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Richard Benjamins
CEO & Co-founder, Observatory for Social and Ethical Impact of AI
Professional background
Dr. Richard Benjamins is CEO of the Spanish observatory for Ethical and Social Impact of AI (OdiseIA). Until March 2024, he was Chief Responsible AI Officer at Telefonica and founder where he played a pivotal role in shaping Telefónica's approach to the ethical use of artificial intelligence. He is trustee of the environmental non-profit CDP Europe, former co-chair of UNESCO's AI Ethics business council. His is also member of the Vatican’s AI Ethics advisory board, of WEF’s expert group on Resilient AI Governance and Regulation, and of MIT-Sloan's panel on Responsible AI. He was a member of the B2G data-sharing Expert Group of the EC. He has published over 150 scientific articles, and is author of the books “The myth of the algorithm” (Spanish) and “A Data-Driven Company” (English, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese), and "The algorithm and I" (Spanish).
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