Mutale Nkonde is a visiting policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, CEO of AI for the People, and a media commentator and speaker. AI for the People is a public sector responsible AI Team that focuses on product policy. Mutale started advising Congress in 2019 when AI for the People led the advocacy for the introduction of the Algorithmic Accountability Act to the US House of Representatives. In 2023, she took part in one of senator Schumer's AI Insight panels. In 2024, she is one of civil society leaders helping the Congressional Black Caucus develop their AI policy platform. She will be pursuing a PhD in Digital Humanities from October 2024, where she will be a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar. She has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in sociology from Leeds Metropolitan University, and a master's degree in American Studies from Columbia University.