Speakers for Social Good Summit 2026: UN AI panel members, Yuval Noah Harari, and more - Rappler

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MANILA, Philippines – At this year’s Social Good Summit, we’ve chosen speakers who can speak with authority and unique insight about where humanity stands in the artificial intelligence race, and what we can still do to protect human thriving.

In recent months, the threat of unregulated AI development to human agency, security, relationships, democracies, and even cognitive abilities has become an urgent global conversation. That’s why we’ve decided to make Social Good Summit 2026 about this issue, and to spotlight what WE, THE HUMANS can do to protect our communities from the abuses of this technology.

More speakers will be announced in the coming days.

Aside from the plenary program, there’s more.

A major part are RappLearn mini-masterclasses where participants can get upskilled on safeguarding themselves against data privacy and personal security threats posed by AI agents, vibecoding tools that can free up humans from tasks that can be automated, telling good stories using data, and protecting brands from multiple information crises.

RappLearn is Rappler’s learning and training arm, offering in-demand executive learning sessions in immersive, hands-on formats. At the Summit, we offer modified versions of the full classes, allowing attendees to sample more than one class. 

It’s going to be a jam-packed day of learning at WE, THE HUMANS.

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Social Good Summit 2026 is co-presented by by the MacArthur Foundation and the Journalism for Nation Building Foundation. Our media partner for this event is Tatler Asia. – Rappler.com