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Meta Opens Its AI Models for the (U.S.) Military
Ben Brooks weighs in on Meta's decision to allow the U.S. government to use its Llama LLM for national security…
People are fleeing Elon Musk’s X for Threads and Bluesky. Welcome to the era of social media fragmentation
Bellack comments on the growing "X diaspora" as users flee to other platforms.
AI Search Threatens Digital Economy, Warns Researcher
Ben Brooks warns that the AI search industry threatens to disrupt the digital economy.
How hackathon winner ‘Curious GeorgePT’ works to reduce AI bias
Jay Beck weighs in on Curious GeorgePT, an AI model developed to allow for more targeted responses to prompts.
Code-ifying the Law
Ben Green and colleagues note disciplinary divides in the ways that computer scientists and legal experts translate law…
AI Workers Seek Whistleblower Cover to Expose Emerging Threats
Larry Lessig calls for more direct governmental regulation of AI companies.
Social media's lax rules around misinformation worry election watchers
Marshall Van Alstyne raises concerns about platforms enabling election conspiracies.
How Personhood Credentials Could Impact Higher Education
Tom Zick weighs in on the utility of personhood credentials for combatting AI in higher education.
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsResearch Sprints
The BKC Research Sprints are a series of educational programs that bring together emerging scholars from around the…
Fellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Nymity
Nymity creates a “trustspace” where participants feel free to explore ideas without the pressures of personal…
Featured Topics
See all TopicsEthics and Governance of AI
The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologies around the…
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
Governance of Technology & the Internet
Networked technologies are complex, multi-layered, interdependent, and subject to multiple competing interests. Through original research and by creating connections between stakeholders, we work to build…