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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Behind the Code: How Women Are Powering the Future of AI

Alexandra Wudel , Laura Moritz , Madalina Florean

Female-led AI startups receive just 1% of global venture funding. This severe disparity directly hardcodes predominantly male, Western-centric biases into the language models we rely on today.

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#1 about 4 min

Setting the context for female leadership in artificial intelligence

Addressing venture capital disparities helps establish foundational strategies for responsible technology development.

#2 about 2 min

Embedding responsible practices early in initial product development

Addressing regulatory requirements like the EU AI act from day one improves overall output accuracy.

#3 about 3 min

Balancing immediate business value with long-term technological capabilities

Deploying agentic technology incrementally allows companies to establish compounding advantages while remaining agile.

#4 about 4 min

Establishing specific fairness metrics to measure systematic trust

Appointing domain experts per ethical principle prevents corporate governance frameworks from becoming overly vague.

#5 about 4 min

Building organizational trust through transparency and realistic expectations

Acknowledging engineering limitations and monitoring training parameters helps combat black box phenomena.

#6 about 3 min

Cultivating interdisciplinary skills for developing modern technological solutions

Combining foundational software engineering capabilities with interdisciplinary logical thinking accelerates innovation cycles.

#7 about 4 min

Transforming corporate governance with external ethical review boards

Integrating external review panels helps organizational leaders navigate compliance requirements and cybersecurity risks.

#8 about 3 min

Adapting engineering leadership strategies to rapid technological change

Leaders must utilize specialized resources to curate knowledge and guide responsible internal adoption strategies.

#9 about 5 min

Overcoming startup funding disparities and preventing algorithmic biases

Funding diverse founding groups is critical to averting western-centric bias inside large language models.

#10 about 4 min

Empowering the next generation to drive inclusive automation

Embracing specialized niches and advocating for transparent systems enables marginalized populations to lead technological shifts.

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Introduction to responsible artificial intelligence and societal impact

Toju Duke · World Congress 2022

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Madalena Costa Madalena Costa · World Congress 2024

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Developing critical leadership skills for AI integration

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Assessing AI ethics adoption in the private sector

Björn Bringmann Björn Bringmann +3 · World Congress 2024

2:13 min

Mission and vision behind the Women in AI organization

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2:20 min

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