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Ask the Experts
Dia Kayyali spoke to Petra Molnar and other experts to ascertain how the Trump administration is using AI for…
Guillotine
BKC Director James Mickens, along with Sarah Radway and Ravi Netravali, treat advanced AI as potentially rogue actors.
The Future is Coded
The blending of generative AI with strategic foresight practices means that algorithms can predict trends with uncanny…
Trump's Social Media Surveillance
Faculty Associate Petra Molnar warns that AI-driven visa revocation programs chill discourse and weaken civil society…
Reporting from “The Battle for Our Attention” Workshop @ Northeastern, April 11, 2025
At a workshop organized by Faculty Associates Elettra Bietti and Aileen Nielsen, along with Laura Aade, participants…
AI Regulation Versus AI Innovation
Virgilio Almeida and coauthors explore the (false) tension between regulation and innovation, arguing that democratic…
Meta on Trial + Is A.I. a 'Normal' Technology?
Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan joined the New York Times podcast Hard Fork to unpack his paper coauthored with…
Artificial Intelligence, Totalitarianism, and the Future of Cognitive Liberty
Magda Romanska argues that we're nearing a frightening form of technological totalitarianism.
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsFellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Professional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.
Featured Topics
See all TopicsEthics and Governance of AI
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…
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
Governance of Technology & the Internet
Networked technologies are complex, multi-layered, interdependent, and subject to multiple competing interests. Through original research and by creating connections between stakeholders, we work to build…