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This exhibit asks the audience to consider and evaluate the human cost of an increasingly automated world.
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Teaching the legacy of Dulcie September and other assassinated anti-racist figures of resistance as poetry for collective liberation
"They erased Dulcie September, who remained a name in schools, streets, and cultural centers but nothing about her…
I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside
Rumman Chowdhury writes about her time at Twitter as the engineering director of the META team...
Can ‘we the people’ keep AI in check?
"Emad [CEO] at Stability [AI, the open-source AI company,] says he’s ‘democratizing AI.’ Well, wouldn’t it be…
The Scramble to Save Twitter’s Research From Elon Musk
"We were rightfully worried about what this leadership change would entail...There's a lot of ideology and…
I am a student and activist. I won’t be silenced.
BKC Research Assistant Pratika Katiyar writes about the effort to silence student voices and the need to codify…
ChatGPT And Beyond: What’s Behind The AI Boom?
"...what are the kinds of harms and stereotypes that exist in society that these machines can pick up on? These…
New Border Force unit to deploy more surveillance tech in Channel
"Instead of investing in costly technologies, governments could be using this money to strengthen access to justice,…
Expert warns of AI tools’ potential threat to democracy
"Democracy is fundamentally a human way of organizing ourselves, and where an AI, whether it's a ChatGPT that is…
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This panel discussion will explore tools the EU’s new Digital Services Act will offer to international researchers to…
Technology and the Public Interest
An introduction to the book Technology and the Public Interest by Haochen Sun followed by comments from several…
This exhibit asks the audience to consider and evaluate the human cost of an increasingly automated world.
The Challenge of Next-Generation AI
Russell Neuman will address practical issues of human-centered AI design as well as broader questions of privacy and…
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsBKC Policy Practice: Artificial Intelligence
The BKC Policy Practice on Artificial Intelligence (BKC PP: AI) is a public interest-oriented program that helps…
Fellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
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…
Initiative for a Representative First Amendment
IfRFA is a shared program between the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Cyberlaw Clinic.
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsDigital Identity in Times of Crisis
Global cohort of early-career scholars and practitioners explores the ethical and human rights considerations of…
Harvard Open Access Project
The Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) fosters the growth of open access to research, within Harvard and beyond.
Youth and Media
Youth and Media (YaM) encompasses an array of research, advocacy, and development initiatives around youth (age 12-18)…
Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
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 technologi…
Internet Health
Censorship, filtering, throttling, dead links, blockages. The health of the Internet can be measured by the ease with which its users can access and share information. We develop tools and research to…
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…
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…