Jesse McCrosky
Principal AI Architect & Expert in Responsible AI and AI Governance
About
Jesse McCrosky is Principal AI Architect at Egen AI, specializing in the convergence of technology, policy, and social impact. His background includes leading Thoughtworks Finland's responsible AI program and driving Mozilla's advocacy-focused research initiatives. An expert on the societal implications of emerging tech, Jesse advises on major policy frameworks, including the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Current Focus: Architecting responsible AI systems, developing AI governance frameworks, and advancing ethical practices in generative AI deployment.
Experience & Projects
Egen AI
Principal AI Architect- Design and architect responsible AI systems and governance frameworks
- Lead development of ethical AI practices for generative AI deployment
- Advise on AI policy and regulatory compliance strategies
- Bridge technical implementation with policy and social impact considerations
Thoughtworks Finland
Responsible AI Program Lead- Led responsible AI initiatives and governance frameworks
- Developed ethical AI practices and policy recommendations
- Drove sustainable technology practices and social change programs
- Engaged with policy makers and industry leaders on AI ethics
Mozilla
Advocacy-Focused Research- Led crowdsourced research to inform Mozilla's policy and advocacy initiatives
- Advised on tech policy, with particular focus on the Digital Services Act (DSA)
- Studied the impact of generative AI on democratic processes and elections
- Evaluated effectiveness of tools for identifying AI-generated content
- Conducted research on platform accountability (RegretsReporter)
Additional Background
Research & Data Science- University of Waterloo - Academic research and education
- Statistics Canada - Data analysis and statistical research
- Google - Data science and research initiatives
Publications & Speaking
2025
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Reflections on Claude Code | Learning Finnish | A Changing Industry | Applications beyond code
Claude Code Meetup Helsinki with Symposium AI, December 18, 2025
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Collective Wisdom: Why the Future of AI Must Be Built in the Open
The Linux Foundation Blog, November 14, 2025
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The Open Source Imperative in AI: Transparency, Governance, and Global Collaboration
The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Seoul, November 4-5, 2025
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Keynote: Ethical Paradoxes and Governance of AI – Norms and Practices from a Global Perspective
GOSIM AI Vision Forum 2025, Hangzhou, China, September 12, 2025
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Managing the risk of bias in AI systems
Egen Blog
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Toxic Content and User Engagement on Social Media: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Submitted to American Economic Review
2024
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When Search Engine's AI Overviews Are Bad, They're Really Bad — What's The Fix?
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog (consulted expert)
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A Collaborative Taxonomy of TikTok Experiences
Mozilla Festival House Amsterdam, June 11-13, 2024 (session co-lead)
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Democracy by Design: A look at the first half of this "Year of Democracy"
Mozilla Festival House Amsterdam, June 11-13, 2024 (panelist)
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The RegretsReporter Program: evolving methods to meet research challenges with crowdsourced data
Data Donation Symposium 2024
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AI Weapons Could Risk Racist Decisions
DataEthics EU ThinkDo Tank
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Who Wrote That? Evaluating Tools to Detect AI-Generated Text
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog
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Shaping AI responsibly
Breakfast seminar, Thoughtworks Finland (invited speaker and panelist)
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Navigating the Information Ecosystem in the Age of Generative AI
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog
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ChatGPT Flouts Its Own Election Policies
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog
2023
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Prototyping User Empowerment: Towards DSA-compliant recommender systems
Briefing note published by Panoptykon Foundation and People versus Big Tech
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Responsible AI: Fireside Chat
Decarbonize Software Conference
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Likainen tekoäly? (Dirty AI?)
Analyytikko magazine (Finland's first data science expert magazine)
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AI governance: A lean approach
White Paper published by Thoughtworks
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Responsible AI: how to do better
Keynote at Avanza Tech
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Socially responsible AI: Practical tools for robust design
XConf Europe 2023, Amsterdam, September 21, 2023
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Auditing and Monitoring
Opening of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing (I2SC), Saarland University, September 7-8, 2023 (panelist)
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No Perfect Solution to Platform Profiling Under Digital Services Act
Tech Policy Press
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Transparencia para la IA responsable
Thoughtworks Spain Tecnología y Negocios Podcast
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This is not a System Card: Scrutinising Meta's Transparency Announcements
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog
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AI Transparency roundtable
Mozilla Festival House Amsterdam, June 19-21, 2023 (roundtable leader)
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Practical tools for responsible tech & AI
Mozilla Festival House Amsterdam, June 19-21, 2023 (workshop leader)
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Will the Digital Services Act Promote Safer and Healthier Algorithmic Rankings?
Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection 2023, Brussels, May 24-26, 2023 (panelist) - recording
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AI – The link between AI Governance, MLOps, and Responsible AI
Data Innovation Summit 2023, Stockholm, May 11-12, 2023 (panelist)
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Applying responsible tech & AI to power your organization
Data Innovation Summit 2023, Stockholm, May 11-12, 2023 (workshop leader)
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Three lenses to help design better, socially responsible AI
Ebook published by Thoughtworks
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AI Transparency in Practice
Report published by Mozilla
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Toxic Content and User Engagement on Social Media: Evidence from a Field Experiment
NBER Workshop of Digital Economics
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Using Browser Data to Understand Desires to Spend Time Online
Technology, Mind, and Behavior, Volume 4, Issue 1
2022
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Does This Button Work? Investigating YouTube's ineffective user controls
Report of the Mozilla Foundation
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Researching Platforms
Reimagining Platforms conference, University of Edinburgh, October 31, 2022 (panelist)
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The RegretsReporter User Controls Study: Machine learning to measure semantic similarity of YouTube videos
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog
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Who's in control? The RegretsReporter User Controls Study
Mozilla Foundation Advocacy Insights Blog
2021
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Mozilla Explains: Why Did I Watch That?
YouTube video series
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The Inherent Discrimination of Microtargeting
DataEthics EU ThinkDo Tank
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YouTube Regrets: A crowdsourced investigation into YouTube's recommendation algorithm
Report of the Mozilla Foundation
2020
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Opening data to understand social distancing
Data@Mozilla blog
2019
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Unintended Consequences: where metrics meet people
Invited presentation for Silo AI
2012
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The Determinants of Chronic Bronchitis in Aboriginal Children and Youth
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol 19, No 6
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Longitudinal trends in mental health among ethnic groups in Canada
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, Vol 32, No 3
2010
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Psychological Stress may be a Causative Factor in the Incidence of Bowel Disease
Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics National Student Conference
2008
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A new measure for clustering model selection
M.Math. thesis, University of Waterloo
2004
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Tracking Promyelocytic Leukemia Nuclear Bodies for Disease Detection: a Proof of Concept via Filtering
Proceedings of the International Conference on MEMS, Nano, and Smart Systems
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Artificial learning approaches for multi-target tracking
Automatic Target Recognition XIV, ed. Firooz A. Sadjadi, Proceedings of SPIE vol. 5426, p. 293-304
Contact
I'm always interested in connecting with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working at the intersection of technology and social impact.