The Mozilla Technology Fund's inaugural cohort focused on reducing the bias in and increasing the transparency of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Awards of up to $50,000 USD were made to projects that aimed to expose the inner workings of AI systems.
The awardees which were selected for the 2022 cohort were as follows:
Project Name | Awardee | Location |
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Algowritten | Naromass | U.K. |
Fair EVA | Wiebke Toussaint | South Africa |
MAKHNO | Hermes Center, OONI and Tracking.Exposed | Italy/Multiple locations |
TheirTok | Tomo Kihara | Japan/Netherlands |
TikTok Observatory | Tracking.Exposed | Netherlands |
The selection commitee for the 2022 awards consisted of the following experts:
Name | Affiliation |
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Stefan Baack | Research and data analyst, Mozilla Foundation |
Johann Diedrick | Artist, former Creative Media Awardee |
Deb Raji | University of California, Berkeley |
Becca Ricks | Senior Researcher, Mozilla Foundation |
The staff who ran the MTF 2022 cohort consisted of the following Mozilla Foundation employees:
Name | Role |
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Mehan Jayasuriya | Senior Program Officer |
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