Toju Duke is the Founder & CEO of Bedrock AI, Founder of Diverse AI, and Programme Manager for Responsible AI at Google, where she leads diversity and inclusion initiatives across product and research teams. She is also the author of Building Responsible AI Algorithms. Diverse AI is an organization championing underrepresented groups in AI to eliminate bias in data sets for more representative AI technology. A thought leader in responsible AI, Toju is highly sought after for speaking engagements, delivering thought-provoking presentations on the science behind establishing responsible AI frameworks.
With profound expertise, she holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Bircham International University, gaining an in-depth understanding of AI's technical mechanisms. Toju earned her BSc in Sociology from Bayero University, Kano, in 2004 and completed an MA in International Design, Marketing, and Communication at The University of Huddersfield in 2010. Early in her career, she held roles such as Business Development/Marketing Assistant at Kajans Women’s Enterprise, Marketing Assistant at Bargainz Central, TechEnergy Corp, and TBG Learning before joining Google in 2013.
At Google, Toju began as a Dynamic Ads Specialist and later took on roles including Shopping Specialist, Hotel Ads Specialist, Product Lead, and her current position as Programme Manager for Responsible AI. Additionally, she is a Programme Manager for Responsible AI at Google. Her efforts extend beyond Google, with a focus on using AI for social good. She is the founder of Bedrock AI, and an Ambassador for Women’s AI, as well as an Ethical AI Network Member of The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning.
Toju regularly speaks at prestigious conferences, including The London AI Summit and Surrey Summit in 2023. Her work highlights the dangers of releasing AI models with biased data sets, and in her talks, she unveils a robust framework for building transparent, responsible, and bias-free AI.
In September 2023 we sat down virtually with Toju Duke and discussed the importance of Ethical AI in Business. Watch our Exclusive Interview with Toju Duke.
Books
Building Responsible AI Algorithms: A Framework for Transparency, Fairness, Safety, Privacy, and Robustness
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Toju Duke's speaking topics include:
Building Responsibly in an AI Driven World
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to many state-of-the-art, groundbreaking discoveries across the world and has contributed greatly towards the good of society. For example, we’ve seen breakthroughs in Medicine, that has led to drug development, drug discovery and more accurate medical diagnosis. There’s also been an increase in AI adoption across businesses and users in the past few years, with the likes of ChatGPT now having a user base of 100+ million users within two months. ChatGPT is now considered the fastest growing app of all time. We live in a world with AI at our fingertips, and along it’s fascinating uses and outcomes comes challenges that are threatening to the safety, privacy, security and equal treatment of people in society. In this session, we’ll look at some of challenges facing AI today, and potential solutions to tackle these problems.
The New Era: Embracing AI Technologies in Marketing
- In a world where we're going through the fourth industrial revolution, this time with Artificial Intelligence in the language domain, it's important for marketers to be aware of the benefits of using AI and to leverage the technology for further productivity and efficiency.
Thinking Responsibly: The Science Behind Responsible AI Frameworks
- In today's world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a predominant technology in almost every device, software and platform, it's important we understand the benefits of AI, its latest breakthroughs and potential problem solving techniques as well as the prevalent dangers and harms it poses to society. While its the world's leading technology with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.1% for the next 8 years, it's notoriously known for bias, harms, discrimination, privacy and human rights violations amongst others. In this session, we'd look at the amazing potential AI brings to society as well as its harms, and how to carry out Responsible AI practices on ML models.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
Feedback from In-Person Events:
"It was great to meet Toju and have her deliver a keynote at our meeting. It was a nice end to the first day of the meeting. We got positive feedback after her session and there were a lot of (even challenging) questions from the audience that she tackled well. I understood there was a lot of interest for follow-up discussions during the networking reception as well as before she had to leave. A member had also expressed interest in her speaking in the future at an event they are involved in. Overall, we can say she was a valuable addition to the agenda..." - Mobey Forum
"Toju Duke delivered a high-quality and engaging presentation on the latest trends in inclusive AI. Toju was well-prepared and knowledgeable, and our audience appreciated her industry insights." - Lola & Lenia, Chairs, Women at SEGA
"Everything went really well, thanks. Toju was great! The feedback on the day was super positive". - Siobhan, English UK
- 2024 - Founder & CEO, Bedrock AI
- 2023 - Founder, Diverse AI
- 2022 - Ambassador, Women in AI
- 2020 - Programme Manager of Responsible AI, Google
- 2020 - Ethical AI Network Member, The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning
- 2017 - Product Lead, EMEA - Travel, Google
- 2015 - Hotel Ads Specialist, EMEA, Google
- 2014 - Shopping Specialist, Google
- 2013 - Dynamic Ads Specialist, Google
- 2012 - Marketing Assistant, TBG Learning
- 2011 - Marketing Assistant, Bargainz Central
- 2010 - Business Development / Marketing Assistant, Kajans Women's Enterprise
