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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 sophistication.
Greg Leppert weighs in on AI developers' use of written texts, rather than simply digital ones, to train LLMs.
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 that "data is power." ...
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 government.
Jonathan Bellack argues that Bluesky is nearing the end of the timeframe in which it can build a truly participatory content moderation process.
Rumman Chowdhury cautions that, no matter how useful AI can be, users shouldn't have it do their thinking for them.
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 communications make ...
As part of the Ethics of Digitalization project, a joint initiative of the Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC), the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society collaborated ...
Faculty Associate Ben Green exposes some of the challenges to Elon Musk's purported goal of using AI to reduce government spending.
Mari is a multifaceted executive leader who brings 20 years of experience spanning a variety of practices and industries. Previously, she worked at The New York Times, Google, Obama for America’s 2012 ...
Tweets by Rebooting Social Media Visiting Scholar Kate Klonick are referenced in a discussion of Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh. "As Kate Klonick...explained brilliantly here, the narrative ...
Pariroo Rattan is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and is completing a secondary field in Music. Her dissertation work is on digital ...