Policy Manager Serena Oduro outlines a set of recommendations aimed at the gap between current legislation and the reality of how people engage with chatbots.

As official government accounts release manipulated photos or videos depicting arrests and the use of force, this media begins to influence public understanding — before courts, lawyers, or juries ever evaluate the evidence.

The process of developing local AI ecosystems — self-owned and self-controlled — may offer a path toward sustained self-determined progress for Africa, Teanna Barrett writes.

Online activity can lead to violence, including genocide. As Nuredin Ali writes, effective content moderation can help.

Tamara Kneese and Cecilia Marrinan consider how California’s longstanding ties to the tech industry — and a history of environmental harm — connect to the threats the industry poses to the state today.

Hannah Lipstein and Tamara Kneese examine Virginia’s Data Center Alley, and explain why their research looks at not only individual sites but “how the politics, economics, and  cultural factors of a place" inform effective orga...

In their research on how AI is reshaping modeling work, Alexandra Mateescu, Zoë West, and Sanjay Pinto find a situation ripe for labor exploitation.

This series, a collaboration with Tech Policy Press, features essays by researchers exploring how today’s technology systems are deepening democratic divides.  

In a personal reflection, Brian J. Chen offers some lines of inquiry, directions, and tentative explanations for understanding and engaging on matters of tech policy in this moment.

Our top ten reads for those interested in understanding why advancing AI safety requires a sociotechnical approach to AI governance.