World Jewish Congress Convenes Global Experts to Red Team Leading AI Systems for Antisemitism and Online Hate
NEW YORK — The World Jewish Congress (WJC), through its Technology and Human Rights Institute (TecHRI), convened more than 45 experts in antisemitism, online hate, technology, and digital rights for a two-day gathering aimed at stress-testing leading artificial intelligence systems, evaluating whether they generate hateful or harmful outputs, and whether they can be easily manipulated into doing so. The initiative brought together specialists from academia, civil society, and the technology sector to explore how AI systems might manifest bias, how the systems react to attempts to circumvent their guardrails, and what processes can be used to curtail the antisemitic hate speech and misinformation that is prevalent online.
The gathering opened with an evening reception featuring a conversation between CNN political commentator Van Jones and former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, who discussed the promise and challenges posed by rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technologies and the importance of ensuring they reflect democratic values and human rights principles.
“AI systems are rapidly becoming arbiters of information for billions of people, but they are only as effective as our ability to teach them to recognize the complexities of hate,” said Yfat Barak-Cheney, Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress Technology and Human Rights Institute (TecHRI). “As more social media companies also turn to content moderation using Generative AI, this has broader effects if not done right.” She added. “It wasn't about proving AI is biased. It was about finding where the bias shows up, so we can do something about it."