Artificial Intelligence is a technology that simulates human intelligence processes by machines and computer systems. There’s a plethora of different Artificial Intelligence applications including natural language processing, deep learning and speech recognition just to name a few.
In 2023 all companies will be under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and minimize their impact on the environment. In this respect, the race to adopt and profit from AI can be both a blessing and a hindrance. AI algorithms – as well as all the infrastructure needed to support and deliver them, such as cloud networks and edge devices – require increasing amounts of power and resources. At the same time, the technology has the potential to help companies understand how to build products, services, and infrastructure in a more energy-efficient way by identifying sources of waste and inefficiency. Ongoing efforts to implement more green and renewable energy-powered infrastructure are also a part of the drive toward delivering more sustainable AI. – Bernard Marr, Futurist, Influencer & Thought Leader
This report highlights the Top 50 influencers who are driving the most engagement on the topic of Artificial Intelligence across LinkedIn & Twitter. There’s a variety of different influencer personas you can discover in this list ranging from Academics & Researchers, Event Speakers, Journalists & Contributors to Content Creators, and more.
Who’s Who in Artificial Intelligence?
1 Pascal Bornett |
Pascal BornettChief Technology Evangelist
Aera Technology
Personas: Author, Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 1,037,261
Average Engagement: 6402.9
Total Engagement: 25,061
Average Engagement: 329.8
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2 Lex Fridman
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Lex Fridman
Research Scientist
MIT
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 48,849
Average Engagement: 3489.2
Total Engagement: 82,013
Average Engagement: 6834.2
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3 Andrew Ng
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Andrew Ng
Founder & CEO
Landing AI
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 182,834
Average Engagement: 7949.3
Total Engagement: 27,297
Average Engagement: 1364.9
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4 Steve Nouri
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Steve Nouri
Founder
AI4Diversity
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Event Speaker, Journalist & Contributor
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Total Engagement: 623,337
Average Engagement: 5151.6
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5 Kirk Borne |
Kirk BorneChief Science Officer
DataPrime
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 2,209
Average Engagement: 7.5
Total Engagement: 554,825
Average Engagement: 67.1
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6 Allie K. Miller
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Allie K. Miller
Deep Tech Angel Investor & Advisor
Independent
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 150,336
Average Engagement: 2638
Total Engagement: 2,482
Average Engagement: 20.7
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7 Ronald van Loon |
Ronald van LoonPrincipal Analyst & CEO
Intelligent World
Personas: Analyst, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 22,220
Average Engagement: 88.9
Total Engagement: 224,885
Average Engagement: 38.9
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8 Philip Vollet
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Philip Vollet
Head of Developer Relations
Explosion
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 62,288
Average Engagement: 865.1
Total Engagement: 52,610
Average Engagement: 401.4
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9 Yann LeCun
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Yann LeCun
VP & Chief AI Scientist
Meta
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 66,716
Average Engagement: 641.5
Total Engagement: 36,300
Average Engagement: 283.6
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10 Andrej Karpathy
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Andrej Karpathy
Researcher
Independent
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 51,641
Average Engagement: 1259.5
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11 Mark Tenenholtz
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Mark Tenenholtz
Stealth
Stealth
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 35,798
Average Engagement: 650.9
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12 Iain Brown |
Iain BrownHead of Data Science
SAS
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 389
Average Engagement: 55.6
Total Engagement: 75,986
Average Engagement: 21.1
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13 Mike Tamir |
Mike TamirChief ML Scientist, Head of ML/AI
SIG
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 5,026
Average Engagement: 33.5
Total Engagement: 53,911
Average Engagement: 99.9
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14 Abhishek Thakur
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Abhishek Thakur
Open Source Development & Research
Hugging Face
Personas: Author, Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 5,910
Average Engagement: 197
Total Engagement: 8,594
Average Engagement: 358.1
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15 Sebastian Raschka
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Sebastian Raschka
Lead AI Educator
Lighting AI
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Author, Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 9,365
Average Engagement: 144.1
Total Engagement: 30,773
Average Engagement: 151.6
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16 Cassie Kozyrkov
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Cassie Kozyrkov
Chief Decision Scientist
Google
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 16,458
Average Engagement: 470.2
Total Engagement: 1,554
Average Engagement: 38.9
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17 Jean de Nyadwi
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Jean de Nyadwi
Mentor
DeepLearning.AI
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 991
Average Engagement: 58.3
Total Engagement: 32,007
Average Engagement: 225.4
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18 Soumith Chintala
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Soumith Chintala
Research Visitor
New York University
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 2,110
Average Engagement: 351.7
Total Engagement: 2,773
Average Engagement: 184.9
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19 Rana el Kaliouby
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Rana el Kaliouby
Deputy CEO
Smart Eye
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Author
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Total Engagement: 13,954
Average Engagement: 348.9
Total Engagement: 1,300
Average Engagement: 44.8
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20 Timnit Gebru
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Timnit Gebru
Founder & Executive Director
DAIR
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 82
Average Engagement: 5.9
Total Engagement: 39,567
Average Engagement: 100.4
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21 Dagmar Monett
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Dagmar Monett
Full Professor of Computer Science
Berlin School of Economics & Law
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 27,690
Average Engagement: 131.2
Total Engagement: 6,586
Average Engagement: 15.8
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22 Spiros Margaris |
Spiros MargarisVenture Capitalist, Advisor & Board Member
margaris ventures
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 552
Average Engagement: 17.3
Total Engagement: 43,946
Average Engagement: 26.3
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23 Franco Ronconi |
Franco RonconiSenior Consultant
Percinque Srl
Personas: Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 37,240
Average Engagement: 107.6
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24 Antonio Grasso |
Antonio GrassoFounder & CEO
Digital Business Innovation Srl
Personas: Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 1,336
Average Engagement: 41.8
Total Engagement: 20,687
Average Engagement: 200.9
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25 Imtiaz Adam |
Imtiaz AdamFounder, Director Strategy & Data Science
Deep Learn Strategies Ltd
Personas: Journalist & Contributor, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 2,098
Average Engagement: 104.9
Total Engagement: 21,874
Average Engagement: 92.3
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26 Sally Eaves |
Sally EavesDigital Decentralization, Democracy & Security Advisor
CNAS
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 4,964
Average Engagement: 70.9
Total Engagement: 22,481
Average Engagement: 78.3
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27 Murat Durmus
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Murat Durmus
Member of the Advisory Board
AI Frankfurt Rhein-Main e.V.
