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CommonWealth Beacon

Does AI interfere in our democracy?

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders join Jennifer Smith to discuss ways to wield AI toward pro-democratic ends.

Dec 9, 2024
The Atlantic

Around the Globe, Governments Lean into AI

Mark Esposito examines how governments around the world are beginning to deploy AI.

Dec 8, 2024
LSE Blog

The elite contradictions of generative AI

Nick Couldry offers his vision of the future, and of AI's role in it.

Dec 6, 2024
Indiana Legal Studies

On Software Bugs and Legal Bugs

Product Liability in the Age of Code

Asaf Lubin points out interstate inconsistencies in legal definitions of 'products,' and contrasts the US's and the EU's approaches to considering software as products.

Dec 5, 2024
Tech Policy Press

In the War on Migrants, A Trump Win is Really a Win for Big Tech

Petra Molnar warns that emerging surveillance technologies will make violence against migrants even more prominent.

Dec 4, 2024
Boston Review

Trust Issues

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders suggest that AI's history is not its destiny.

Dec 4, 2024
The Conversation

The apocalypse that wasn’t

AI was everywhere in 2024’s elections, but deepfakes and misinformation were only part of the picture

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders observe that AI's role in 2024 elections wasn't as disastrous as some had feared.

Dec 2, 2024
Next Center for Internet & Society

The computerization of the world and international cooperation

Juan Carlos De Martin proposes "the computerization of the world" as a new way of capturing the sentiment of "the Digital Revolution," and suggests three goals that today's…

Dec 1, 2024
Science

Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online

Kate Klonick and coauthors test the hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to gain traction online.

Nov 28, 2024
The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

Towards Real Diversity and Gender Equality in AI

Paola Ricaurte Quijano, expert committee member, and colleagues at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence launch the report "Towards Substantive Equality in Artificial…

Nov 27, 2024
theAnalysis.news

AI Border Surveillance Tech Profits Soar, Human Rights Across the Board Sink

Petra Molnar highlights how surveillance technology firms profit from harsh anti-immigration policies in the US, Canada, and the EU.

Nov 27, 2024
WIRED

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders offer a potentially optimistic outlook on AI and politics.

Nov 26, 2024
SSRN

The Next Phase of the Data Economy

Economic & Technological Perspectives

BKC affiliates and alumni are among the co-authors of a paper that envisions the future of the data economy.

Nov 25, 2024
Harvard Law Today

‘Facts can’t fix this’

Empathy, understanding, and less algorithmic amplification on social media platforms are the best ways to combat conspiracy theories, experts say at Berkman Klein Center event

BKC-Nieman Fellow Ben Reininga and Nieman Fellow Jesselyn Cook share their insights on how platforms navigate the spread of conspiracy theories, and the impact they have on…

Nov 24, 2024
The Hill

Democrats flee X for Bluesky amid Musk-Trump alliance

ASML's Jonathan Bellack weighs in on the uptick in Twitter/X users migrating to Bluesky.

Nov 23, 2024
Lumen

Lumen Researcher Interview Series: Phineas Rueckert - Forbidden Stories

Phineas Rueckert, a lead Project Coordinator at Forbidden Stories, discusses his organization's collaborations with Lumen.

Nov 21, 2024
New America

Benefits of Open-Source AI

Ben Brooks cautions that the risks of AI systems depend on more than models themselves.

Nov 21, 2024
New America

PIT in Action: Climate

Jasmine McNealy moderates a conversation exploring how technology can be a tool - though not a wholesale solution - in combatting the climate crisis.

Nov 21, 2024
Business Insider

People Want Old Twitter Back - so They're Flocking to Bluesky

Jonathan Bellack comments on momentum shifts as users flee Elon Musk's X.

Nov 18, 2024
The Roko Report

SEO for AI

SEO wizards are quietly reshaping AI's digital playground, warns Sean Harvey.

Nov 17, 2024