Kay Firth-Butterfield

Kay Firth-Butterfield

Kay Firth-Butterfield is the CEO of Good Tech Advisory. TIME 100 Impact Awardee and Whos Who Emerging Innovator, 2024. She is the former Head of Artificial Intelligence and member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum and is one of the foremost experts in the world on the governance of AI. She is a Barrister, former Judge and Professor, technologist and entrepreneur who has an abiding interest in how humanity can equitably benefit from new technologies, especially AI. She was the world’s first Chief AI Ethics officer. Kay is author of books on Human Rights, AI and Modern Slavery and is a board member of many renowned organizations including the Polaris Council for the Government Accountability Office (USA), the Advisory Board for UNESCO International Research Centre on AI, the Advisory Board for international company ADI and EarthSpecies. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas and a Fellow at New America in their Future of Work and Innovation team. She has been consistently recognized as a leading woman in AI and Leadership.
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