In our comment to the FDA, we draw on our ongoing research to focus on what people’s actual, everyday use of chatbots for mental and emotional support means for the FDA’s approach to generative AI-enabled digital mental health medical devices. Read more

We invite researchers and practitioners to join us in examining how scientific reasoning and imagination are being reconfigured as AI systems become a part of the everyday practice of science. Learn more and apply by December 8. Read more

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September 3, 2025 — Data & Society is pleased to welcome Felicia Wong, principal at the Roosevelt Institute and previously the Institute’s president and CEO, to its board of directors. Wong has a distinguished record of ... Read more

If the US is to lead the next era of scientific innovation, it must invest not only in speed but in epistemic integrity, continuous maintenance of data infrastructures, and accountable systems of knowledge production. Read more

In our statement for the record to the House Oversight Committee hearing on government use of AI, we argue that DOGE threatens Americans’ personal privacy and is violating Trump's own AI procurement regulations — and that AI doesn't make government more efficient. Read more

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Data & Society is delighted to announce that Michelle Miller, director of innovation for the Center of Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, has joined the organization’s board of directors. Read more

Data & Society is pleased to welcome nine new affiliates, joining a network of affiliates and advisors who collaborate with D&S staff to realize a future where technological development is guided by equity and human dignity. Read more

Led by Tamara Kneese and joined by affiliates Zane Griffin Talley Cooper and Xiaowei R. Wang, our new climate program will examine the social and environmental repercussions of the expanded global infrastructures and labor practices that sustain the growth of digital technologies, from AI and blockchain to streaming and data storage. It's a critical time, and we’re excited to get to work. Read more