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.

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

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

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." ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

Mailyn Fidler's latest research paper posits that internet fragmentation hasn't been as inward-looking as theorists have often suggested.