Our Guests: AI Experts Behind AImpactful Conversations

AImpactful’s guests come from newsrooms, startups, research labs, law firms, NGOs, and international organizations. On this page, you can explore people working across AI ethics, AI in journalism, AI policy and regulation, business and product development, media production, intellectual property, and AI adoption worldwide. What they share is direct, hands-on experience with artificial intelligence and a willingness to speak honestly about what works, what fails, and what comes next.

Through video podcast and written interviews, they offer a closer look at what this work actually involves. Browse all guests below.

  • Hazem Mahmoud

    Hazem Mahmoud

    "What I found, especially in the nonprofit sector, is that it is a true community. There is no idea of competition or conflicts of interest. There is an openness to support each other, especially when it comes to AI."

  • Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo NightOwl AI

    Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo

    "AI is moving quickly into daily life, but access, literacy, governance, and protections are not keeping pace, especially for marginalized communities. When inclusion and access lag behind deployment, the future gets decided by default."

  • René Bosch

    René Bosch

    "We're now too concerned about search engines and not enough about find engines. People don't tend to search for journalism. They are much more likely to find it."