Affiliates Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier suggest that, though the technology undoubtedly has its risks, AI presents opportunities "to make democracy better, stronger, and more responsive to people ...

In Nature, Dariusz Jemielniak satirizes academics' hyperfixation on metrics with his j-index: the quotient of the (literal) weight of an author's works and their time-since-PhD.

Faculty Associate Kate Klonick and Alan Rozenshtein talk to Columbia law professor Tim Wu about Wu's new book, The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future ...

AI's influence on the 2026 electoral cycle will be greater than what many feared leading to 2024, warn Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders. In a new piece for The American Prospect, the pair identify ...

Bruce Schneier and coauthor Barath Raghavan argue that the OODA (observe, orient, decide, act) loop for real-time decision making poses problems for agentic AI. "The fundamental problem," they note, ...

Mailyn Fidler proposes an expanded understanding of Internet fragmentation, suggesting that the traditional view of fragmentation as isolationist is becoming outmoded. Fidler argues that, "instead of ...

Two BKC community members - Paola Ricaurte and Latanya Sweeney - were named to Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in AI. Ricaurte, a Faculty Associate, is recognized for her work ...

Brandon is an expert on data access & transparency and he's helping the Center think through and build new transparency tools focused on social media. These days, he's focused on three challenges ...

"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 ...

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. "The multiplicity of actors involved in AI ...

Power depends upon context, and the rapid growth of cyber space is an important new context in world politics. The low price of entry, anonymity, and asymmetries in vulnerability means that smaller ...

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is thrilled to announce an extraordinary cohort of incoming fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. The group’s expertise and ...