EFF is honored to announce today that Alexander "@amac" Macgillivray — a former White House official who also served in top legal capacities at Twitter and Google — has joined EFF’s Board of Directors. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/eff-welcomes-alexander-macgillivray-its-board-directors (1/5)
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EFF Welcomes Alexander Macgillivray to its Board of Directors
Macgillivray Brings Perspectives on AI, Policy-Making, Social Justice, and Trust and Safety to the Board of Directors
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@amac served in the Biden Administration as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and earlier had held a similar position in the Obama Administration. (2/5)
He co-authored the Biden Administration’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and oversaw many of the Administration’s AI initiatives, such as organizing its AI CEO convening and leading its working group on federal AI policy. (3/5)
@amac said he's focused on positively impacting AI development. "EFF is uniquely situated for that purpose because it combines top-notch legal, technical & advocacy staff with a long history of fighting for people’s rights while encouraging the positive development of technology.” (4/5) https://www.eff.org/issues/ai
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www.eff.orgLearn more about our cutting-edge work on AI issues, and please donate today to help keep us fighting for a brighter digital future. https://supporters.eff.org/donate/amac-form--bdaa (5/5)
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supporters.eff.org@eff wtf are you guys doing??? What is it with all these titans falling???