Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders speak to fears about AI replacing humans' jobs, opining that this will only happen when it outperforms us in terms of speed, scale, scope, and/or sophistication.

Jonathan Bellack argues that Bluesky is nearing the end of the timeframe in which it can build a truly participatory content moderation process.

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

BKC Affiliate Kathy Pham introduces The United States Digital Service Origins, an oral history of the USDS featuring nearly 50 interviews telling the story of technology and government.

Rumman Chowdhury cautions that, no matter how useful AI can be, users shouldn't have it do their thinking for them.

Affiliate Bruce Schneier testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform concerning DOGE's access to and use of Americans' data, reminding congresspersons that "data is power." ...

Faculty Associate Ben Green exposes some of the challenges to Elon Musk's purported goal of using AI to reduce government spending.

Sahana Udupa explores the dark side of encrypted messaging apps, exploring how hateful messages (which she dubs "extreme speech") can flourish in such apps because smaller-scale communications make ...

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is thrilled to announce the Spring Speaker Series! Building on the success of the RSM Speaker Series, launched by the Institute for Rebooting Social ...

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 technologies around ...

The potential emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is plausible and should be taken seriously by the U.S. national security community. Yet the pace and potential progress of AGI's ...

The Student Salon Series is a student-led event series bringing Harvard students into dialogue about tech topics, hosted by the Berkman Klein Center. Explore past salons below.