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BKC Affiliate Jack Cushman frames large language models (LLMs) as universal translators.

BKC Affiliate Maroussia Lévesque connects the recent OpenAI boardroom drama to a larger lurking problem: the tremendous concentration of power in the artificial…

BKC Faculty Associate Larry Lessig interacts with ChatGPT, finding that it ChatGPT was both more forthright and more analytically astute about the tensions (and worse) in Supreme…

BKC Affiliate Jack Cushman discusses how libraries must innovate to emerging needs of the community.

RSM Visiting Scholar Anupam Chander, and Donara Aghanjani and Alyanna Apacible discuss the fraught dynamic between Congressional distrust of TikTok and TikTok's potential for…

BKC Faculty Associate Leah Plunkett discusses the difficulties parents face when raising children in the internet age.

BKC Affiliate Bruce Schneier discusses the complicated relationship between trust and AI and the need for building trustworthy AI.

RSM Visiting Scholar David Craig recounts how a tv show changed the history of Cold War and comments on how media can impact society now.

Molly White argues that Sam Bankman-Fried and the collapse of FTX exposed the greater fragility of cryptocurrency. "The collapse of the FTX exchange revealed the massive…

Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain discusses AI regulation, moderating online communities, and the Applied Social Media Lab.

Although there is no one universal definition of “rural,” in general, rural areas are those outside of population centers and their suburbs. In the US, these areas cover…

The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 represented a significant breakthrough in generative AI — systems that craft synthetic content based on patterns learned from…

A new book from Anne L. Washington showcases how to produce better predictive algorithms for the public interest, and "draws on other disciplines, previous research practices, and…

Responsible AI Fellow Rumman Chowdhury explores technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in an era of generative AI.

Juan Ortiz Freuler examines the handling of user requests to access Web content via links within mobile apps in the Apple iOS ecosystem.

The Cyberlaw Clinic supported a brief filed Monday on behalf of the art collective MSCHF and others to stage MetaBirkin NFTs as a part of a broad expressive tradition of…

BKC Director Rebecca Tushnet comments on the copyright implications of A.I.-generated art.

Faculty Associate Ben Grosser and RSM Executive Director Rebecca Rinkevich comment on the potential dawn of the social media pluriverse.

Rebooting Social Media Visiting Professor Joe Walther comments on online communications during times of heightened tension.

BKC Associate Bill Shribman brings the perspective of a children’s media producer as he explores how media literacy education may need to shift in light of advancements in AI…