About Us
Our Mission
The AI Procurement Lab (AIPL) builds organizational capacity for procuring AI through research, education, and readiness. We develop best practices, guidance, and tools that foster responsible procurement awareness and knowledge related to high-risk artificial intelligence and automated decision systems (AI/ADS).
Procuring high-risk AI/ADS is not the same as buying traditional IT solutions. While high-risk systems offer many new opportunities and efficiencies, they also pose new risks and liabilities. To practice responsible procurement, deploying new approaches to address this evolving risk landscape is not optional. Through deep research, collaboration, and upskilling, we aim to ensure that procurement procedures and practices appropriately 1) identify, 2) evaluate, 3) mitigate, and 4) monitor AI/ADS opportunities AND risks.
Ultimately, we want organizations to leverage the benefits of AI while protecting society from its potential harms. This is why our approach focuses on human-centered design principles and best-in-class responsible AI standards, policies, guidance, and tools. When individuals and organizations gain the necessary awareness and skills to adapt to the unique requirements involved in procuring AI solutions, we all win.
Leadership
Co-Founder
Dr. Cari Miller
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the AI Procurement Lab, Cari is a globally recognized AI risk expert, AI governance researcher, and workplace readiness consultant. She advises organizations on AI risk management, governance policy and operationalization considerations, and responsible AI procurement. She is a certified change manager, certified AI auditor, and follows an inclusive organizational design philosophy.
Co-Founder
Gisele Waters, Ph.D.
Co-Founder of the AI Procurement Lab, Gisele is globally recognized as an AI governance and procurement standards builder, human-centered service designer, researcher, and culturally responsive evaluator. Gisele has built multidisciplinary guidance and tools over 25 years in education, healthcare, and information technology all threaded together by her passion for mitigating risk to vulnerable populations and communities.
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