
Heidy KhlaafResearcher
AI Now Institute
Chief AI Scientist
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Co-Executive Director at AI Now Institute
Kak is a leading public-interest voice on how AI can concentrate corporate and state power. As co-executive director of the AI Now Institute, she develops policy proposals on competition, privacy, surveillance and accountability, drawing on earlier work advising the US Federal Trade Commission.
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