Erin ReddickJan 10, 2025 · LinkedIn
Building culturally informed AI
A live SiriusXM conversation about ChatBlackGPT™ and bringing cultural context into AI.
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Erin Reddick · Keynote speaker & founder of ChatBlackGPT™
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FOX 29 Philadelphia Live interview · May 7, 2024
CBS News DetroitMorning segment · approximately September 22, 2025
WWJ DetroitRadio segment · August 2025
SiriusXM Urban ViewUrban View Mornings · ChatBlackGPT segment
WVON-AM ChicagoOn-air shoutout · August 9, 2025
TechCrunch Features · February and June 2024
Business Insider Quoted feature and ChatBlackGPT mention · 2024
Mashable Founder Q&A · September 12, 2024
Tech Times Feature · June 17, 2024
CRN / The Channel Company Running Your Business · Feature
Digital Entrepreneur Extended founder interview
Brookings AI Equity Lab · Commentary / feature
The Student Life Campus newspaper feature · February 14, 2025
Marketing Against the Grain Feature · approximately September 2026
Bold Journey Magazine Founder profile
The Girls Innovation Club Founder profile
RetailWire Feature
#paid / Banknotes Quoted in creator marketing article
Medium / DIAL Design DIAL Weekly #06 · November 11, 2024
LSN Global Cultural-bias coverage · Mention
News Channel Nebraska Syndicated AI Revenue Summit coverage
Yoko Co Artificial Intelligence Cautionary Tales · Mention
Clutch.co Top 15 Women in B2B Tech To Follow in 2025 · Ranked #6
Diversity Circles Celebrating Black Excellence · Speaker listing
Mathis Family Talks Episode 8: Is AI Raising Your Kids? · approximately August 2026
PR Newswire AI in the D · Press release coverage
Business Wire MISN annual symposium · Press release coverage
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ChatBlackGPT in action
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Safeguarding your own tools against bias
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Ethically training AI: contextual awareness, not bias
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TV INTERVIEWFOX 29 Philadelphia
Live from Diversitech Conference
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VIDEO INTERVIEWDisruption Now
AI, Identity, and the Power of Innovation
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VIDEO INTERVIEWMathis Family Talks
Is AI Raising Your Kids?
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“Students are our future, we must respect their AI concerns with enthusiasm and sincerity.”
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OCT23FRIDAY · 2026
LeMoyne-Owen College
The Value of Human Intelligence in an Artificial Intelligence World
Student session11:00 AM–1:30 PM
Public address4:00–8:00 PM
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NOV11WEDNESDAY · 2026
Black Diamond Summit
Overcoming Bias in Tech to Drive Business Growth
Virginia Beach Convention Center
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NOV14SATURDAY · 2026
Opportunity@Work STARs Convening
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Convening dates: November 13–14, 2026
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I’m a speaker, AI educator, and the Founder & CEO of ChatBlackGPT™, culturally inclusive AI software bringing perspectives from Black and African American communities into the conversation. My work explores how technology reflects the people who build it, the information it learns from, and the communities it serves.
My career includes roles at Meta, Microsoft, and AWS. Today, I bring that experience into rooms where people are figuring out what AI means for their work—and where they fit in its future.
Based in Detroit, I connect responsible AI, entrepreneurship, and storytelling through one consistent goal: helping people recognize the value of their own perspective. I was named to Black Tech Saturdays’ Future 100 in December 2025.
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Erin Reddick is the founder and CEO of ChatBlackGPT™, an AI chatbot that centers Black perspectives. A former Meta and AWS professional turned AI cultural technologist, she creates tools that address algorithmic bias and advance digital equity. She speaks internationally on Black futures in AI, digital civil rights, and inclusive technology.
