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Encode AI: Youth Voices in Data Governance

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Webinar
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School of Information Sciences
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Date
Sep 25, 2025   1:00 - 2:00 pm  
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Anita Say Chan
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achan@illinois.edu
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Kashyap Rajesh, Vice President of Public Education for Encode AI, will present "Student Voices in Governing AI in the Age of Work and Surveillance" in the iSchool Professor Anita Chan's course, Community Partnerships for Information Professionals (IS 390). 

Encode AI is a student-led non-profit that helped develop and pass America’s first policy governing the use of AI in nuclear weapons systems, co-sponsored SB 1047, California’s landmark AI safety legislation, and has been building a broad coalition of experts and tech leaders to support safety requirements for advanced AI systems.

Kashyap Rajesh is a sophomore at Cornell University studying information science and government with a minor in Al. He is interested in how Al shapes human connection and companionship. Rajesh has been a core part of Encode Al, where he pioneered the chapter program and helped expand its public education initiatives.

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