Rachel Adams, PhD

Rachel Adams, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the Global Centre on AI Governance.


Rachel is a Research Associate of the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, and of The Ethics Lab at the University of Cape Town. She holds degrees in English Literature, International Human Rights Law and Philosophy. She serves on numerous international expert committees including for UNESCO, the UN, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Partnership on AI.
She advises policy-makers around the world on AI governance, and was one of the lead drafters of the African Union Commission's Continental AI Strategy. In November 2024, Rachel's third book The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality will be published with Polity Press.


Rachel Adams, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the Global Centre on AI Governance.


Rachel is a Research Associate of the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, and of The Ethics Lab at the University of Cape Town. She holds degrees in English Literature, International Human Rights Law and Philosophy. She serves on numerous international expert committees including for UNESCO, the UN, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Partnership on AI.
She advises policy-makers around the world on AI governance, and was one of the lead drafters of the African Union Commission's Continental AI Strategy. In November 2024, Rachel's third book The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality will be published with Polity Press.


Rachel Adams, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the Global Centre on AI Governance.


Rachel is a Research Associate of the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, and of The Ethics Lab at the University of Cape Town. She holds degrees in English Literature, International Human Rights Law and Philosophy. She serves on numerous international expert committees including for UNESCO, the UN, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Partnership on AI.
She advises policy-makers around the world on AI governance, and was one of the lead drafters of the African Union Commission's Continental AI Strategy. In November 2024, Rachel's third book The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality will be published with Polity Press.


Rachel Adams, PhD is the Founder and CEO of the Global Centre on AI Governance.


Rachel is a Research Associate of the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, and of The Ethics Lab at the University of Cape Town. She holds degrees in English Literature, International Human Rights Law and Philosophy. She serves on numerous international expert committees including for UNESCO, the UN, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Partnership on AI.
She advises policy-makers around the world on AI governance, and was one of the lead drafters of the African Union Commission's Continental AI Strategy. In November 2024, Rachel's third book The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality will be published with Polity Press.


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Yoruba

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We're advancing local insights to create global impact on equitable AI governance through knowledge production and exchange.

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We're advancing local insights to create global impact on equitable AI governance through knowledge production and exchange.

© Global Center on AI Governance copyright 2024