Responsible Tech Guide!
Plus an upcoming livestream, summit, and Trust & Safety gathering
đToday is a big day here at All Tech Is Human, as we are releasing the Responsible Tech Guide 2025. First released in 2020, the Responsible Tech Guide continues to play a central role in catalyzing the Responsible Tech movement, illuminating pathways for thousands of new voices, acting as a connective tissue for our community, and creating a more cohesive ecosystem. It provides valuable insight into the state of Responsible Tech and, more importantly, where we are headed. Read it over and share with others!
We also hope that youâll participate in our livestream on October 9 and listen to Reid Blackman interview ATIH Founder & President David Ryan Polgar for his Ethical Machines podcast, recorded live at our recent Responsible Tech Mixer.
For in-person gatherings, weâve partnered with Cornell Tech in NYC for a candid conversation about working in Trust & Safety, and we continue to announce new speakers for our upcoming Responsible Tech Summit on October 27. Weâre also busy mapping out gatherings, workshops, and resources for 2026âso reach out with your ideas!
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đDownload the Responsible Tech Guide 2025
The theme for the Responsible Tech Guide 2025 is: our tech future happens by us, not to us. We highlight the essential role of Agency in tackling thorny tech & society issues and ensuring that our tech future is aligned with the public interest, along with the intersections between Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, and Public Interest Technology.
This yearâs Responsible Tech Guide covers:
The State of Responsible Tech
Pathways and Pipelines
Intersections & Considerations
Ways to Get Involved
Youâll also read profile interviews from Alexios Mantzarlis (Director - Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative at Cornell Tech), Alice Hunsberger (Head of Trust & Safety at Musubi), Camille Stewart Gloster (CEO of CAS Strategies), Divya Siddarth (Founder & Exec Director at The Collective Intelligence Project), Francesca Bosco (Chief Strategy Officer at CyberPeace Institute), Kathy Pham (VP AI, Workday; Faculty & Senior Fellow, Harvard; Founding Member, USDS), and Vilas Dhar (President at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation).
Want to help spread the Responsible Tech Guide? You can share our post here on LinkedIn to get the resource to others who would benefit.
đď¸Asserting our Agency is essential to ensuring a positive tech future. Join a livestream on LinkedIn TODAY at 2 pm ET w/ ATIHâs David Ryan Polgar.
Our Responsible Tech Summit is happening on October 27 in NYC
Weâre pleased to announce that Alexandra Reeve Givens (President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology) has joined our stellar list of speakers who will be on stage at this yearâs Responsible Tech Summit. The summit is a highly curated gathering of 265 individuals from civil society, government, industry, and academia, coming together to tackle challenging problems, build community, and promote knowledge sharing and collaboration among key stakeholders.
Weâre continuing to send out invitations, so please apply below. This yearâs theme is centering humanity in our tech future, exploring prosocial design, the role of Agency, AI Governance, and AI chatbots and companions.
đAll Tech Is Human is partnering with the Consulate General of Canada in New York for a pre-summit gathering the morning of October 27 to discuss AIâs impact on the creative industries. Learn more here.
Join our livestream on Thursday, October 9
Our tech future isnât inevitable, so where are we going to take it? We hope that you can join our livestream on Thursday, October 9, at 1 pm ET for a freewheeling conversation about how technology intersects with joy, creativity, and human connection. ATIHâs David Ryan Polgar will be moderating a conversation with Tess Posner (CEO of AI4ALL) and Michelle Culver (Founder of The Rithm Project).
Is AI creating a sadder future?!
Listen to the episode of Reid Blackman interviewing ATIHâs David Ryan Polgar for this Ethical Machines podcast. This conversation was recorded live in NYC at a Responsible Tech Mixer that All Tech Is Human held.
The All Tech Is Human team was quite busy at this yearâs UNGA!
If you were in NYC over the past two weeks the United Nations General Assembly, you may have had a conversation with Sandra Khalil, Rebekah Tweed, or David Ryan Polgar from the ATIH team. We were found at gatherings held by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Thomson Reuters Foundation, Project Liberty, Tech Coalition and Safe Online, Marketplace Risk, AI2030 at UN Joint Staff Pension Fund, The Future Society, Omidyar Network, Siegel Family Endowment (Tech Together), ChildFund Alliance, Safe Online and Pinterest, Human Change, Foreign Policy: Tech & AI Forum, Wikimedia Foundation, Semafor, Christchurch Call, Global Philanthropy Forum, Young Futures, Digital at UNGA Forum, and Compiler, Tech Salon, and Humane Intelligence.
đRelated resource: All Tech Is Human recently worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)âs Action Coalition around strengthening information integrity in elections. Learn more here.
A strong field of Trust & Safety is essential for a better tech future
On October 15, we are partnering with Cornell Tech to have an in-person gathering for Trust & Safety professionals, along with a candid conversation about careers in Trust & Safety.
The panel conversation will feature Zoe Darme (Director of Trust Strategy at Google), Nikhil Jain (M.S. Candidate, AI Governance and Digital Safety at Cornell Tech), Zandy Ring (Head of Trust & Safety at Automattic), and Courtney Nam (Senior Product Director for Trust & Safety at Hinge).
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