james manyika

James M. Manyika is a Zimbabwean-American academic and business executive. He is currently a Senior Vice President at Google-Alphabet and a member of the senior leadership team. He is also known for his research and scholarship into the intersection of technology and the economy, including artificial intelligence, robotics automation, and the future of work. He became Google's first Senior Vice President of Technology and Society, reporting directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, focusing on "shaping and sharing" the company's view on the way tech affects society, the economy, and the planet. In April 2023, his role was expanded to Senior Vice President at Google-Alphabet and President for Research, Labs, Technology & Society and includes overseeing Google Research and Google Labs and focusing more broadly on helping advance Google’s and Google DeepMind's most ambitious innovations in AI, Computing and Science. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the McKinsey Global Institute.
Previously, Manyika was director and chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute, where he researched and co-authored a number of reports on topics such as technology, the future of work and workplace automation, and other global economy trends. During the Obama administration, Manyika served as vice-chair of the United States Global Development Council at the White House. He has served on various advisory boards to US Secretaries of Commerce and of State and as the vice chair of the National AI Advisory Committee established by Congress to advice the President on AI.
As a board-member, trustee, or advisor, Manyika has been involved with think tanks, national and international commissions, academic institutions, and non-profit and philanthropic foundations including the Council on Foreign Relations, the MacArthur Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the Aspen Institute. He is a fellow at DeepMind. He is also a visiting professor at Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government.

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