Meredith Whittaker: AI Ethics Expert
Meredith Whittaker helps organizations navigate AI ethics, digital privacy, and responsible innovation through leadership advancing human-centered technology and digital rights.
Quick Facts:
- President of the Signal Foundation
- Internationally recognized AI ethics and privacy expert
- Former co-founder of Google’s AI Ethics research group
- Leading advocate for digital rights and responsible technology
- Formats:
- Keynote speaker, technology strategist, AI ethics expert, and digital rights advocate
- Audiences:
- Technology leaders, policymakers, corporate executives, universities, cybersecurity professionals, innovation teams, and global governance forums.
- Outcomes:
- Understand the ethical impact of AI and emerging technologies.
- Strengthen organizational approaches to privacy and trust.
- Build more transparent and human-centered digital systems.
- Travels from: Paris, France
- **US Fee range: $50,001 - $75,000
Talent Services
Keynote Topics:
The AI Convenience Trap: How Agentic AI Threatens Privacy
Talent Short Bio
Meredith Whittaker is an internationally recognized technology leader, AI ethics expert, and President of the Signal Foundation, where she leads global efforts focused on digital privacy, secure communication, and responsible technology development. Widely respected for her work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, governance, and public policy, Meredith has become one of the leading voices shaping the future of digital rights and human-centered technology.
Before joining Signal, Meredith spent more than a decade at Google, where she co-founded the company’s AI Ethics research group and helped lead critical conversations around fairness, accountability, transparency, and equity in technology systems. Her work contributed to industry-wide discussions about responsible AI development, surveillance, data privacy, and the societal impact of emerging technologies.
Meredith collaborates with governments, academic institutions, civil society organizations, and technology leaders worldwide to advocate for ethical innovation and stronger protections for human rights in the digital era. Her leadership has been instrumental in advancing conversations around privacy protection, AI governance, platform accountability, and the responsible use of data and emerging technologies.
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