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Jessica Fjeld calls for coalition between movement technologists and movement lawyers to push for structural changes in the face of advancing authoritarianism.
Can artificial intelligence supplant friendship by providing quality communication? No, argues Jeffrey Hall: "It may taste like friendship, but it lacks the fundamental ingredients." ...
Social media is undergoing a transformation toward open Internet technologies. What will that future look like? And how will this affect the pressing needs of users: algorithmic choice, less toxicity, ...
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 Zeynep Tufekci. Learn ...
“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 meant demonstrate how ...
"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 Fellow Rudy Fraser ...
This wiki page has been my main home page since June 2013. My latest book is Knowledge Unbound (MIT Press, 2016). It's available in paperback, hardback, and many open-access editions (same text, ...
Social media platforms have become increasingly opaque at precisely the moment their influence on society has reached ...
"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 rise of AI-generated ...
"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 ...
This fellowship opportunity is for those who wish to spend the 2025-2026 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of the Berkman Klein Center's community.