person
Laura Weidman Powers
Co-founder of Code2040; diversity in AI
Co-founder of Code2040, a non-profit focused on Black and Latinx representation in technology. Argues AI will reproduce existing inequities unless the AI workforce diversifies.
current Co-founder, Code2040
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesArgues AI-workforce diversity is structurally upstream of algorithmic fairness.
The AI we get is the AI the builders can imagine. That's a diversity problem, not an algorithmic one.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.