Valentine Goddard
Valentine Goddard is a lawyer, artist, and certified mediator whose nonprofit, AI Impact Alliance, uses art-based approaches to explore the social impact of AI. She founded the organization in 2017, and in February 2018 she described its inaugural AI on a Social Mission conference in Montreal, where Yoshua Bengio spoke to approximately 200 participants. From 2021 to 2024 she served on Canada's Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence. In 2023 she received Mozilla's Creative Media Award, and in March 2024 she launched Algorithmic Frontiers, an exhibit of 12 AI-generated and AI-assisted works. As of October 2026 she is executive director of AI Impact Alliance and co-lead of a UNESCO network working group on intellectual property and culture.
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- AI Impact Alliance and CSO Network in AI Ethics
Timeline
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2017
Founding AI Impact Alliance
She founds AI Impact Alliance in 2017 and directs the nonprofit, with a mission of responsible AI and the Sustainable Development Goals. She is a lawyer, artist, certified mediator, and inter-arts curator.
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February 2018
AI on a Social Mission
In February 2018 she describes the inaugural AI on a Social Mission conference in Montreal, which she leads as founder and executive director. Yoshua Bengio gives the keynote, and the sold-out event draws approximately 200 participants, including 50 nonprofits. A lawyer and social impact strategist, she has over 20 years of experience in community development.
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2020
Image generators draw attention
In 2020, as image generators such as DALL-E and Midjourney emerge, requests for her expertise and services increase.
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2021–2024
Canada's AI advisory council
She serves on Canada's Advisory Council on AI from 2021 to 2024, serves on United Nations expert groups, and contributes to national and international AI governance frameworks.
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2023–2024
The Algorithmic Frontiers exhibit
In 2023 she receives Mozilla's Creative Media Award. In March 2024 she launches Algorithmic Frontiers, an interactive exhibit of 12 AI-generated and AI-assisted works, using words contributed by women from over 40 countries. A petition she starts lists eight guidelines and gathers more than 2,000 signatures.
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2024
Art-Laws grants for artists
In 2024 AI Impact Alliance holds the first Art-Laws grants and fellowships for artists interested in the ethical, legal, economic, social, and political implications of generative AI. She designs and leads the Art, AI, Law and Society cluster that includes those fellowships.
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April 2025
Disinformation and deepfakes
In April 2025 she discusses disinformation, deepfakes, and threats to copyright and information. She proposes cultural data trusts as a legal way to plan the future cultural economy.
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As of October 2026
A UNESCO working group
As of October 2026, she is founder and executive director of AI Impact Alliance, which uses art-based approaches to explore the social impact of AI. She co-leads the Intellectual Property and Culture working group in the CSO Network in AI Ethics, in support of UNESCO.
Sources and credits
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- Valentine Goddard | MUTEK Forum
- Valentine Goddard : résister aux menaces de l'IA en misant sur l'intelligence humaine - LES CONNECTEURS
- AI on a social mission
- Multi-Stakeholder Coordination Group | Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory
- Français — Valentine Goddard
- ‘Algorithmic Frontiers’ Explores the Collision of Art and Algorithms - Mozilla Foundation
- Impact Alliance | Responsible AI in the Arts, Generative AI and Culture, Plus Art-Laws Grants