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Mozilla

AI Liability Along the Value Chain

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.

Apr 1, 2025
Foreign Policy

How the Signal Chat Leak Makes the NSA’s Job Harder

Now that everyone uses the same communications technologies, security vulnerabilities are amplified.

Should the NSA be concerned about security flaws in Signal?

Mar 28, 2025
Ethan Zuckerman

“Post-post-truth”, or how the SignalGate story is forking reality

Ethan Zuckerman uses the recent "Signalgate" scandal to reflect on how modern political discourse creates divergent realities. He proposes the "post-post-truth" era - wherein we…

Mar 27, 2025
MIT Technology Review

What is Signal?

The messaging act, explained

Jack Cushman gives readers a primer on Signal's privacy capabilities in light of the Atlantic's editor in chief being added to a group chat used by American leaders to plan…

Mar 27, 2025
LinkedIn

I Built a Custom GPT, Then Read the Fine Print

Why OpenAI's Terms Should Concern Creators

BKC Affiliate Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu argues that the AI-creator relationship as it exists is exploitative -- but it need not be.

Mar 25, 2025
AT Protocol Development

Beyond Horseless Carriages

Building Communities for the Decentralized Era

ASML Fellow and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser presents a vision for community-led digital spaces centered on mutual aid, self-governance, and decentralization.

Mar 25, 2025
Communications of the ACM.

Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

New integrity-focused standards are necessary to enable the trusted AI services of tomorrow.

Bruce Schneier and Davi Ottenheimer argue that the emergence of artifical intelligence in the age of Web 3.0 requires a multi-layered approach to digital security with a…

Mar 24, 2025
The Roko Report

Dystopia Now

Deepfakes are getting real

Affiliate Sean Harvey examines the troubling rise of deepfakes, calling for stronger detection tools to curb their growing impact.

Mar 23, 2025
Cambridge University Press

Digitalization in Emerging Economies

In a new book for Cambridge's Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets series, Mark Esposito and coauthors explore the potential for using emerging technologies for inclusive…

Mar 20, 2025
Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass Amherst

Evelyn Douek, please tell us what is going on with the First Amendment and social media

Ethan Zuckerman and Evelyn Douek discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the TikTok ban

Mar 20, 2025
Harvard Law Today

Can local news help bring us together?

Martha Minow argues that local media is essential for the maintenance of democracy, and outlines ways that individuals can support local news.

Mar 19, 2025
Knight First Amendment Institute

The Long Online Shadow of the Material Support Law

How the Supreme Court's ruling on a law meant to curb support to foreign terrorist groups has impacted our own domestic political discourse

“Platforms’ content moderation of terrorism-related content currently sits at a troubling equilibrium,” writes Faculty Associate Evelyn Douek. She examines how the Supreme Court's…

Mar 19, 2025
Associated Press

Arizona Supreme Court taps AI avatars to make the judicial system more publicly accessible

Mason Kortz weighs in on whether the Arizona Supreme Court's experimental AI avatars will resonate with the Court's audience.

Mar 18, 2025
VC + Policy

Venture Capital's Long Game

Why VC Firms Should Become Policy Powerhouses

Affiliate Paul Fehlinger and Nicolas Colin argue that venture capital's shift toward policy engagement is critical but comes with risks.

Mar 17, 2025
Tech Policy Press

DOGE Plan to Push AI Across the US Federal Government is Wildly Dangerous

Faculty Associate Ben Green critiques DOGE’s AI-driven overhaul of the federal government, warning of misinterpretations, accountability failures, and harmful consequences.

Mar 13, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Threats to Democracy in Brazil: The Rise of Technofeudalism and the Assault on Democratic Institutions

Faculty Associate David Nemer examines the rise of technofeudalism in Brazil and its impact on democracy, labor rights, and digital sovereignty.

Mar 13, 2025
The Conversation

DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power

RSM Visiting Scholar Allison Stanger examines the dangers of DOGE’s access to government data and its implications for AI development and democracy.

Mar 13, 2025
Harvard Political Review

Data Health for Human Health

Affiliate Kasia Chmielinski examines the impact of dataset biases on AI in healthcare and the need for greater transparency and accountability in medical AI training data.

Mar 13, 2025
Knight-Georgetown Institute

Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First

Faculty Associates Arvind Narayanan and Elissa Redmiles, along with Affiliates Aviv Ovadya and Nathaniel Lubin, contribute to a roadmap for designing recommender systems that…

Mar 13, 2025
Tech Policy Press

Podcast: Rudy Fraser on Building Blacksky and the Future of Middleware

ASML Fellow Rudy Fraser discusses building Blacksky, decentralizing social media, and creating safer online spaces.

Mar 13, 2025