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Virgilio Almeida and coauthors explore the (false) tension between regulation and innovation, arguing that democratic regulation can ensure that citizens have a role in shaping…

Magda Romanska argues that we're nearing a frightening form of technological totalitarianism.

Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor challenge notions of AI as an existential threat.

I am grateful to have been part of the first cohort of fellows at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Over the past six months…

In a Harvard Law Review note, Affiliate Dylan Moses explores how generative AI challenges legal frameworks long relied on to manage platform liability, arguing that we can’t…

Faculty Associate Zahra Takhshid explores how large language models will impact authority in Shia Islam.

Ram Shankar Siva Kumar reflects on his time on Microsoft's AI Red Team, a group of technical experts who emulate real-world cyberattacks to allow companies to strengthen their…

Rumman Chowdhury joins Science Friday to discuss the state of artificial general intelligence.

BKC Director Mark Wu weighs in on the tensions between the US and Europe in the face of Trump's tariffs.

The New York Times features a quiz based on Faculty Associate Jeffrey Hall's recent book.

In a new report for Mozilla, Beatriz Botera Arcila explores how liability law can help make sense of the complex nature of responsibility with respect to AI.

Should the NSA be concerned about security flaws in Signal?

Ethan Zuckerman uses the recent "Signalgate" scandal to reflect on how modern political discourse creates divergent realities. He proposes the "post-post-truth" era - wherein we…

Jack Cushman gives readers a primer on Signal's privacy capabilities in light of the Atlantic's editor in chief being added to a group chat used by American leaders to plan…

BKC Affiliate Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu argues that the AI-creator relationship as it exists is exploitative -- but it need not be.

ASML Fellow and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser presents a vision for community-led digital spaces centered on mutual aid, self-governance, and decentralization.

Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer argue that the emergence of artifical intelligence in the age of Web 3.0 requires a multi-layered approach to digital security with a…

Affiliate Sean Harvey examines the troubling rise of deepfakes, calling for stronger detection tools to curb their growing impact.

In a new book for Cambridge's Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets series, Mark Esposito and coauthors explore the potential for using emerging technologies for inclusive…

Ethan Zuckerman and Evelyn Douek discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the TikTok ban