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Steve Jarrett
Yoshua Bengio
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Steve Jarrett

Title: Chief AI Officer Company: Orange Industry: Technology
Steve manages the AI at Scale programme at Orange, embedding data-driven value across the group’ s networks and customer services. With a background that includes product leadership at Facebook and Apple, where he worked on the first iPod, Steve combines entrepreneurial flair with a commitment to responsible, ethical AI deployment in telecoms.

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Yoshua Bengio

Title: Professor Company: Mila Industry: Education
Yoshua is a Turing Award winner and a‘ godfather of AI’, recognised globally for his pioneering work in deep learning. As a professor at the Université de Montréal and founder of Mila, he focuses on the safety and social impact of advanced AI. Yoshua actively calls for robust regulation to mitigate existential risks.
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