Eric Horvitz is a technical fellow at Microsoft, where he serves as the company’s first Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Horvitz provides cross-company leadership and perspectives on advances and trends on scientific matters, and on issues and opportunities rising at the intersection of technology, people, and society. He is recognized for his research on challenges and opportunities with uses of AI technologies amidst the complexities of the open world. Dr. Horvitz serves as a commissioner for the National Security Commission on AI and chairs the line of effort on ethical and responsible AI.