Mophat Okinyi is an AI and human rights activist, labor organizer, and former content moderator based in Kenya. He is the Founder and CEO of Techworker Community Africa and a leading voice organizing data and platform workers across the Global South. Mophat is one of the Kenyan workers who helped train large language models, including ChatGPT, to reduce harmful and toxic content, giving him firsthand insight into the hidden human labor behind AI. 

Drawing from lived experience inside global AI supply chains, his work exposes exploitative outsourcing, racialized labor hierarchies, and the psychological harm faced by content moderators and data labellers. He bridges grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, and global research collaborations to push for worker-centered AI governance and labor rights. Mophat was recognized by TIME100 AI for his impact on the future of artificial intelligence.