Leah Hunter - Innovation at Consumer Reports

Leah Hunter, Director of CR’s Innovation Lab, oversees operations and drives strategic partnerships that accelerate the development and scaling of new products and services in the consumers’ interest. Prior to joining CR, Leah served as Vice President at Time Warner’s Global Media Group and led an impact consultancy with a national portfolio of clients. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Reel Works Youth Filmmaking.

Blog posts by Leah Hunter

The Future of Consumer-Authorized AI Agents

Last week, Consumer Reports and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab at the Human-Centered AI Institute co-hosted a workshop exploring the future of consumer-authorized AI agents. You can read more about our vision here. The workshop brought together experts from Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Visa, Salesforce, Genesys, and many other innovative companies and research organizations. Participants gathered

March 7, 2025

BAD INPUT: CR Film Series on Biased Algorithms and Data

Earlier this month, we released BAD INPUT, a three-part series of short films from CR exploring how bias in technology and data can result in real-life consequences for communities of color. BAD INPUT is a collaboration with Kapor Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to racial justice, and filmmaker Alice Gu. Three-Part Series Whether it’s

May 25, 2023

CR’s Investigation into Broadband

CR announced new findings from a first-of-its-kind nationwide participatory broadband study conducted to better understand the true cost of Broadband across the U.S. These findings are the result of our Fight for Fair Internet project – a year long effort that had launched in 2021 with dozens of partner organizations across the country. So, what

November 17, 2022

Calling all public interest tech researchers!

Are you passionate about privacy, security, or digital rights? Do you work on consumer protection research or new methods to study the digital world? If so, keep reading! At CR’s (Consumer Reports) Digital Lab, we are now accepting applications for paid, non-resident fellows to uncover and solve for consumer harms in the digital world. This

April 13, 2021

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