Idara Bassey
Lawyer | AI Governance & Ethics Consultant | Speaker | Educator | Podcast Host
Meet your host
Building Trust in Technology
I’m Idara Bassey, a lawyer and strategic advisor focused on AI governance, data ethics, and technology policy.
My mission is simple: to help organizations, innovators, and policymakers build responsible, transparent, and human-centered systems in an increasingly automated world.
Through research, consulting, and thought leadership, I bridge the gap between law, technology, and human rights, ensuring that innovation works for people not against them.
Core Focus Areas
AI Governance & Ethical Innovation
Crafting policies and frameworks that ensure AI systems align with legal, social, and human values.
Data Privacy & Protection
Helping organizations create transparent, rights-based approaches to data management and compliance.
Technology Policy & Regulatory Strategy
Advising leaders on navigating the evolving legal landscape of digital technologies and automation.
Speaking & Education
Delivering talks, lectures, and courses that make complex tech-law topics practical, inspiring, and globally relevant.
This debut episode demystifies artificial intelligence by tracing its evolution from science fiction to the everyday technologies shaping our world today. Idara explores the origins and history of AI, demonstrating how it has evolved from fantasy into real-world applications that shape our work, connections, and daily lives. The episode sets the tone for a thoughtful, human-centered conversation about technology’s growing power.
In this episode, Idara dives into the intricate relationship between AI and privacy. She examines how algorithms collect, store, and remember our digital footprints, often long after we’ve forgotten them. The discussion challenges the myth of AI’s neutrality and highlights the ethical and societal implications of memory in the age of machine learning.
This thought-provoking episode reveals how human behavior fuels the data-driven world of AI. Idara unpacks what it means to be both the user and the product in a digital ecosystem that thrives on personal information. Through relatable insights and real-world examples, she urges listeners to rethink consent, ownership, and control in the era of ubiquitous data.
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