Governing AI for Social Good: Social Policy & Practice at TikTok and Anthropic

December 8, 2025 · 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST

Annenberg School for Communication – Room 500 · 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

How do we ensure AI technologies serve communities and promote social good?

Join us for an insider conversation with engaged scholars actively shaping how major tech platforms govern AI. Our speakers bring a social work and social policy perspective needed for AI governance—and they’ll share how advisory councils function and influence tech companies from the inside. This signature event, co-sponsored by Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and PennAI, brings together experts at the forefront of technology and social impact, demonstrating how social work and social policy education, research and practice address cutting-edge challenges.

Panel: Desmond Patton, PhD PIK University Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice | Annenberg School for Communication TikTok’s Content Advisory Council Ioana Marinescu, PhD Associate Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice Anthropic’s Economic Advisory Council Moderator: Sara S. “Sally” Bachman, PhD Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2)

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