Jessica Newman

Jessica Newman is the Director of the AI Security Initiative, a hub for interdisciplinary research on the global security implications of AI, which is housed at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. She is also a Founding Co-Director of the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub and Co-Director of the university research group, the Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity Group (AFOG). Through these programs, she leads partnerships with the public and private sector, supports graduate student researchers, facilitates events, and publishes and speaks widely on AI governance and policy. Jessica has published more than 100 papers and articles on the societal implications of AI and emerging technologies in outlets including Brookings TechStream, The Los Angeles Times, and The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. She serves on several international AI governance and standards bodies including the OECD Expert Group on AI Risk & Accountability and the IEEE Working Group on Recommended Practice for Organizational Governance of Artificial Intelligence.