The RAISE speaker series

Jun 6, 2025Open and Reliable Language Model AdaptationOn Tulu 3 and fully open post-training for language models

May 30, 2025Concrete Problems for Developing Human-Centered AgentsGagan Bansal — Microsoft Research, AI Frontiers

May 16, 2025AI as Normal TechnologyArvind Narayanan — Princeton University, co-author of AI Snake Oil

May 9, 2025Culture as a Lens on Responsible AIGoogle Responsible AI & Human-Centered Technologies

May 2, 2025Beyond Scaling: Frontiers of Retrieval-Augmented Language ModelsOn retrieval-augmented LMs and OpenScholar

Apr 25, 2025Responsible AI for Enterprise Data CentersShilpi Bhattacharyya — IBM Infrastructure

Apr 18, 2025Weak-to-Strong GeneralizationOn whether weak models can supervise stronger ones

Apr 11, 2025Book Tour: The AI ConEmily M. Bender — University of Washington

Mar 14, 2025Bridging the AI-UX Divide: Responsible AI Design through Human-Centered CollaborationStanford HAI faculty fellow on AI–UX collaboration

Mar 7, 2025Scale Can't Overcome Pragmatics: Spatial and Compositional Reasoning in Multimodal LMsOn compositionality in vision-language models

Feb 21, 2025Toward Effective Data Governance in Data-Driven SystemsOn data protection principles in practice

Feb 14, 2025Training Social Skill via Large Language ModelsHuman-centered NLP and computational social science

Feb 7, 2025Human-AI Interaction Under Societal DisagreementOn modeling human attitudes with generative agents

Jan 31, 2025"It's not a representation of me": Accent Bias and Digital Exclusion in Synthetic AI Voice ServicesAvijit Ghosh — ML, ethics, and policy

Jan 24, 2025How Microsoft Blends Safety and Security in AI Red TeamingMicrosoft AI Safety Red Team

Jan 17, 2025Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human BehaviorOn AI-driven simulations of human behavior

Dec 13, 2024Philosophical Considerations in AI AlignmentThe Alignment Meetup, Seattle

Dec 8, 2024Algorithmic Auditing, LM Evaluation & Measuring AI Social ImpactsXD emerging-technology group, US Census Bureau — roundtable

Nov 15, 2024Long-term Societal Impacts of AI and the Role of Higher EducationUW-IT Lead AI Architect

Nov 8, 2024AI Ageism: Studying Age Discrimination in the Era of AlgorithmsJustyna Stypińska — AGEAI project

Nov 1, 2024Auditing Automated Speech Recognition Systems for DisparitiesAllison Koenecke — Cornell University

Oct 25, 2024Illuminating Dark Data: Privacy-Preserving AI in Distributed Data SilosOn synthetic data and secure multiparty computation

Oct 18, 2024Towards Bidirectional Human-AI Alignment via InteractionHua Shen — human-centered AI explanation and evaluation

Oct 11, 2024Sealed Knowledges: Integrating Direct Answers into Online SearchOn LLM answers and access to plural knowledge

Oct 4, 2024Operationalizing Responsible Machine Learning: From Equality Towards EquityOn ML fairness and algorithmic bias

May 31, 2024Open Source Software: Linux Kernel Communities and Lessons for AI DevelopmentDo Yoon Kim — Boston College

May 17, 2024The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial PerformanceRem Koning — Harvard Business School

May 10, 2024Time and Value of DataEhsan Valavi — MIT Sloan

May 3, 2024Human Capital Acquisition in Response to Data BreachesXiupeng Wang — economics of cybersecurity hiring

Apr 26, 2024EU Scientific Advisory Mechanism on AI — Policy TalkAndrea Emilio Rizzoli — IDSIA USI-SUPSI

Apr 19, 2024Machine Learning and Data Science Methods to Improve Social EquityEmma Pierson — Cornell Tech

Apr 12, 2024Context and Participation in Machine LearningOn participatory approaches to ML and foundation models

Feb 23, 2024Evaluating Models and their ExplanationsIndian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Feb 9, 2024LLM Training Data Transparency: Impacts, Opportunities and the Path ForwardTransparency Coalition.ai

Jan 19, 2024AI in Education: Perceptions, Ethics, and Trust in the ChatGPT Erafoundry10 — studies with K-12 educators and students

Oct 27, 2023Deconstructing Risk in Predictive Risk ModelsOn what "risk" means in government PRMs

Apr 21, 2023Privacy and the Impact of AI on Data Protection: A Practitioner's ViewPrivacy engineering in industry, GDPR to AI regulation

Mar 3, 2023Some Very Human Challenges in Responsible AIFairness and interpretability in industry practice

Feb 24, 2023Bias by Design: How Everyday Digital Technology Can Fail Its Diverse UsersOn systematic disadvantage in technology design

Jan 27, 2023Equity and Discrimination in Information AccessFairness and anti-discrimination in information access systems

Jan 20, 2023Determining Systematic Differences in Human Graders for ML-Based Automated HiringOn human grading and automated hiring