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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
LPE Project

The Right Understands That All Governance is Data Governance

Salomé Viljoen warns that the Trump Administration's attempts at monetary efficiency mask its increasing goal over the US's data infrastructure

May 12, 2025
Lawfare

Ben Brooks on the Rise of Open Source AI

Ben Brooks joins Lawfare's Kevin Frazier to discuss the domestic and international ramifications of open-sourcing AI models.

May 9, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Why Small Businesses Must Not Get Left Behind In The AI Boom

Camille Stewart Gloster and Afua Bruce argue that large companies should consider dedicating training and support resources to aid small businesses in adopting AI responsibly and…

May 9, 2025

Facebook's Faces

Affiliate Chinmayi Arun explores the complex, fragmented nature of Facebook’s internal governance and its uneven accountability to states, publics, and its own Oversight Board.

May 8, 2025

Fragmentation of International Cybercrime Law

Faculty Associate Mailyn Fidler examines how divergent international cybercrime laws reflect competing global visions of sovereignty and power.

May 8, 2025
De|Center

Calling All Technologists

The Era of Neutrality Is Over

Jessica Fjeld calls for coalition between movement technologists and movement lawyers to push for structural changes in the face of advancing authoritarianism.

May 8, 2025
University of Kansas

AI ‘friends’ a threat to lonely people, KU expert says

Can artificial intelligence supplant friendship by providing quality communication?

May 8, 2025
Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics

The Case for Transparency

How social media platform data access leads to real-world change

Naomi Shiffman and Brandon Silverman present their 'case for transparency,' highlighting cases demonstrating the positive impacts of platform transparency across spheres.

May 7, 2025

Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis

Faculty Associate David Nemer highlights how platform-driven disinformation disproportionately harms marginalized communities and calls for urgent, systemic regulatory action.

May 7, 2025

Human Development Report 2025

A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI

Read Affiliate Joe Bak-Coleman's contribution to the UN Human Development Report 2025, with advisory input from Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and alums J. Nathan Matias and…

May 7, 2025

A.I. Can Trick You, Warns Book That Hid A.I.’s Help Writing It

“A piece of performance art, or simply marketing, that involved using a pen name.” Director and Faculty Chair, Jonathan Zittrain comments on Andrea Colmedici's AI generated book…

May 7, 2025

Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It

"Open source, decentralized tooling ensures that, if any single company becomes a nation-state target, the communities that rely on its infrastructure can keep operating." ASML…

May 7, 2025

AGI is not a milestone

"Treating AGI as a milestone for the development of transformative AI is seductive but misguided." Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and Affiliate Sayash Kapoor argue that AGI is…

May 2, 2025

Learning to speak with honesty—and without AI

"As AI embeds itself more deeply in our society, we need a conversation about authenticity in culture, technology and politics." Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman explores the…

May 2, 2025
Time

Why Bluesky Is Letting Users Write Their Own Social Media Rules

A recent article on Bluesky's decentralized ecosystem mentions Blacksky.

May 1, 2025
Tech Policy Press

100 Days In, Trump's Silicon Valley Romance Isn't What It Seemed

Anupam Chander observes that the Trump Administration's seeming warmth toward Big Tech may have been a ruse.

Apr 29, 2025