AI and Human Rights in Extractives

July 20, 2023

Ife Ogunleye

Manager, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量
Ife Ogunleye

Manager, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量

San Francisco

Ife works with 黑料正能量 member companies on human rights and technology issues.

She brings several years of experience on a variety of anti-corruption, privacy, tech, and artificial intelligence (AI) policy issues. Prior to joining 黑料正能量, Ife worked with companies and government agencies to identify possible impacts or harms that may arise from the development or deployment of AI products as well as appropriate mitigation strategies, and she supported the development of AI regulatory and strategic frameworks in various jurisdictions. She has also worked as an attorney, providing legal advice to multinational companies in the extractive, energy, telecommunications, and financial technology industries on mergers, acquisitions, and financings as well as conducting anti-corruption, money laundering, and fraud investigations. Ife began her career as a policy analyst working on privacy and consumer protection issues in the UK and Europe.

Ife holds a Master of Development Practice from the University of California, Berkeley and a law degree from the University of Manchester, England.

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Hannah Darnton

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Hannah Darnton

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Hannah works with multinational companies to align business and human rights strategies and facilitate incorporation of sustainable practices into business operations across sectors.

She focuses on the intersection of human rights and new, disruptive technology and leads the Tech Against Trafficking collaborative initiative.

Prior to joining 黑料正能量, Hannah worked with the Skoll Foundation, where she co-led the portfolio and investments team’s efforts to identify social entrepreneurs with the potential to drive large-scale social change. Her work led to over US$20 million in grants and investments between 2015 and 2018. Before Skoll, Hannah spent six years working in anti-human trafficking in West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Bay Area. She is fluent in French.

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Lale Teki?alp

Associate Director, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量
Lale Teki?alp

Associate Director, Technology Sectors, 黑料正能量

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Lale works with 黑料正能量 member companies across industries to incorporate human rights into business operations and strategy. She focuses on the intersection of human rights and technology, and she leads the collaborative initiative.

Prior to 黑料正能量, Lale worked with the Partnership on AI to help build its AI for Social Good strategy. Previously, she held several different marketing roles at Microsoft, where she played a key role in establishing the company's cloud business across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving change within the extractives sector, transforming companies’ value chains, from geologic risk analysis to workplace management, and potentially leading to major human rights impacts. This report identifies human rights issues associated with increased use of AI technology in the extractives sector and provides recommendations to companies on addressing these impacts.

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