Source: Business Wire
Today, Tim Hwang is joining Abridge, the leader in generative AI for clinical documentation, as General Counsel. Hwang, a nationally renowned expert on technology and AI policy, will spearhead legal strategy, public policy, and trust and safety initiatives.
Hwang’s experience at the intersection of AI and public policy is extensive, having held leading positions most recently at Inflection AI, Substack, and Google, where he was the company’s global public policy lead on AI, leading outreach to government and civil society on issues surrounding the social impact of the technology. He has collaborated with the White House on voluntary commitments around AI safety and responsible deployment and has also served as a research fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. He was also the director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance AI initiative.
“Generative AI has the potential to significantly reshape healthcare for the better,” said Hwang. “Abridge is at the forefront of that change, establishing the norms around the thoughtful and patient-first deployment of this type of technology for decades to come.”
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