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The World Academy of Sciences

Brazilian Virgílio Almeida receives UNESCO-Uzbekistan AI Ethics Prize

Almeida has received the inaugural edition of the UNESCO–Uzbekistan Beruniy Prize for Scientific Research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Dec 11, 2025
CNN

Australia is banning young teens from social media. Could it happen in the US?

Alex Pascal weighs in on the unlikelihood of the Trump Administration being able to pass strict youth-safety legislation.

Dec 10, 2025
Washington Post

Tech workers face new H-1B scrutiny as Trump targets ‘censorship’

Affiliate Dave Willner and Faculty Associated Evelyn Douek are quoted in a story about the State Department's actions towards denying visas to workers involved in content…

Dec 6, 2025
Nature

Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues

Faculty Associate Gorg Pennycook and coauthors study the effects of having voters interact with AI models advocating for political candidates.

Dec 4, 2025
For the Birds Trapped in Airports

The Cookout

A guide to AI Ancestral Intelligence by Aymar Jèan Escoffery

Dr. AJ Escoffery created a comic workbook and guide based on his forthcoming Reparative Media (MIT Press, 2025). 

Dec 4, 2025
Beyond the Screen

Beyond the Screen

Faculty Associate Aymar Jean Escoffery and coauthor Elijah McKinnon celebrate the publication of Beyond the Screen, a photo-forward book reflecting "on the bold, foundational…

Dec 4, 2025
News
Dec 4, 2025

Aparna Balagopalan & Greg M. Epstein Q&A:

The Berkman Klein Center is thrilled to welcome two new Affiliates whose work stretches from the future of healthcare AI to the evolving role of technology in our lives. Aparna…

Lawfare

Like Social Media, AI Requires Difficult Choices

Social media was supposed to amplify our voices, but it ended up controlling us. Will AI be the same?

Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier liken rapid AI development to the social media boom of the past two decades.

Dec 1, 2025
The Contrarian

How to build AI for democracy

Good governance of artificial intelligence requires providing for trustworthy AI

"Governments must grapple with artificial intelligence (AI) and not simply consign its development and application to corporate entities," argue Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders…

Dec 1, 2025
Bot Populi

Pluriversality of Knowledge in the Age of AI

Reflections from the Conference ‘Towards Regenerative AI’

"Epistemicide—the killing, silencing, annihilation, or devaluing of a knowledge system—occurs when epistemic injustices become persistent and systematic, operating collectively as…

Nov 26, 2025
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