"The only way for AI to be for the People is through taking a responsible approach to the development of artificial intelligence.
~ Mutale Nkonde
Mutale Nkonde (she/her/hers) is a researcher, policy advisor , and media commentator advocating for policies and practices that reduce the expression of algorithmic bias in the design, deployment and governance in AI systems used in public life.
Her work began when she became the lead advocate for the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which was first introduced to the US House of Representative in 2019, while she was a fellow at Data and Society.
She consolidated this work after founding AI for the People a global non profit that provides advisory services to major decision makers interested in responsible approaches to AI development. And through AI for the People has provided consultation services to the Biden Harris White House, the UN Business and Technology Project, Tik Tok's Content Moderation Advisory Board and is soon to speak at the House of Commons in the UK. In 2025 AI for the People became shareholder activists, using their proxy votes to encourage the world's largest AI developers to adopt responsible approaches to AI. One of our earliest victories was voting to maintain DEI policies at Apple.
Nkonde has a BSc. (Hons) in Sociology from Leeds Metropolitan University, a Masters Degree in American Studies from Columbia University. And is currently a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. As well as formally holding fellowships at Notre Dame, and Stanford and is currently a visiting policy fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute.