Adrienne Hunter Wong

Head of AI at DecisionWise AI / Design Director at Khan Academy

About

Adrienne (they/them) has been working in emerging technology since 2008, starting with touch screens and accelerometers at Nintendo and then branching out into virtual reality, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. They have led design for products that have been on the Time's 100 Best Inventions list, received an NVIDIA GTC Innovation award, and won grants from the US Department of Education and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition to helping clients leverage AI responsibly, Adrienne has led the design team at Khan Academy to launch an AI tutor and teaching assistant powered by GPT-4. They previously studied at MIT and the University of Washington.

Education

University of Washington

B.A., Linguistics / December, 2011

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Certificate, UX of Human-Computer Interfaces / April, 2020

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Experience

Khan Academy

Design Director / November, 2021 — Present

Head of design for generative AI features

DecisionWise AI

Head of AI / January, 2024 — Present

Consulting for companies considering integrating AI into their business processes or products and services

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