{"id":73999,"date":"2024-01-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=73999"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:53:31","slug":"mozillas-biggest-ai-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mozillas-biggest-ai-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla&#8217;s Biggest AI Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just over a year ago Mozilla launched two big investments in AI \u2014 a $35 million investment in a responsible tech fund, Mozilla Ventures and a $30 million investment in a R+D Lab developing trustworthy AI, Mozilla.AI. Since those initial investments, Mozilla has accelerated our efforts to build and deploy AI that adheres to our mission of 25 years \u2014 putting people first, while being truly trustworthy and open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/ai\/ai-2023s-most-celebrated-influencer\/\">AI was the story of 2023<\/a>, the emphasis on AI is not going anywhere. Today\u2019s complex ethical tech landscape is shaped by the rise of AI and its profound impact on society, just as the browser battles shaped the tech landscape of the 90s. Mozilla is focused on using philanthropy, community and collective power, to help create a new status quo where public good instead of profit defines the next wave of AI. The many possibilities of AI, both wondrous and harmful, cannot be ignored, so instead Mozilla has been doing our best to shape the future of AI to be responsible, trustworthy, inclusive and centered around human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla is uniquely set up to do this because of our structure as both a nonprofit research hub and a mission-driven, for -profit product organization. Mozilla\u2019s distinct advantage in this moment is the ability to bring together advocacy and product, connecting cause to code and tackling issues in AI from every angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>This is work we won\u2019t stop doing.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore Mozilla\u2019s latest advancements in more detail below :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2022<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Mozilla launched $35M responsible tech fund<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Investment portfolio includes AI companies Fiddler, Lelapa and Themis<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/11\/02\/mozilla-launches-35m-venture-capital-fund-for-early-stage-responsible-startups\/\">launched a venture capital fund <\/a>for early-stage (seed or series A) startups whose products or technologies protect privacy, decentralize digital power and build more trustworthy AI \u2014 advancing privacy, inclusion, transparency, human dignity and other values in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/about\/manifesto\/\">Mozilla Manifesto<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">March 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Invested $30M in Mozilla.ai<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Launched R+D lab developing trustworthy and open-source AI models<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After speaking to thousands of founders, engineers. Scientists, artists, designers and activists who are taking a new approach to AI \u2014 one founded in human agency and transparency, but not feeling that new approach from the big tech and cloud companies with the most power, Mozilla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.ai\/\">announced Mozilla.ai<\/a>. It is a start-up and community dedicated to building a trustworthy and independent open-source AI ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">April 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Mozilla co-writes AI regulation policy brief guiding EU\u2019s AI Act<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Garnering 50+ individual expert and institutional signatories<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla, among a larger group of more than 50 notable artificial intelligence researchers, urged European politicians to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/04\/13\/eu-should-make-its-ai-regulations-more-sweeping-experts.html\">adopt broader AI regulation<\/a> and not exclude generative AI from the European Union\u2019s AI Act as co-authors of the brief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">May 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Acquired Fakespot<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Expanded AI efforts with product that utilizes AI to discern deceptive customer reviews<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For close to thirty years, commerce has been core to how people use the internet. The global ecommerce scale-up has brought convenience to people\u2019s lives, but also new challenges and bad actors. Enter: Fakespot. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/fakespot-joins-mozilla-firefox-shopping-announcement\/\">Mozilla acquired Fakespot<\/a> to continue to invest and enhance their sophisticated AI and machine learning (ML) systems to flag deceptive reviews and help people trust and enjoy their online shopping experience more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_02.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">May 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Hosted inaugural Responsible AI Challenge<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Challenged builders to design trustworthy AI solutions<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla brought together some of the brightest thinkers, technologists, ethicists and business leaders who believe in trustworthy AI for a day of talks, workshops and working sessions to help them get their ideas off the ground through <a href=\"https:\/\/future.mozilla.org\/builders-challenge\/\">Mozilla\u2019s Responsible AI Challenge<\/a>. The goal was to inspire, support and invest in a community of builders working on responsible AI products and solutions. Mozilla invested $50,000 into the top applicant and projects presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">June 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Open-Source Research &#038; Investigations AI Team Launched<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Focusing on platform integrity amid elections<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding gaps and aggressive actions by big platforms are hampering the important work of independent public interest research scrutinizing the technology industry\u2019s impact on society. In order to fill this gap, produce more independent investigations and help inform better public policy, Mozilla launched <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.mozilla.org\/en\/blog\/mozilla-launches-open-source-research-investigations-team-to-probe-platform-algorithms-ai-globally\/\">The Open Source Research and Investigations (OSRI) team<\/a>. OSRI\u2019s work is largely community-driven, leveraging crowdsourced data donations with their first project focused on TikTok.