Dr. Rana el Kaliouby is an Egyptian-American AI scientist, entrepreneur and investor whose life\u2019s work has focused on humanizing technology\u2014pioneering Emotion AI out of MIT and setting a global standard for the ethical development and deployment of AI. In this talk, Rana brings that same human-centric lens to one of the most urgent frontiers in tech: digital accessibility.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n
AI can be a force multiplier for inclusion\u2014powering code generation, accessibility testing, translation across modalities, and interfaces that adapt to individual needs rather than forcing \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d experiences. But it can just as easily amplify bias and exclusion, especially when models learn from an internet that is still largely inaccessible.<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n
As agentic AI begins more and more mainstream, Rana explores what it will take to build accessibility into the AI era from the ground up: richer semantics, multimodal pathways, and personalization that preserves human agency. The north star is simple: technology should expand independence and dignity, and the choice of how we interact must stay with the human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","track":[23],"difficulty":[],"playlist":[],"class_list":["post-508","axecon-session","type-axecon-session","status-publish","hentry","track-keynote"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n