Four New Board Members Appointed to Ada Lovelace Institute

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Announces new board appointments to the Ada Lovelace Institute, a UK body focused on ensuring AI and data technologies work for people and society, relevant to AI governance and oversight infrastructure.

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The Nuffield Foundation appointed four new board members to the Ada Lovelace Institute in November 2019, bringing expertise in data science, economics, journalism, and public service. The Institute, established in 2018, focuses on ensuring AI and data-driven technologies benefit society equitably. The new members support the Institute's mission to guide ethical AI practice and promote informed public understanding.

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•Four new board members appointed: Francine Bennett (data scientist), Rocio Concha Galguera (economist), John Thornhill (FT journalist), Chris Todd (police superintendent).
•Ada Lovelace Institute was established in 2018 by Nuffield Foundation with partners including Alan Turing Institute, Royal Society, and Wellcome Trust.
•The Institute's mission is to ensure data and AI work for people and society, with a focus on equitable distribution of benefits and harm mitigation.
•Recent work included the first public opinion survey on facial recognition technology and establishing a Citizens' Biometric Council.
•Board members help identify research questions and projects on data/AI use, and secure the Institute's long-term sustainability.

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 The Nuffield Foundation has appointed four new members to the board of the Ada Lovelace Institute , an independent research and deliberative body with a mission to ensure data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) work for people and society.

 The appointments follow an open recruitment process overseen by the Executive Chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute, Sir Alan Wilson. The new board members are:

 Francine Bennett, a data scientist and cofounder of Mastodon C.Rocio Concha Galguera, Chief Economist and Head of Strategic Insight at consumer organisation Which?John Thornhill, Innovation Editor at the Financial Times.Chris Todd, Chief Superintendent at West Midlands Police.

 The new appointees bring distinctive perspectives, skillsets and networks that complement those of the existing board members. In addition to leading the strategic development of the Ada Lovelace Institute, the board is responsible for securing its long-term sustainability. Board members also play a leading role in identifying questions or projects relating to the use of data and AI for investigation and deliberation.

The Ada Lovelace Institute promotes informed public understanding of the impact of AI and data-driven technologies on different groups in society. It will guide ethical practice in the development and deployment of these technologies and undertake research and long-term thinking to lay the foundations for a data-driven society with well-being at its core.

The Ada Lovelace Institute was established in 2018 by the Nuffield Foundation in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Royal Statistical Society, the Wellcome Trust, Luminate, techUK and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

 Sir Alan Wilson said: 

“The Ada Lovelace Institute aims to be the leading independent authority on ensuring that data and AI work for people and society. We are a new organisation, but our work has already made a significant contribution to public debate and understanding, most recently through providing the first survey of public opinion on the use of facial recognition technology and establishing the Citizens’ Biometric Council. I look forward to working with my fellow board members to deliver our ambitious agenda to ensure the benefits of data and AI are equitably distributed and their potential harms mitigated.”

 Carly Kind, Director o

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