OKRA CEO helps shape EU governance of AI Business Weekly Technology News Business news
The CEO of a Cambridge-based Artificial Intelligence startup is helping to fashion pan-European governance and regulation of the rocketing technology segment. Dr Loubna Bouarfa of OKRA Technologies is one of 52 thought leaders on the advisory brains trust – the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI – and spent a week at a Brussels summit. Discussions were held in the European Parliament covering topics from programming bias, data security, error accountability and responsible workflows. As the founder and CEO of OKRA, a St John's Innovation Centre company, Dr Bouarfa represents AI practitioners and the healthcare space in particular. She said: "It is an honour to represent the innovative AI startup ecosystem, balancing an operational mindset with my ethical convictions.