Humane Intelligence is developing its ontology-based contextual AI evaluation methodology, launched its first bias bounties on Zindi, is releasing its OSS AI red teaming app in September 2026, is raising capital for the AI in Public Health fund and has more than 300 people in its volunteer programs. Read about our H2 2026 funding requests for these initiatives and more. Mala Kumar was named Executive Director (no more interim!) in April 2026.
Humane Intelligence hosted the AI Society House at the Paris AI Action Summit and launcheed its AI red teaming web application. Rumman stepped down as CEO of Humane Intelligence and Mala Kumar stepped in as Interim Executive Director on 1 August 2025. The new website launcheed in September 2025. Humane Intelligence announced the future of bias bounties and its plan to refactor and release the AI red teaming application as an open source software. Click here to read the impact report.
The organization officially changed its name to Humane Intelligence, ran the regional AI safety red teaming event with the Singapore IMDA, amongst others, and grew its community of practice to several thousand participants. Humane Intelligence welcomed a cohort of fellows.
Bias Buccaneers dba Humane Intelligence was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in May 2023, and expanded to host in-person red teaming events, including the largest ever generative AI red teaming exercise at DEFCON 31, a scientific mis-and dis-information red teaming exercise with the UK Royal Society, and a red teaming event on intellectual property rights at Autodesk University.
While working at Twitter, Humane Intelligence co-founder, Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, developed the concept of “bias bounties”. Humane Intelligence unofficially launched under the name “Bias Buccaneers.”