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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…
How Misinfodemics Spread Disease
In this piece for The Atlantic, Natalie Gyenes and An Xiao Mina write, "Researchers are finding more and more that…
Cyberlaw Clinic Supports Engine Advocacy in Challenge to Net Neutrality Rollback
In this piece, The Cyberlaw Clinic outlines action on a recent amicus brief.
Why I’m Going on the Academic Job Market
Nathan Matias reflects, "I’ve written this post partly to explain to community partners and advocates why I’m spending…
This is what filter bubbles actually look like
"Maps of Twitter activity show how political polarization manifests online and why divides are so hard to bridge."
Why We’re Hosting Assembly
In this Medium story, the Berkman Klein Center provides background on the Assembly program.
Notes from my summer library tour
Digital Public Library of America Director John Bracken shares reflections on how far the DPLA has gone this year
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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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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