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">July 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Introduced AI Help (Beta) on MDN<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Creating rapid access to extensive database and coding best practices<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MDN launched <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/plus\/ai-help\">AI Help<\/a> as an assistant for web developers. The tool enhances search efficiency by distilling MDN articles into relevant answers. Users can ask questions, receive streamlined responses with sources, and directly test code in the MDN playground. AI Help boosts productivity, making navigation on MDN faster and more intuitive for developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_03.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">September 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">MozFest Debuted in Kenya<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Mobilizing East African AI community on critical issues<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.mozilla.org\/en\/blog\/mozfest-house-kenya-will-mobilize-african-communities-around-trustworthy-ai\/\">Mozilla Festival\u2019s House debuted in Kenya<\/a> embodying Africa Innovation Mradi work through confronting pressing realities at the intersection of emergency technology and the African continent, including digital extractivism and AI governance. MozFest House Kenya featured over 20 sessions aligned under the theme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozillafestival.org\/en\/highlights\/mozfest-house-kenya\/\">\u201cMobilizing African Communities for Trustworthy AI.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">September 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Mozilla AI Researchers featured in TIME 100 in AI<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Two researchers celebrated for their work<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla Trustworthy AI researchers, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time100-ai\/6311106\/inioluwa-deborah-raji\/\">Inioluwa Deborah Raji<\/a><strong> <\/strong>(Mozilla Fellow) and <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time100-ai\/6308999\/abeba-birhane-ai\/\">Abeba Birhane<\/a> (Senior Adviser in AI Accountability at the Mozilla Foundation) were named to the <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time100-ai\/\">TIME100 Most Influential People in AI<\/a>.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">October 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">AI Guide Launched<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Introduces online hub for builders to access resources on responsible AI development<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/introducing-mozillas-ai-guide-the-developers-onboarding-ramp-to-ai\/\">Mozilla announced<\/a> the availability of its <a href=\"https:\/\/ai-guide.future.mozilla.org\/?_gl=1*tzxadk*_ga*MTY3NjA0MDU5MC4xNjY4Njk5OTIz*_ga_X4N05QV93S*MTcwNDM4MjQxOS4yMTQuMS4xNzA0Mzg1MzY4LjAuMC4w\">AI Guide<\/a>, a collaborative and interactive web resource that serves as the starting point for developers diving into the world of AI, especially large language models (LLMs). Not only do developers get access to learning modules and curated tools, they can also contribute through Github, making this a community-powered learning tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">October 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Mozilla attended AI Safety Summit<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">AI Leaders convened in London for a summit focused on AI safety<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AI Leaders from around the world, including Mozilla convened near London for the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/ai-safety-summit-2023\">AI Safety Summit<\/a> organized by the UK government. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration\/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023\">joint declaration<\/a>, the countries attending the summit pledged to collaborate on AI safety just as Parliament announced the formation of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/ai-safety-institute-overview\/introducing-the-ai-safety-institute\">AI Safety Institute<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_04.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">October 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Called for more Openness in AI<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Released statement on AI safety garnering 1,800+ signatories<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/tech\/ai-safety-summit-moziilla-foundation-b1117811.html\">Summit<\/a>, Mozilla published a <a href=\"https:\/\/open.mozilla.org\/letter\/\">joint statement<\/a><strong> <\/strong>on the importance of&nbsp;openness for AI safety with collaborators in the open source community. