Kate Crawford

Kate Crawford is an AI researcher, author, and artist known for critical examinations of artificial intelligence's social and political dimensions. She is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research and a visiting professor at USC Annenberg, where she co-founded the AI Now Institute at NYU. Crawford's work combines academic research with artistic practice, most notably the "Anatomy of an AI System" project (co-created with Vladan Joler), which maps the material, labor, and data flows underlying Amazon's Echo device. Her book "Atlas of AI" (2021) traces the infrastructure, labor, and environmental costs embedded in AI systems globally. Crawford's research emphasizes how AI systems encode and amplify existing inequalities, and she has become a leading voice in critical AI studies, advocating for algorithmic accountability and the centering of marginalized perspectives in AI development.

Kate Crawford is an Australian AI researcher and artist who has become a leading critical voice in technology studies. She co-founded the AI Now Institute at NYU and currently works at Microsoft Research and USC Annenberg. Her interdisciplinary approach—combining academic research with artistic projects like "Anatomy of an AI System"—has shaped contemporary discourse on AI's social, political, and environmental impacts.