Genevieve Smith

Genevieve Smith completed her doctoral degree at the University of Oxford in September 2025, where she studied gender impacts of artificial intelligence in low- and middle-income countries. Smith founded the Responsible AI Initiative at the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab and teaches at UC Berkeley on responsible AI. She is a research affiliate at the Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy at Cambridge University and at the Technology & Management Centre for Development at University of Oxford. Smith was recently the Responsible AI Fellow at the United States Agency for International Development. Prior to her doctoral work, Smith spent over a decade researching and working on topics of economic empowerment and inclusive technology with UN Women, the UN Foundation, and the International Center for Research on Women. She is driven by a commitment to critically examine impacts of AI on society, particularly related to gender, and explore alternative, equitable tech futures. 

Smith is an avid adventurer and can be found skiing, kiteboarding, mountain biking, backpacking or otherwise exploring in her free time.