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Erin Reddick is an AI cultural technologist and founder and CEO of ChatBlackGPT™, a chatbot grounded in Black history, culture, and lived experience. Her work brings community perspectives into conversations about how artificial intelligence is designed and used. Before founding ChatBlackGPT, Erin worked at Meta and Amazon Web Services in program management, technical sourcing, and engagement. She draws on that experience as a prompt engineer, public interest technologist, and keynote speaker exploring culturally informed AI, algorithmic bias, and digital civil rights. Her audiences have included HubSpot’s First-Gens in Tech, the National HBCU Week Conference, Scripps College, Phillips Academy, and the Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce. Across her speaking and founder work, Erin asks how technology can better reflect the communities it serves—and how more people can help shape its future.
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Mashable
ChatBlackGPT founder Erin Reddick is tackling AI’s racial bias
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TechCrunch
Black founders are creating tailored ChatGPTs
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AI literacy and ethics in the classroom
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Brookings
Recognizing the (un)Hidden Figures in AI
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Digital Entrepreneur
ChatBlackGPT: a new model for social impact tech
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Erin Reddick, ChatBlackGPT founder, pioneers culturally aware AI
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Meet Erin Reddick
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Is ChatBlackGPT the Answer to GenAI Bias?
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Followers increased 23% year over year. Audience locations include New York, Washington–Baltimore, and Atlanta; 20% of followers work at companies with more than 10,000 employees.
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Erin ReddickJan 15, 2025 · LinkedInSaying yes before you feel ready
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Erin ReddickDec 16, 2023 · LinkedInMore seats at the table
A recommendation of Unmasking AI and a reflection on the people working to make technology more inclusive.
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Algorithms of Oppression
How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
An examination of how search engines can reinforce racism and sexism—and why the systems organizing information deserve scrutiny.
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Unmasking AI
My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines
A personal account of exposing bias in facial recognition and building a movement to protect people from AI harms.
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Viral Justice
How We Grow the World We Want
A vision of how everyday choices and collective action can grow into meaningful social change.
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Artificial Unintelligence
How Computers Misunderstand the World
A clear-eyed guide to what computers can—and cannot—do, challenging the idea that technology is always the answer.
MEET THE AUTHORMeredith Broussard
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February 18, 2026 · Keynote · 960 attendeesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
The Power and Importance of Culturally Informed AI
Denver, Colorado · Hybrid keynoteParamount Pictures
Keynote
Engagement won with a pitch deck built in GammaCapital One
Keynote
ERG keynote
February 23, 2025 · Employee resource group programmingLexisNexis
Women in Tech
Virtual presentationLexisNexis
Fireside chat
VirtualHubSpot
First-Gens in Tech
KeynoteHubSpot
Black Tech Talks: Futureproofing Your Career in the Age of AI
February 25, 2026 · Virtual panel with Jehron PettyVisibleThread
Keynote
Aerodei
Keynote
edX
Keynote
Peloton
Black@ Presents: Power in the Code — A Conversation on Inclusive AI
February 26, 2026 · Virtual panelMichigan Department of Civil Rights
Spotlight Series: Your Protections, Our Mission
February 26, 2026 · WebinarSmithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Forward Religions Conference
Approximately November 2024 · Washington, DC · Conference contributorWorld Resources Institute
Speaking engagement
February 13, 2025 · Washington, DCForbesBLK
Keynote; ForbesBLK Summit Service Day: Business of Technology
