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The Conversation

Will AI take your job? The answer could hinge on the 4 S's of the technology's advantages over humans

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders speak to fears about AI replacing humans' jobs, opining that this will only happen when it outperforms us in terms of speed, scale, scope, and/or…

Jun 16, 2025
Associated Press

AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks

Greg Leppert weighs in on AI developers' use of written texts, rather than simply digital ones, to train LLMs.

Jun 12, 2025
Platformocracy

Bluesky trust and safety is too important to be left to Bluesky

Bluesky is open about almost everything, except setting and enforcing their community guidelines. They have an opportunity to lead the Internet forward with a democratic alternative.

Jonathan Bellack argues that Bluesky is nearing the end of the timeframe in which it can build a truly participatory content moderation process.

Jun 6, 2025
United States Digital Services Origins

United States Digital Service Origins

BKC Affiliate Kathy Pham introduces The United States Digital Service Origins, an oral history of the USDS featuring nearly 50 interviews telling the story of technology and…

Jun 6, 2025
United States House of Representatives

The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Affiliate Bruce Schneier testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concerning DOGE's access to and use of Americans' data, reminding congresspersons…

Jun 5, 2025
LMU

“Extreme speech and hate hide in everyday chats”

Sahana Udupa explores the dark side of encrypted messaging apps, exploring how hateful messages (which she dubs "extreme speech") can flourish in such apps because smaller-scale…

Jun 5, 2025
Business Insider

Don't delegate your thinking to AI, warns CEO of Humane Intelligence

Rumman Chowdhury cautions that, no matter how useful AI can be, users shouldn't have it do their thinking for them.

Jun 4, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Using AI to Reform Government is Much Harder Than it Looks

Faculty Associate Ben Green exposes some of the challenges to Elon Musk's purported goal of using AI to reduce government spending.

Jun 3, 2025
SciencesPo

Internet Fragmentation's Outward Turn

Mailyn Fidler's latest research paper posits that internet fragmentation hasn't been as inward-looking as theorists have often suggested.

Jun 1, 2025
The Atlantic

What AI Thinks It Knows About You

Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain probes policy questions raised by the “assumptions” large language models make about users.

May 21, 2025
The Dissident

The Digital Panopticon Nightmare

"Trump’s push to 'eliminate silos' is being sold as a modernization drive against fraud and waste, but it is building the architecture of a digital dictatorship." Cyberlaw Clinic…

May 20, 2025
U.S. News & World Report

Iran’s Morality Police Use AI to Track Women. Here's How to Stop Them.

"The fear that women already experience on the street, at the beach, inside a store or on social media is being transformed to constant paranoia under the ever-watchful eyes of AI…

May 20, 2025
arXiv

Comparing Apples to Oranges

A Taxonomy for Navigating the Global Landscape of AI Regulation

With Sacha Alanoca and Kevin Klyman, Affiliates Shira Gur-Arieh and Tom Zick “present a taxonomy to map the global landscape of AI regulation.”

May 19, 2025
Health Tech World

Cyberbullying linked to PTSD in children

Faculty Associate Sameer Hinduja's new study finds that all types of cyberbullying, including indirect forms like exclusion or gossip, can cause trauma on par with more explicit…

May 19, 2025
Ash Center

The Voter Experience

"Despite unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, and voter satisfaction has significantly declined." Affiliate…

May 15, 2025
Frontiers in Blockchain

Decentralizing governance: exploring the dynamics and challenges of digital commons and DAOs

Faculty Associate Mark Esposito, with co-authors Terence Tse and Danny Goh, explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and blockchain-based governance models can…

May 15, 2025
Foreign Policy

UAE AI-Written Legislation Isn't Necessarily A Terrible Idea

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders offer some optimistic reflections on the rise of AI-written legislation, though they concede that such AI use should be disclosed.

May 14, 2025
Washington Post

A dangerous plan to ‘win’ the AI race is circulating

Congress might release AI from state laws. Why put Americans at risk?

Scott Brennen and BKC Affiliate Zeve Sanderson warn about Congressional attempts to undermine states' ability to close the AI regulatory gap.

May 14, 2025
MuckRock

Meet the experts working to pull the curtain on DOGE

MuckRock hosted an online discussion among experts fighting for more meaningful transparency in the face of DOGE, including Clinical Instructor Mason Kortz.

May 14, 2025
Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy

Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance

An Essay Series Part of the Democratic Legitimacy for AI Initiative

Deb Roy, Larry Lessig, and Audrey Tang coauthored an essay highlighting the need for AI tools that support meaningful civic discourse in the face of rampant polarization and…

May 14, 2025