Amba Kak

Amba Kak
EducationWest Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Oxford University
Organizations

Ada Lovelace Institute Signal Foundation

Known fortechnology policy, AI, net neutrality

Amba Kak is a US-based technology policy expert with over a decade of experience across roles in government, industry, academia, and civil society – and in multiple jurisdictions, including the US, India,and the EU. She is the current Co-Executive Director of AI Now Institute,[1] a US-based research institute where she leads an agenda oriented at actionable policy recommendations to tackle concerns with AI and concentrated power in the tech industry.

Over her career, she has advised multiple organizations including in her roles as global policy advisor to Mozilla, net-neutrality advisor  to  the Indian national telecom regulator TRAI during her time as legal consultant at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

In 2021, she served as senior advisor on AI to the Federal Trade Commission,[2] advising the US federal regulator on emerging technology issues.

She is on the Board of the Signal Foundation[3] and working group member at the Ada Lovelace Institute and on the Steering Committee of the Knight Georgetown Institute

  1. ^ "FTC Chair Lina M. Khan Announces New Appointments in Agency Leadership Positions". Federal Trade Commission. November 19, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "FTC Chair Lina M. Khan Announces New Appointments in Agency Leadership Positions". Federal Trade Commission. November 19, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "Signal Foundation". Signal Foundation. Retrieved August 27, 2024.