Kay Firth-Butterfield is the CEO of Good Tech Advisory. TIME 100 Impact Awardee 2024, Who’s Who Emerging Innovator 2024 and Who’s Who in America, Forbes 50 over 50. She was the Inaugural and former Head of Artificial Intelligence and member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum and,... Read more
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Kay Firth-Butterfield is the CEO of Good Tech Advisory. TIME 100 Impact Awardee 2024, Who’s Who Emerging Innovator 2024 and Who’s Who in America, Forbes 50 over 50. She was the Inaugural and former Head of Artificial Intelligence and member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum and, in 2014, became the World’s first Chief AI Ethics Officer.
She is one of the foremost experts in the world on the governance of AI. Kay is a Barrister, former Judge and Professor, technologist and entrepreneur who has an abiding interest in how humanity can benefit from new technologies, especially AI. Kay is an Executive Advisor to the Cantellus Group, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Visiting Scholar at the University of Notre Dame and Fellow at New America in the Future of Work and Innovation team. She has authored books on Human Rights, AI and Modern Slavery.
Kay was Vice-Chair of the ground-breaking IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems and a member of the group which met at Asilomar to create the Asilomar AI Ethical Principles. She sits on the Polaris Council for the Government Accountability Office (USA), the Advisory Board for UNESCO International Research Centre on AI, the Advisory Board for international company ADI, Fathom, the AI and Philanthropy Steering Committee of the Partnership on AI, the UKRAI TAS Hub and the Board of Earth Species Project. Also, the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on AI, AI Governance Alliance & Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative.
She is an Ambassador for the Global Trust Challenge co-created by OECD and IEEE. Kay has advanced degrees in Law and International Relations and regularly speaks to international audiences addressing many aspects of the beneficial and challenging technical, economic, legal, geo-political and social changes arising from the use of AI.
Kay Firth-Butterfield is an Associate Barrister (Doughty Street Chambers), Master of the Inner Temple, London and served on the Lord Chief Justice’s Advisory Panel on AI and Law. She has been consistently recognized as a leading woman in AI since 2018 and was featured in the New York Times as one of 10 Women Changing the Landscape of Leadership.
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Kay Firth-Butterfield speaks on Artificial Intelligence, Future, Future & Technology, Future of Work, Government & Politics. Talks can be shaped around your audience, industry and strategic objectives - share your event brief with London Speaker Bureau and we will work with Kay to align the content with your delegates and goals.
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Kay Firth-Butterfield's areas of expertise include Artificial Intelligence, Future, Future & Technology, Future of Work, Government & Politics. To get a clear sense of Kay's style, credentials and how they engage an audience, please review the biography, popular talks and any videos or testimonials shown on this page, or request a detailed speaker brief from London Speaker Bureau.
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