Personas: Author
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Total Engagement: 23,345
Average Engagement: 96.1
Total Engagement: 3,126
Average Engagement: 15.4
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28 Yannic Kilcher
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Yannic Kilcher
Chief Technology Officer
DeepJudge
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 4,205
Average Engagement: 107.2
Total Engagement: 4,973
Average Engagement: 171.5
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29 Gary Marcus
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Gary Marcus
Author
Rebooting AI
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Author
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Total Engagement: 3,694
Average Engagement: 59.6
Total Engagement: 22,762
Average Engagement: 44.3
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30 Arvind Narayanan
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Arvind Narayanan
Professor of Computer Science
Princeton University
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 13,677
Average Engagement: 220.6
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31 Pedro Domingos
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Pedro Domingos
Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Author
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Total Engagement: 25,227
Average Engagement: 95.6
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32 Sergios Karagiannakos
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Sergios Karagiannakos
Founder & Author
AI Summer
Personas: Author
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Total Engagement: 1,772
Average Engagement: 57.2
Total Engagement: 3,920
Average Engagement: 217.8
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33 Louis Bouchard
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Louis Bouchard
Creator
What's AI
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 19,114
Average Engagement: 81
Total Engagement: 2,544
Average Engagement: 9.2
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34 Bernard Marr |
Bernard MarrFounder & CEO
Bernard Marr & Co
Personas: Author, Event Speaker, Journalist & Contributor, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 19,403
Average Engagement: 79.5
Total Engagement: 1,136
Average Engagement: 9.3
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35 Kai-Fu Lee
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Kai-Fu Lee
Chairman & CEO
Sinovation Ventures
Personas: Author
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Total Engagement: 5,148
Average Engagement: 190.7
Total Engagement: 321
Average Engagement: 35.7
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36 Asif Razzaq |
Asif RazzaqCo-Founder & CEO
MarkTechPost
Personas: Event Speaker, Journalist & Contributor
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Total Engagement: 17,076
Average Engagement: 28.9
Total Engagement: 3,875
Average Engagement: 23.5
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37 Harrison Kinsley
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Harrison Kinsley
Founder & Entrepreneur
nnfs.io
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 822
Average Engagement: 117.4
Total Engagement: 2,529
Average Engagement: 105
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38 Rachel Thomas
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Rachel Thomas
Founder & Researcher
fast.ai
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 175
Average Engagement: 175
Total Engagement: 1,709
Average Engagement: 53.4
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39 Károly Zsolnai-Fehér
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Károly Zsolnai-Fehér
Scientist
Independent
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 13,984
Average Engagement: 98.9
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40 Anima Anandkumar
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Anima Anandkumar
Senior Director of AI Research
NVIDIA
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 3,468
Average Engagement: 138.7
Total Engagement: 1,918
Average Engagement: 33.7
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41 Pieter Abbeel
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Pieter Abbeel
Co-Founder, President & Chief Scientist
covariant.ai
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 868
Average Engagement: 11.1
Total Engagement: 1,484
Average Engagement: 185.5
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42 Patrick Mineault
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Patrick Mineault
CEO
xcorr
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 311
Average Engagement: 51.8
Total Engagement: 3,529
Average Engagement: 121.7
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43 Maria Axente
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Maria Axente
Responsible AI Lead & Senior Research Fellow
PWC & Cambridge University
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 5,677
Average Engagement: 115.9
Total Engagement: 778
Average Engagement: 19.5
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44 Sandra Wachter
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Sandra Wachter
Professor of Technology & Regulation
University of Oxford
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 2,810
Average Engagement: 112.4
Total Engagement: 1,774
Average Engagement: 33.5
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45 Theodora Lau |
Theodora LauFounder
Unconventional Ventures
Personas: Author, Content Creator, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 1,976
Average Engagement: 58.1
Total Engagement: 8,685
Average Engagement: 18.8
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46 Rob McCargow
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Rob McCargow
Technology Impact Leader
PwC
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 1,279
Average Engagement: 142.1
Total Engagement: 280
Average Engagement: 6.4
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47 Evan Kirstel |
Evan KirstelChief Digital Evangelist & Co-Founder
eViRa Health
Personas: Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 909
Average Engagement: 2.2
Total Engagement: 14,321
Average Engagement: 10
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48 Efi Pylarinou |
Efi PylarinouFounder
Efi Pylarinou Advisory
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker, Journalist & Contributor, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 4,274
Average Engagement: 75
Total Engagement: 2,650
Average Engagement: 7.6
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49 Francesca Rossi
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Francesca Rossi
Fellow & AI Ethics Global Leader
IBM
Personas: Academic & Researcher
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Total Engagement: 3,414
Average Engagement: 81.3
Total Engagement: 705
Average Engagement: 26.1
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50 Terence Mills |
Terence MillsCEO, Founder & Director
Veuu Incorporated
Personas: Journalist & Contributor, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 6,283
Average Engagement: 12
Total Engagement: 6,062
Average Engagement: 5.2
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