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.

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.

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 ...

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

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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.

Please note: For those that were unable to attend the first Launch Event on April 8, the Edgelands Institute will be repeating the event on April 23 at 9:00 a.m. China Standard Time (UTC/GMT+08:00) / ...

With Sacha Alanoca and Kevin Klyman, Affiliates Shira Gur-Arieh and Tom Zick “present a taxonomy to map the global landscape of AI regulation.” “[T]his taxonomy serves as a tool which can resist time ...

In The Atlantic, Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain probes policy questions raised by the “assumptions” large language models make about users. “Gleaning a model’s assumptions is just the beginning.

"It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design." Faculty Associate ...

"Whether blockchain will serve as a tool for democratization or an extension of existing inequities will be determined not just by technical innovation, but by the collective choices of those who ...