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/digital-future-daily\/2023\/10\/31\/the-future-of-ais-fighting-ais-is-already-here-00124568\">statement included 1,800+ signatories<\/a>, including Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa, and several government ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">October 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Co-signed Open Letter to UK Prime Minister<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Raised flags on lack of civil society representation prior to AI Safety Summit<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla <a href=\"https:\/\/ai-summit-open-letter.info\/\">co-signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak<\/a> emphasizing the lack of civil society representation at the Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Commented on Biden\u2019s AI Executive Order<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Welcoming the order but pointing out gaps regarding open-source AI<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House released a sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2023\/10\/30\/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence\/\">executive order on AI<\/a>. The executive order covers a wide range of issues, from safety and security to privacy to civil rights and consumer protection. Mozilla President, Mark Surman spoke with numerous policy media including <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com.au\/2023\/10\/america-got-its-first-ai-executive-order-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\"><em>Gizmodo<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/mozilla-president-on-ai-executive-order-government-can-help-promote-privacy-enhancing-tech\/\"><em>Fedscoop<\/em><\/a> to advocate for the importance of AI governance to advance privacy and open-source development in AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Unveiled $200M AI Fund<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Collaborated on collective commitment from U.S. VP Harris and nine other foundations<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla joined a coalition of 10 leading philanthropies, with leadership from US Vice President Kamala Harris, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/white-house-harris-ai-initiatives\">to invest $200 million<\/a> in a more trustworthy AI ecosystem. In the coming years, the 10 philanthropies will focus their grantmaking on five key areas identified by Vice President Harris including the intersection of AI with democracy, international rules, and workers\u2019 rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">AI-Powered Fakespot Chat Launches<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Mozilla\u2019s first large-language model and AI agent to help online shoppers<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakespot.com\/activate-fakespot-chat\">Fakespot Chat<\/a> is a new AI agent that Mozilla started testing as Mozilla\u2019s first LLM. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/the-future-of-shopping\/\">Fakespot Chat, currently available to 100% of Fakespot.com users, serves as a shopping guide<\/a>, answers your product questions, suggests questions, and recommends alternatives so you can buy with confidence. It serves as an online shopping guide, creating an experience similar to talking to a customer service person while in a physical store. Fakespot Chat uses AI and machine learning to find the answers from product reviews, filtering out fake reviews to help shoppers not only save time, but also trust their purchasing decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05-1000x500.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2024\/01\/Inline_Test_05.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Mozilla Joined \u2018AI Insight Forum\u2019 in U.S. Senate<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Discussed privacy and liability in AI with U.S. Senators<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla Foundation President, Mark Surman, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/ai\/mozilla-joins-latest-ai-insight-forum\/\">spoke with members of the US Senate<\/a>, including Senator Leader Schumer, Senator Rounds, Senator Heinrich and Senator Young about two of what Mozilla believes are the most critical questions we must ask if we\u2019re to chart a better path forward with AI: Howe can we protect people\u2019s privacy in the AI era? And how can we ensure that those who cause harm through AI can be held both accountable and liable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Director of Mozilla.ai Presents to UK\u2019s House of Lords<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Shared position on open-source AI and technical liability concerns<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diginomica.com\/ai-open-wide-and-say-ah-uk-house-lords-debates-open-source\">Moez Draief, Director of Mozilla.ai presented Mozilla&#8217;s stance<\/a> on open source AI and addressed issues around technical liability before the <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/7827\/large-language-models\/\">UK\u2019s House of Lords&#8217; Communications and Digital Committee<\/a> during a formal inquiry into LLMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ft-ai-time\">\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__date\">November 2023<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__title\">Mozilla Meetups in D.C., London and Brussels<\/span>\n  <span class=\"ft-ai-time__sub\">Featured AI experts from senate, parliament, academia and nonprofits with 200 guests in attendance across markets<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2023\/10\/16\/mozilla-meetups-code-to-conduct-in-ai-open-source-privacy-and-more\/\">&#8216;Mozilla Meetup&#8217; event<\/a> in Washington, D.C. Our SVP of Innovation Ecosystems, Imo Udom, engaged in a fireside chat with the White House Deputy CTO&nbsp; \u2014 focusing on the intersection between AI, open source, and privacy \u2014 followed by a panel discussion featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook-pm\/2023\/11\/17\/republicans-put-santos-on-their-naughty-list-00127830\">experts from the Senate, civil society, and academia<\/a>. Over 80 people attended the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7133127677959401472?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7133127677959401472%29\">Policy Talks panel in Westminster, London<\/a> where our VP, Global Policy, Linda Griffin discussed the nuances of open source AI and how to balance innovation with safety. Panelists included various AI policy experts and featured Alex Davies-Jones, Member of Parliament, and an associate director from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adalovelaceinstitute.org\/\">Ada Lovelace Institute<\/a>, an independent research institute with a mission to ensure data and AI benefit society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mozilla also reintroduced <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2023\/11\/02\/mozilla-mornings-big-tech-big-ai-why-keeping-markets-open-matters\/\">\u2018Mozilla Mornings\u2019 in Brussels<\/a>. 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