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Meredith Whittaker

SignalPresident

Meredith Whittaker studies how AI concentrates corporate power and depends on surveillance. She co-founded the AI Now Institute to examine AI’s social effects, helped organize the Google Walkout^[1], and co-created M-Lab, an open platform for measuring internet performance^[2].

Career & education

Current role

SignalSep 2022-present

President

Previously

New York University2019-2022

Research Professor

AI Now Institute2017-2021

Co-founder and Faculty Director

Google2006-Jul 2019

Product and engineering roles; founder, Open Research Group

Education

UC Berkeley

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

References

Google Walkout — organizers’ account of the November 2018 protestgooglewalkout.medium.com
On 1 November 2018, more than 20,000 Google employees and contractors across 50 cities protested sexual harassment, misconduct and a lack of transparency. This statement from the organizers explains the protest and their demands.
M-Lab — what Measurement Lab doesmeasurementlab.net
Measurement Lab provides open tools and public data for measuring internet performance, helping people, researchers and regulators understand how internet connections work.

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