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 AI regulation activist 
 Sneha Revanur Born 2004 (age 21–22)
 San Jose, California Education Williams College , Stanford University Years active 2020–present Organization Encode 
 Sneha Revanur (born 2004) is an American activist . She is the founder and president of Encode, a youth organization advocating for the regulation of artificial intelligence .

 
 Early life and education

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 Revanur was born and raised in San Jose, California , where she attended Evergreen Valley High School and was a delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 

 Revanur attended Williams College before transferring to Stanford University . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 

 Activism

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 In 2023, Revanur led a coalition of youth-led organizations to send a joint letter to congressional leaders and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy calling for the inclusion of young people on AI oversight and advisory boards. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] She has stated that the project was sparked by concerns around the impact of generative AI on society following the release of GPT-4 . Later that year, Revanur was the youngest participant on a roundtable of civil society leaders convened to discuss threats posed by AI. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 

 Encode

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 Revanur founded Encode at age fifteen, after coming across California Proposition 25 , a ballot measure that would have replaced the use of cash bail statewide with pretrial risk assessment algorithms. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] After Proposition 25 failed to pass, Revanur broadened Encode's focus to include other societal challenges related to AI use, including surveillance , disinformation , and job loss . [ 12 ] 

 Revanur has expressed growing concern over the possibility of larger-scale "catastrophic" harms from AI. [ 12 ] 

 Awards and honors

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 In 2023, Revanur was the youngest individual named to TIME 's inaugural list of the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. [ 10 ] 

 In December 2024, she was included on the BBC 's 100 Women list. [ 13 ] 

 References

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 ^ Wylie, Kelly. "Local High School Student Chosen to Represent California in the 2022 U.S. Senate Youth Program" . Santa Clara County Office of Education . 

 ^ "Generation GPT: What Gen Z really thinks about 'world-changing' AI" . The Washington Post . 

 ^ Casey, Quinn. "Sneha Revanur '26, founder of Encode Justice, advocates for youth voice in AI regulation" . The Williams Record . 

 ^ "Sneha Revanur" . Encode Justice . Retrieved 2024-06-11 . 

 ^ Schreckinger, Ben (May 2023). "Meet the Greta Thunberg of AI" . POLITICO . 

 ^ Velázquez, Regina. "Sh

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