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Elham Tabassi

Elham Tabassi is NIST chief AI advisor and the associate director for emerging technologies in NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory. She also leads NIST’s Trustworthy and Responsible AI program that cultivates the development and deployment of safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems. She was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence in September 2023. Tabassi has been working on various machine learning and computer vision research projects with applications in biometrics evaluation and standards since she joined NIST in 1999.

In front of a laptop computer, a hand holds a cell phone that has a conversation with generative AI on the phone screen.

Minimizing Harms and Maximizing the Potential of Generative AI

November 20, 2023

As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become more commonly used, we must think carefully about the impact on people and society.

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