October 8, 2025 · Atlanta · Panel at Clark Atlanta UniversityBlack Meta Agency
AI workshop / lecture
Startup cohortBlack Tech Saturdays
Tech Founder Workshop
Detroit, MichiganBlack Tech Saturdays
Demo event: featured builder
March 28, 2026 · DetroitDC Black MBA Association
Storytelling and cultural insights with ChatGPT
March 11, 2026 · Virtual presentationPNC Fairfax Connection
Speaking engagement
February 25, 2025 · Cleveland, OhioThe Juice
Building Non-Biased Prompts
Live presentationBlack Founders and Funders Group
Founder presentation
May 22, 2025 · Venture Mechanics Startup Launchpad · Bellevue, WashingtonAfrican American Leadership Forum
Radical Black Future Series
Reparative media · SpeakerLinkedIn Learning
Enhancing Program Management with AI
Course instructorAI Leadership Institute
I Love AI Challenge
Virtual presentationCopy.ai
Critical Thinking in AI Comms
Virtual presentationRevere XR
Hackathon judging
On-site judgeBlack Is Tech Conference
Conference presentation
August 2024 · Houston, TexasTCS (Tata Consultancy Services)
Women’s History Month
Virtual presentationTribaja
Addressing Bias in AI with ChatBlackGPT
May 7 · On-site presentation · Year not specified in archiveIAP2 Canada
AI in Civil Engagement
Canada · On-site presentationNACA — National Association of Campus Activities
Tech Talk: Utilizing Your Undergraduate Experience
February 15–16, 2025 · KeynoteECS
BPF&A lunch and learn
February 19 · Virtual · Year not specified in archiveUSAID
Speaking engagement
Pink Cornrows
Speaking engagement
Harvard University
WECode 2024
February 22–23, 2024 · Cambridge, MassachusettsHarvard University
WECode 2025 AI panel
February 23, 2025 · 850+ students in person and onlineHarvard Business School
Ethical Tech Showcase: Social Media & Tech Solidarity
April 25–26, 2025 · Cambridge, MassachusettsMercyhurst University
Student Government Keynote
November 10, 2025 · Erie, Pennsylvania · Keynote and student dinnerRiverside City College
Women’s History Month keynote
March 10, 2025 · Riverside, California · Talk and Q&AScripps College
Keynote
February 6, 2025 · Claremont, California · Student sessions and livestreamSusquehanna University
MLK Winter Convocation: From Civil Rights to Digital Rights
January 20, 2025 · Selinsgrove, PennsylvaniaNorfolk State University
Speaking engagement
February 18, 2025 · Norfolk, VirginiaEmory University
Fireside chat
September 14, 2024 · Atlanta, GeorgiaBowie State University
Keynote
Bowie, MarylandEmerson College
Critical Thinking in AI
Boston, Massachusetts · Virtual presentation with the AI Working GroupBunker Hill Community College
Speaking engagement
June 5, 2025 · Boston, MassachusettsPhillips Academy — Tang Institute
Speaking engagement
January 29, 2025 · Andover, MassachusettsGeorgetown University
AcceleratorCON
Washington, DC · McDonough School of BusinessClark Atlanta University
ForbesBLK Summit Service Day: Business of Technology
October 8, 2025 · Same panel also listed under ForbesBLKBritish Columbia Institute of Technology
Black Excellence Day
January 22, 2025 · Burnaby, BC, Canada · VirtualtechBBQ 2025
Build to Matter
August 27–28, 2025 · Copenhagen, DenmarkINBOUND 2025
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September 3–5, 2025 · Moscone Center · San Francisco, CaliforniaSXSW 2025
Can AI Be Trained to Be Ethical, and Will It?
March 2025 · Austin, Texas · Sustainable Media Center panelRECESS25
Behind the Tech: Saturday Takeover — Reimagining Energy thru AI
October 13–15, 2025 · Detroit, MichiganAi4 2025
Culturally Responsive AI
August 11–13, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada · Fireside chat with Nathan C. WalkerMidwestCon 2025
From Civil Rights to Digital Rights; AI for Dummies: Your Prompt is the Product
September 10–11, 2025 · Two sessionsUnintelligence Conf
From Civil Rights to Cultural Rights with AI
SpeakerASU+GSV Summit
AI Revolution in Education: Women in AI
April 2024 · San Diego, California · PanelMaternal Infant Services Network
Annual Symposium
June 25, 2024 · SUNY Orange, Newburgh, New YorkAssociation of African-American Financial Advisors
V.I.S.I.O.N Conference
SpeakerBlack Joy AI Summit
Inaugural summit
September 13–14, 2024 · Union Temple Church · Washington, DCWhite House Initiative
National HBCU Week Conference
Washington, DC · SpeakerWomen in Tech Regatta
Walk with a Leader
Seattle, WashingtonVirginia Black Chamber of Commerce
Business Expo
Virginia · SpeakerAI in the D
Senior Citizens AI Literacy Session
September 23, 2025 · Detroit · Half-day session for 70–100 seniorsWOCIP Conference
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