The potential emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is plausible and should be taken seriously by the U.S. national security community. Yet the pace and potential progress of AGI's ...

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

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

"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 not a clear or ...

MuckRock hosted an online discussion among experts fighting for more meaningful transparency in the face of DOGE, including Clinical Instructor Mason Kortz. DOGE's "wall of receipts is not published ...

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 effectively. Failing ...

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

Jon Penney and Nathan Matias offer commentary on a 2023 lawsuit filed against Meta which alleged that its social media platforms harm young users' mental health. They provide tools for concretely ...

The TikTok divest-or-ban order was signed one year ago. The Institute for Rebooting Media spoke with researchers and legal experts to learn about the order’s impact on expression, governance, and the ...

The Applied Social Media Lab (ASML) is a new initiative of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Our two-year mission is to build social media solutions that center the ...

"Social media networks have amplified the reach of social and political movements, but most research focuses on mainstream platforms such as X, Reddit, and Facebook, overlooking Discord." Faculty ...

From “Pizzagate” in 2016 to recent claims of the government controlling the weather in the wake of Hurricane Helene, conspiracy theories have shown they have the power to spread online in ...