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When OpenAI launched ChatGPT, it sparked Anika Dugal’s interest in tech policy and safety. As a junior in high school, Anika became aware of the harms of AI – from deepfakes to algorithmic bias – and she was inspired to take action. Grounded in a passion for women’s rights work, Anika was alarmed to learn about the manifold gender-based inequities around AI. Still, she could find no organizations focusing on it. It was then that Anika started the Center for Gender Equitable AI (CGEAI), then known as Girls for Algorithmic Justice, a nonprofit, youth-led organization working to address the gendered harms emerging from artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Since its founding in 2022, CGEAI has launched more than 20 chapters at schools worldwide, engaged almost 200 volunteers globally, created over 50 educational resources, and reached over 4,000 young people. CGEAI has sent youth representatives to convenings such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Weekend, the Prudential Emerging Visionaries Summit, the Intercollegiate Bay Area AI Safety Retreat, and the Women in Engineering Conference.