Toju Duke

About

Building a 7M image diverse dataset representing offline communities from the Global South with full financial compensation - I'm on a mission to ensure AI is an enabler and supports all humans' wellbeing and development while protecting the planet.Recognised as one of the women leading the AI revolution in 2026, I'm a popular keynote speaker, author, thought leader, advisor, and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience spanning across Advertising, Retail, Not-For Profit, Tech and Education. I worked at Google for 10 years where I spent the last couple of years as a Programme Manager on Responsible AI leading various Responsible AI programmes across Google’s product and research teams with a primary focus on frontier models and Responsible AI processes. Prior to my time on Google’s research team, I was the EMEA product lead for Google Travel and worked as a specialist across Google Travel and Shopping.I've delivered over 80 talks on effective AI strategies and responsible AI. I founded Diverse AI in 2023, a community interest organisation with a mission to support and champion underrepresented groups to build a diverse and inclusive AI future. At Diverse AI, we've impacted thousands of lives globally and are committed to building a 7M dataset that contains images of peoples and cultures currently non-existent in AI systems. I was previously the UK lead for “Women in AI”, a non-profit global organisation with a mission to drive gender diversity in AI.I'm the author of “Building Responsible AI Algorithms” and “Responsible AI in Practice” co-authored with Prof Paolo Giudici. Both books have been adopted by global universities.I lead new novel research on responsible AI practices for Generative AI amongst others, working with academia and industry professionals. I'm currently leading the Thematic Working Group of “EU Women in Digital,” working to bridge the gender gap for women in Tech with the European Commission across EU member states. I'm also a member of the Council of International Schools’ task force for emerging technologies, building ethical AI guidelines for over 1500 schools across 122 countries. I work with top AI frontier labs on AI model development.I've been featured across several national and international media outlets such as the BBC, Sky News, Al Jazeera, CGTN America, El Pais, La Nacion, La Vanguardia, Sifted etc,. I've also been recognised as one of the top women in AI by several organisations. I participate in high level AI policy dialogues and advise governments on AI strategy and AI sovereignty.