Genevieve Fried

Genevieve seeks to understand the affordances and limitations of technology, as well as the social, political, and economic conditions needed to make technological development effective and constructive. She holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Political Science from McGill University, where she focused on machine learning. She worked in the Reasoning and Learning Lab—and artificial intelligence research group—at McGill as an undergrad, and managed that lab upon graduation. She also worked at Microsoft over consecutive summers as a software developer and program manager

Upon graduation, she worked briefly at Oxford University as a policy researcher before transitioning to AI Now Institute at New York University. At AI Now, she is involved in research around the impact of algorithmic technology on domains like housing, education, and criminal justice and works closely with the law and policy team. Her particular research interests are in the geopolitical implications of artificial intelligence.

Genevieve is serving with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and supporting on issues of algorithmic accountability and justice.