Verity Harding
{{Short description|English artificial intelligence ethicist}}
{{Cite web |title=The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Time |language=en}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Orphan|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Verity Harding
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984|10}}
| education = Pembroke College, Oxford
Harvard University
| organization = Google
DeepMind
University of Cambridge
Princeton University Press
| website = https://verityharding.com/
}}
Verity Harding is an expert in AI and technology policy, named [https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/ Time100's] most influential people in AI 2023.{{Cite web |title=The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Time |language=en}} She is a [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244877/ai-needs-you?srsltid=AfmBOoqzvAlrEsoASDGByVoWT8plfHn4OAP9oInP7JsC5UWduuSZCuo- published author] of [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244877/ai-needs-you?srsltid=AfmBOorjXj-KCLZ0p3l1s45fU2_94J8ZtOySIsXsLYYn64vszb8r__Nu AI Needs You], Princeton University Press{{Cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=AI Needs You {{!}} Princeton University Press |url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244877/ai-needs-you |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=press.princeton.edu |language=en}} and Director of the [https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/research-projects/aixgeo/ AI and Geopolitics Project (AIxGEO)]{{Cite web |title=AI & Geopolitics Project (AIxGEO) |url=https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/research-projects/aixgeo/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Bennett Institute for Public Policy |language=en-GB}} at the [https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/ Bennett Institute of Public Policy], University of Cambridge. Harding is also [https://formationadvisory.co.uk/ Founder of Formation Advisory Ltd], a bespoke AI consultancy.{{Cite web |title=Formation Advisory |url=https://formationadvisory.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Formation Advisory |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Verity Harding |url=https://verityharding.com/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Verity Harding |language=en}}
Her previous roles include the first Global Head of Policy at DeepMind, Head of Security Policy at Google and Special Adviser to former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,{{Cite web |title=Digital Advisory Board |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/digital-advisory-board |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} Nick Clegg.
Education and early career
Harding studied history at Pembroke College, Oxford.{{Cite web|url=http://techinvest.london/verity-harding/|title=TECHINVEST {{!}} Verity Harding|language=en|access-date=2018-12-25}} In 2007, she was a Michael von Clemm Fellow at Harvard University.{{Cite web |title=The Pembrokian, Issue 31, Jun 2007 |url=https://issuu.com/pembrokecollegeoxford/docs/l-1-2-2007-1 |access-date=2018-12-25 |website=Issuu |language=en}}
In 2022, she became an affiliated researcher at the [https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/ Bennett Institute for Public Policy], University of Cambridge as [https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/person/verity-harding/ Director of the AI and Geopolitics Project (AIxGEO)].{{Cite web|url=https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/person/verity-harding/|title=Verity Harding|language=en|access-date=2022-04-29}}
Career
Harding served as Special Adviser to former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nick Clegg until 2013, {{Cite web|url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1186795/clegg-adviser-verity-harding-joins-google-policy-role|title=Clegg adviser Verity Harding joins Google in policy role|last=Owens|first=John|website=prweek.com|access-date=2018-12-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/pembrokecollegeoxford/docs/l-1-2-2013-2|title=The Pembrokian, Issue 38, Jul 2013|website=Issuu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62436/DPM_Special_Adviser_hospitality_0.csv/preview|title=January to March 2012 release of Special Advisers working for Deputy Prime Minister's Office hospitality in CSV format - GOV.UK|website=gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-12-25}} where she was responsible for home affairs and justice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.women-in-technology.com/speakers-2018|title=Women of Silicon Roundabout 2018{{!}} Speakers|last=Events|first=Maddox|website=women-in-technology.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-25}} She was part of the fight for same-sex marriage movement in the UK.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEZ3CwAAQBAJ&q=%22verity+harding%22&pg=PT80|title=Equal Ever After: The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage - and How I Made It Happen|last=Featherstone|first=Lynne|date=2016-01-26|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=9781785900143|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.libdemvoice.org/the-liberal-democrat-equal-marriage-roll-of-honour-35351.html|title=The Liberal Democrat Equal Marriage Act Roll of Honour|website=Liberal Democrat Voice|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-25}}
In 2013, Harding was appointed Head of Security Policy at Google. In 2016, she became the first Global Head of Policy for DeepMind, establishing the company's first Ethics & Society Unit the following year.{{Cite news |last=Temperton |first=James |title=DeepMind's new AI ethics unit is the company's next big move |url=https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ethics-and-society-artificial-intelligence/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} In 2018, Harding was appointed Co-Chair of the Partnership on AI Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI working group alongside Ed Felton, Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer for The White House. She also served on the OECD Artificial Intelligence expert group.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/going-digital/ai/oecd-aigo-membership-list.pdf?1545091200023|last=|first=|title=Digital - OECD|date=|website=oecd.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-25}}
In 2022, Harding founded [https://formationadvisory.co.uk/# Formation Advisory Ltd], a bespoke AI consultancy. In 2024, Harding published [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244877/ai-needs-you?srsltid=AfmBOoqzvAlrEsoASDGByVoWT8plfHn4OAP9oInP7JsC5UWduuSZCuo- AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own],{{Cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=AI Needs You {{!}} Princeton University Press |url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691244877/ai-needs-you |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=press.princeton.edu |language=en}} Princeton University Press, which shares her perspective as a leading insider in technology and politics on AI and its possible futures. Her book was chosen by Lila Ibrahim for McKinsey's 2024 annual book recommendations.{{Cite web |title=What to read next: McKinsey’s 2024 annual book recommendations {{!}} McKinsey |url=https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/annual-book-recommendations |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.mckinsey.com}}
From 2018-2023, Harding served on the Board of Friends of the Royal Academy of Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/01291535/officers?page=1|title=FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY(THE) - Officers (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}} She is a member of the UK's Government's [https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/digital-advisory-board Cabinet Office Digital Advisory Board],{{Cite web |title=Digital Advisory Board |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/digital-advisory-board |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} which provides independent advise to the Government
Recognition
In 2023, Harding was recognised as one of TIME magazine's [https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6310620/verity-harding/ 100 most influential people in AI 2023].{{Cite web |date=2023-09-07 |title=TIME100 AI 2023: Verity Harding |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6310620/verity-harding/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Time |language=en}} In 2018, she was named by City A.M. as one of the Power 100 Women. In 2015 she was described by Management Today as being one of the Top Women in UK business.{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Elizabeth |date=2015-07-05 |title=Are these the top 35 business women in Britain today? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/enterprise/11717358/Are-these-the-top-35-business-women-in-Britain-today.html |access-date=2018-12-25 |journal=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
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