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Greg Leppert is the Chief Technologist of the Berkman Klein Center. He is also the Executive Director of the Institutional Data Initiative, a research center working to refine and publish library, academic, and government collections as public datasets for AI training. Before academia, Greg built startups in NYC and Austin as an engineer and designer. Before startups, he toured the U.S. and Canada in post-rock bands and set type at Hatch Show Print. Greg is a strong believer that most people want to do good in the world and are simply looking for the right way to go about it.

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Nov 6, 2014

Berkman Community Newcomers: Greg Leppert

Meet Berkman affiliate Greg Leppert, whose work explores social collecting and our interactions with technology.

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NPR

Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI

BKC's Chief Technologist Greg Leppert details the collaboration between the Boston Public Library, HLS, and OpenAI.

Aug 11, 2025
Harvard Law Today

Food for (AI) thought and the library initiative improving AI’s digital diet

Amanda Watson, Assistant Dean for Library and Information Sciences at HLS, credits early conversations with BKC's Jonathan Zittrain and Greg Leppert with helping her understand…

Jul 24, 2025
Associated Press

AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks

Greg Leppert weighs in on AI developers' use of written texts, rather than simply digital ones, to train LLMs.

Jun 12, 2025