Former Meta News Chief Campbell Brown Launches AI Truth Benchmarking Startup
Campbell Brown, former Facebook news chief and TV journalist, founded Forum AI 17 months ago in New York to evaluate foundation model accuracy on high-stakes topics like geopolitics, mental health, finance, and hiring. The company recruits world experts—including Niall Ferguson, Fareed Zakaria, Tony Blinken, Kevin McCarthy, and Anne Neuberger—to architect benchmarks and train AI judges to reach ~90% consensus with human experts. Brown cited Gemini pulling from Chinese Communist Party websites for unrelated stories and noted left-leaning political bias across models. Forum AI raised $3 million led by Lerer Hippeau. Brown argues current AI compliance is inadequate, citing NYC's hiring bias law where more than half of audits had undetected violations. She believes enterprise demand for liability-driven accuracy will drive adoption, though turning compliance interest into revenue remains challenging.
Key facts
- Campbell Brown founded Forum AI 17 months ago in New York.
- Forum AI evaluates foundation models on high-stakes topics: geopolitics, mental health, finance, hiring.
- Experts recruited include Niall Ferguson, Fareed Zakaria, Tony Blinken, Kevin McCarthy, Anne Neuberger.
- Goal is AI judges reaching ~90% consensus with human experts.
- Brown cited Gemini pulling from Chinese Communist Party websites for non-China stories.
- Left-leaning political bias found across nearly all models.
- Forum AI raised $3 million led by Lerer Hippeau.
- NYC hiring bias law audits had more than half violations undetected.
Entities
Institutions
- Meta
- Forum AI
- TechCrunch
- StrictlyVC
- Lerer Hippeau
- Chinese Communist Party
- New York City
Locations
- San Francisco
- New York
- United States