Integrating AI into University Services: A values-driven approach (AI-001)

Welcome to the inaugural Berkeley AI Meetup, which is also the first meeting of the internal UC Berkeley AI Community of Practice. Our featured speaker for this meeting will be Brandie Nonnecke, PhD. Brandie is the Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, headquartered at UC Berkeley. She is an Associate Research Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP).

Brandie's talk will be open to the public, and aims to orient members of the new Berkeley AI Community of Practice on how the University of California is thinking about AI. Specifically, she will talk about how Berkeley is beginning to operationalize some of our guiding principles to enable the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence (in all its forms). For Berkeley staff, we will also talk about how you can get involved!

After a brief orientation on AI definitions, today's talk delves into the challenges and opportunities universities face in integrating AI responsibly within their services. As bastions of knowledge and innovation, universities must lead by example. We'll uncover the importance of aligning institutional values with AI-driven behaviors, ensuring that every AI implementation—from administrative tools to student resources—reflects a commitment to ethics, equity, and inclusivity. Join us as we map out a vision for a harmonized future where university services are both technologically advanced and value-aligned.

Everyone is welcome - this is a really inclusive group! Even when the talks seem very technical you don't have to be an expert, or already know about AI; we get together so people can learn from each other.

AGENDA
1:00PM Welcome & introduction to the AI Community of Practice (Bill Allison & Kara Ganter)
1:10PM Talk: Integrating AI into University Services: A values-driven approach (Dr. Brandie Nonnecke)
2:00PM "Doors" close

About Brandie Nonnecke, PhD:
Brandie Nonnecke, PhD is Founding Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, headquartered at UC Berkeley. She is an Associate Research Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) where she directs the Tech Policy Initiative, a collaboration between CITRIS and GSPP to strengthen tech policy education, research, and impact. Brandie is the Director of Our Better Web, a program that supports empirical research, policy analysis, training, and engagement to address the sharp rise of online harms. She is a co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at Berkeley Law where she leads the Project on Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society. She also co-directs the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub, an interdisciplinary initiative training researchers to develop effective AI governance and policy frameworks.
Brandie is the host of TecHype, a groundbreaking video and audio series that debunks misunderstandings around emerging technologies and explores effective technical and policy strategies to harness emerging technologies for good.

Brandie served as a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also completed fellowships at the Schmidt Futures International Strategy Forum, Aspen Institute’s Tech Policy Hub, and the World Economic Forum.

Her research has been published in Science, Wired, Telecommunications Policy, the Journal of Information Technology and Politics, among other outlets. Her work has been cited by the FTC, NIST, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as well as in the Washington Post, BBC, NPR, among other venues. Brandie was named one of the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics in 2021.