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  31. ^ "Power 100 Women". cityam.com. City A.M. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  32. ^ "Judges". playfair prize. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Verity_Harding&oldid=1200827028"

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