On June 3, 2025, we hosted the second edition of our panel on Diversity, Inclusion, and AI at Lab42, Amsterdam\u2014and what an inspiring evening it was!<\/p>\n
With voices from academia, business, and civil society, the panel explored how we can ensure inclusivity is built into AI systems.We thanked our esteemed panelists; Hazar Harmouch<\/a>\u00a0(University of Amsterdam),\u00a0Micky Chen<\/a>\u00a0(HerFuture),\u00a0Quirine van Eeden<\/a>\u00a0(Rathenau Instituut), and\u00a0Si\u00e2n Brooke<\/a>\u00a0(University of Amsterdam). Each panelist brought a unique perspective on the ethical, technical, and societal challenges posed by current AI systems\u2014and more importantly, on the steps we can take to improve them.<\/p>\n The panel tackled some of the intriguing questions on the topic:<\/p>\n -Is AI really fostering a more inclusive society\u2014or reinforcing inequality?<\/p>\n -What role should policymakers, educators, and developers play?<\/p>\n -How do we design datasets and systems that reflect diverse perspectives?<\/p>\n -What steps can we take\u2014technically and politically\u2014to address bias?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","news-or-blog":[15],"class_list":["post-2432","news-","type-news-","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-or-blog-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-\/2432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-or-blog","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivi.fnwi.uva.nl\/ellis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-or-blog?post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}