Miriam Vogel
Miriam Vogel | |
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| Chair of the National AI Advisory Committee | |
| In office April 2022 – April 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Associate Deputy Attorney General | |
| Deputy Attorney General | Sally Yates |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | |
Miriam Vogel is an American attorney and artificial intelligence scholar who currently serves as the President and CEO of EqualAI, a nonprofit focused on equity in artificial intelligence. She served as the inaugural chair of the National AI Advisory Committee from 2022 to 2025. She previously served in other governmental roles, including as Associate Deputy Attorney General during the Obama administration.
Biography
She attended the University of Michigan, which she is a third-generation graduate of, and then attended Georgetown University Law Center. She also worked as a federal clerk in Denver and as an employee at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute.[1]
She worked at the White House during both the Obama and Clinton administrations, heading the Presidential Equal Pay Task Force during the Clinton administration before ultimately becoming an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice.[2]
She serves as president and CEO of EqualAI,[3] a nonprofit which focuses on reducing unconscious bias in AI systems.[4] In this capacity, among other things, she has argued that the use of female voices for AI agents like Alexa is "teaching the next generation to double down on... stereotypes."[5]
She served as the inaugural chair of the National AI Advisory Committee under Joe Biden, a role she held from April 2022 to April 2025.[6][7]
She also co-hosts the podcast "In AI We Trust?" along with Kay Firth-Butterfield.[8] In 2024, she hosted a Hoover Institution event on AI featuring Gina Raimondo, Condoleezza Rice, and Fei-Fei Li.[9]
She co-authored the book Governing the Machine: How to navigate the risks of AI and unlock its true potential, which “provides business leaders with a practical and flexible framework for building comprehensive and robust AI governance”:[10][11] it was endorsed by Reid Hoffman.[12] She also sits on the board of the Center for Democracy and Technology, previously served on the board of the Responsible AI Institute, and teaches technology law and policy at Georgetown University.[13] She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[14] She was listed as a DC Tech Titan by Washingtonian in 2025.[15]
She has argued that courts will shape AI regulations more than Congress.[16] She has also emphasized AI literacy, pitching it as a way to ensure AI will work for more than just a select few,[17] and opposes what she has dubbed a "doomsday narrative" about AI.[18] She has proposed a database tracking AI failures.[19]
References
- ↑ "Creativity + Tech Summit | Kennedy Center". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Donaldson, David (2019-12-04). "Miriam Vogel delivered implicit bias training for Obama. Now she guides AI developers: 'Many more lives are impacted by the bias of that black box'". The Mandarin. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Kulp, Patrick. "This AI safety leader says it's a mistake to think of AI as unregulated". Tech Brew. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "Hearing on Artificial Intelligence | Video | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Giacobbe, Alyssa (2019-11-05). "The Gender Bias Behind Voice Assistants". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "U.S. Department of Commerce Appoints 27 Members to National AI Advisory Committee". U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ "National AI Advisory Committee". AI.gov. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "Miriam Vogel and Kay Firth-Butterfield on Their Podcast "In AI We Trust?" | Video | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "Commerce Secretary and Others on Artificial Intelligence and Innovation | Video | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Network, Washington AI (2025-11-26). "Miriam Vogel Discusses New Book 'Governing the Machine' and AI Trust and Governance". Washington AI Network. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "Governing the Machine". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
- ↑ Hipolito, Melvin. "New book urges stronger AI governance for business leaders". IT Brief UK. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (2024-05-26). "Women in AI: Miriam Vogel stresses the need for responsible AI". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "The Rules of AI: Governing Technology in a Geopolitical Age | Council on Foreign Relations". www.cfr.org. 2025-11-21. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Baker, Damare (2025-09-09). "Meet DC's 2025 Tech Titans - Washingtonian". Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ "AI: Reward and Risk". CNBC. 2025-12-04. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Morrone, Megan (2024-07-05). "Miriam Vogel: Don't let fear of AI limit its benefits to the few". Axios. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Vogel, Miriam (2025-11-25). "AI Fear Is Natural — What We Do Next Matters". Katie Couric Media. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
- ↑ Murdick, Dewey; Vogel, Miriam. "AI needs the equivalent of the 'black box' in aviation—and America should lead the way". Fortune. Retrieved 2026-07-18.