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Hamlet: What About Machine Learning Enhancing Theses?
Berkman Klein Center software engineer Andromeda Yelton shares a new tool ("extremely in alpha") that uses machine…
Inside the Harvard research hub chronicling our relationship with the internet
In this story featuring conversation with Senior Researcher David O'Brien, Ellen Tannam writes, "The Berkman Klein…
Where did this computer come from?
Dwutygodnik.com interviewed Sarah Newman, a Creative Researcher at metaLAB at Harvard, and a Fellow at the Berkman…
Big questions raised by big data
Berkman Klein Executive Director Urs Gasser, spoke about the legal and ethical risks and implications of using big data…
Tech Leadership in an Era of Digital (Mis)Trust
New policies aim to protect the privacy and security of personal data. How can trust be strengthened in the digital…
Just Say No to ‘Just Say No’
Berkman Klein Affiliate Mariel García-Montes publishes main findings and takeaways from her graduate thesis on…
City attorney sues blogger for libel. Is it ‘a threat designed to silence?’
In this article by Sarah Blaskey centered around litigation in the blogosphere, Kendra Albert provides context on the…
Playing with AI Fairness
In this post, David Weinberger explores artificial intelligence and the concept of fairness.
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Responsive Communities addresses issues of social justice, civil liberties, and economic development involving Internet… More
Digital Health @ Harvard
The Digital Health @ Harvard collaboration brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars, researchers,… More
Berklett Cybersecurity
The Berklett Cybersecurity project is a unique forum for discussing true and important, and often novel, facts, and… More
AGTech Forum
The AGTech Forum provides opportunities for collaborative engagement among state attorneys general, technology… More
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See all TopicsEthics and Governance of AI
The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives is raising pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these techn… More
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… More
Privacy & Security
Privacy violations are a serious threat to the health of the Internet and the effective use of technology. We study how people understand their privacy as users of technology, examine and document the… More
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, analy… More
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The Era of Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, a former artificial intelligence researcher since 3 decades ago, former head of Google China and… More
Computer Simulations to Enhance Vaccine Trials
Simulation and Deliberation to Prepare for Clinical Trials in Infectious Disease Emergencies (multiple joint projects… More
Re-Engineering Humanity
Re-Engineering Humanity brings a pragmatic if somewhat dystopic perspective to the technological phenomena of our age… More
The State of Government Technology
On this US election day, we are pleased to take a close look at the inner workings of government, with a particular… More