By Danny Flannery Since 2022, Dr. Gloria Washington has been spearheading an approach to the artificial intelligence boom that places people at the center. As director of Howard’s Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute (HCAI), funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), she and her team of researchers are ensuring AI is useful for the actual people it serves. This includes other HBCUs, industry, and government. You may already be familiar with Washington’s work in AI; this summer, Howard announced the completion of the Google-sponsored Project Elevate Black Voices. Led by Washington, the project provides a database of more than 600 hours of recorded African
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