We're launching ‘A New AI Lexicon’, a project exploring new language and new definitions anchored in global concerns around concentrated tech power, surveillance and data accumulation, and AI.

We're slowing down and reflecting on our work, and how we can best contribute to justice in the midst of a rapidly changing field in 2021. Read our full statement.

AI Now researcher Dr. Sarah Myers West gave testimony to the NYC City Council on discrimination in automated employment decision tools.

Amid heightened public scrutiny, interest in regulating biometric technologies has grown significantly in many parts of the world.

Amba Kak, Rashida Richardson, and Roel Dobbe submitted comments to the European Commission's Whitepaper on AI

Kate Crawford, Amba Kak, and Jason Schultz submitted comments to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s extensive proposals on a human rights framework for artificial intelligence.

Amba Kak and Rashida Richardson submitted comments to Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commission responding to proposals for ensuring appropriate regulation for artificial intelligence.

AI Now's Executive Director Andrea Nill Sánchez testified before the European Parliament on the dangers of predictive policing systems. Read the full testimony.

AI Now’s Co-Founder Meredith Whittaker on the dangers of Facial Recognition technology

AI Now submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the ACLU of Pennsylvania and in opposition of the Special Master's recommendation for Philadelphia to develop and use a pre-trial risk assessment to improve bail decisionmaking.

We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the Data Genesis research program at the AI Now Institute at NYU.

On January 22, AI Now's Director of Policy Research, Rashida Richardson, testified before the New York City Council's Committee on Technology on the urgency to address and regulate City agency use of Automated Decision Systems. Read the full testimony here.

On December 18th, Genevieve Fried, Technology Fellow at AI Now, testified before the New York City Council on the need for transparency around the existence and use of surveillance technology by NYPD. Read the full written testimony.

Our 2019 Report examines new research on the risks and harms of AI, including its use by companies to aggressively manage and control workers, its climate impact, and the growing use of facial and affect recognition. We also look at the growing movements that are demanding a h...

In 2017, New York City became the first US jurisdiction to create a task force to come up with recommendations for government use of ADS. *Confronting Black Boxes* is a community powered shadow report that provides a comprehensive record of the Task Force’s community engagemen...

On November 20th, Varoon Mathur, Tech Fellow at AI Now, testified before the New York City Council on privacy and security concerns on the use of Electronic Health Records. Read the full written testimony.

The Apple Card set off an outcry over algorithmic discrimination online – if only all claims of AI bias were taken so seriously. Sarah Myers West examines the latest in a string of examples that illustrate why AI doesn’t work for everyone.

While much AI bias research and reporting has focused on the axes of race and gender, there has been much less attention paid to disability. Our latest report, Disability, Bias, and AI, draws from a wealth of research from disability advocates and scholars, and examines what d...

AI Now, NYU Law's Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, and other scholars submitted the following comments to the US Department on Housing and Urban Development regarding its proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard and defense.

Videos from the AI Now 2019 Symposium: The Growing Pushback Against Harmful AI are now live on our website and YouTube channel.

While the tech industry claims to be “green,” tech’s climate impact is significant and growing. AI Now's Roel Dobbe and Meredith Whittaker review the role of AI and advanced technology in climate change, and outline seven steps policymakers can take to address their outsized i...

AI Now Co-Founders Kate Crawford and Meredith Whittaker kicked off our 2019 Symposium by recapping the critical moments and people who defined a growing movement that is pushing back against harmful AI technologies and systems.

AI Now is hiring postdoctoral researchers whose work resonates with the Institute's mission. We welcome applications across a range of interests and disciplines.

AI Now with other researchers and organizations provided testimony in support of Massachusetts Legislation, S.1876/H.2701, which creates a Commission on government use of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence systems.

Following up on our 2018 report, Litigating Algorithms 2019 U.S. Report examines recent U.S. lawsuits brought against government use of ADS, and how fighting these systems in the court has helped mitigate some of the harm caused by these systems.

Tech spends millions recruiting students, even as issues of tech equity and ethics move to the center of public discussion. To help ethically-minded students navigate recruiting season, we drafted 10 questions they can use to interview a tech company.

After an extensive search, we’re thrilled to share that Andrea Nill Sánchez will join the AI Now Leadership Team as Executive Director.

We’re thrilled to share that Amba Kak will join AI Now as Director of Global Strategy and Programs. Meet Amba and other members of our newly expanded team.

AI Now is seeking a full-time Editorial Lead to work with AI Now’s research team in developing reports, blog posts, and other communications for public audiences.

Join us on October 2nd at the AI Now 2019 Symposium. This year, we’re providing behind-the-scenes insights from those at the frontlines of the growing pushback against harmful AI. Tickets will become available on August 26th.

AI Now is seeking a full-time Research Lead to design and develop AI Now’s strategy and programs related to AI, Gender, Race, and Power research.

AI Now is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to join our Leadership Team at this exciting moment in our organization’s growth. The ED will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for AI Now’s staff, programs, funding, and execution of its mission.

On June 26th, Meredith Whittaker, Co-founder and Co-director of AI Now, testified before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on the societal and ethical implications of AI. Read the full written testimony.

On June 25th, Rashida Richardson, AI Now's Director of Policy Research, testified before the United States Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet. Read the full written testimony.

Save the date for this year’s AI Now Symposium. Launched in 2016, our annual Symposium brings together leading experts to discuss the biggest challenges we face as AI moves further into our everyday lives. This event is free and open to the public. Join our mailing list to be ...

We are excited to announce our second cohort of postdoctoral associates, who will be joining us in September 2019.

The lack of diversity in AI workplaces and biased technologies are deeply interconnected issues. This pilot study represents the first stage of a multi-year project examining the intersection of gender, race, and power in AI.

Scholars of diverse gender and racial backgrounds have been sounding the alarm about inequity and discrimination in artificial intelligence for decades. Read the work that has inspired us.

AI Now is seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide administrative and project management support to one of the Co-Founders and Co-Directors of the Institute.

Building on AI Now’s 2016 and 2017 reports, this year’s report contends with the central problem of accountability in AI, and provides 10 practical recommendations that can help create frameworks capable of governing these powerful technologies.

Videos from the AI Now 2018 Symposium on Ethics, Organizing, and Accountability are now live on our website and YouTube channel. Watch and share!