It’s time to lead reform, block harm, and advance the public good
Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders offer an optimistic outlook: AI-generated harms are neither natural nor inevitable, and beneficial uses of the technology are possible.
Mailyn Fidler details the recent UN Cybercrime Convention, arguing that most analyses have overlooked the Convention's implications for global mutual legal assistance, regardless…
The Harvard Crimson's Jen L. Phan recaps a recent conversation between Meg Marco, Jordi Weinstock, and Kashmir Hill surrounding the psychological effects of humans forming close …
Bruce Schneier and coauthor Gadi Evron discuss AI summarization optimization (AISO), the process by which meeting attendees adapt their speech to make it more rife for uptake by…
Joe Bak-Coleman and coauthors note the difficulty posed by the evidence used to evaluate the tech industry being generated from within the industry. "For researchers who decide to…
In new book, law professor busts myths about ‘hapless grandparents’ in the digital age
The book, in Palfrey's words, aims to "help make sure that the use of technology is actually a part of thriving in older age, and not something that’s a hardship for older people."
Rudy Fraser's Blacksky is mentioned as a new wave social media app that focuses on depth, rather than breadth. "[Blacksky] targets minorities and marginalized individuals and has…
AI's influence on the 2026 electoral cycle will be greater than what many feared leading to 2024, warn Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders. In a new piece for The American Prospect,…
Bruce Schneier and coauthors caution that cyber attackers are now using AI agents to automate some parts of the hacking process, meaning that future attacks may supersede our…
Faculty Associate Elettra Bietti, Friso Bostoen, and Alum Jacquelene Mwangi draw two principal lessons the proliferation of pro-competitive regimes in the African region.
Faculty Associate David Nemer and coauthor André Sobal draw attention to the human labor powering purportedly autonomous AI systems. AI systems are, they argue, "heteromated": …
A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier expect that AI use will differ along party lines, with Republicans "poised to exploit the technology"…
