Recognized experts in technology,
cybersecurity, sociology, and bias will advance the company's
commitment to helping consumers make informed decisions about the
quality of online information
VIENNA,
Va., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seekr,
an internet technology company, announced today the formation of
its Advisory Board, a group of respected and recognized
industry leaders, academics, and subject matter experts who will
provide guidance on innovation, content, and marketing. The
formation of the Advisory Board comes on the heels of the recent
launch of Seekr Search, an alternative to existing search engines,
offering objective results combined with advanced information
analysis to assist users in judging the quality of content.
The Advisory Board consists of experts who have made outstanding
achievements in technology development, artificial intelligence,
racial bias research, and counterfactual thinking. They will help
guide the company as it establishes Seekr Search as a reliable and
transparent search engine empowering people by illuminating
harmful, misleading, and inauthentic behavior online.
Initial members are:
- Mutale Nkonde – CEO, AI for
the People: A noted AI policy analyst and researcher,
Nkonde writes widely and speaks at conferences worldwide about race
and technology. She is currently an affiliate at the Digital Civil
Society Lab at Stanford and was a
former fellow at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society
at Harvard. She was part of the team
that introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act into the House
of Representatives, and has testified to the House Energy and
Commerce Committee to support the Act. She is also the founder of
the Dorothy Vaughn tech symposium, a briefing series that takes
place on Capitol Hill.
- Dr. John V. Petrocelli -
Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest
University: Petrocelli is an experimental social
psychologist who researches, writes, and speaks about the science
of communication and decision making. His research and contribution
areas focus on counterfactual thinking, metacognition, attitude
strength, and persuasion. He is the author of The Life-Changing
Science of Detecting Bullshit, and has written more than 50
papers in his field's most prestigious journals, including the
Journal of Personal and Social Psychology.
- Evan Selinger – Professor of
Philosophy at Rochester Institute of
Technology and an Affiliate Scholar at Northeastern University's Center for Law,
Innovation, and Creativity: Selinger is currently a member of
the Institute for Defense Analysis' Legal, Moral, and Ethical (LME)
working group, tasked with improving military policy. The group
contributes to a DARPA-funded project that uses artificial
intelligence to responsibly enhance the autonomy of non-lethal
technological systems. He advises legal and advocacy organizations,
including the ACLU and Stop Surveillance Technology Oversight
Project. An author of numerous books, his most recent is
Re-Engineering Humanity.
- Darren Shou - Head of Technology for
NortonLifeLock: Prior to NortonLifeLock, Shou spent 15 years at
Symantec, where he held leadership positions in strategy, research,
and development, resulting in numerous innovations across all
business areas that collectively impacted hundreds of millions of
customers. Previously, he worked at Microsoft.
"We are pleased to have this preeminent set of individuals join
Seekr's Advisory Board," said Pat
Condo, Founder and CEO of Seekr. "Seekr is advancing the
state of search by harnessing AI for the benefit of the people. We
believe that search should be self-directed without predetermined
results and that transparency and choice is what all of us are
striving for."
Access www.seekr.com.
For press materials, visit www.seekr.com/press-center
About Seekr Technologies Inc.
Seekr is a privately held internet technology company that
prioritizes transparency and empowers user choice and control by
streamlining access to reliable information. Current services
include an independent search engine powered by AI technology,
which evaluates information and presents a Seekr Score and
Political Lean Indicator. Seekr is committed to giving everyone
access to technology that makes it easy to find trustworthy content
in context.
Media Contact:
Erika Cruz
Head of Communications
ecruz@seekr.com
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