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As regulators and policymakers struggle to understand the implications of this new technology, Ash Center experts are answering questions about how best to govern AI and not just reactively respond to the many issues that continue to arise.</p> <p>Can AI be a force for good in our democracy? How do we prevent it from becoming a tool for those who wish to undermine our institutions and trust?</p> <p>Explore our latest events, research, and writing below.</p> </div> </div><!-- /body1 --> <div class="section1 -mt:4"> <h4 class="section1-title -t:14" reveal="2/">Upcoming Events</h4> <hr class="section1-line hr1 -c:d1t -thick" reveal="3l/"> <div class="section1-content" reveal="2/"> <article class="card3 -sep1 -h1 -as:y1" reveal="2/" hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/events/online-book-talk-the-tech-coup-how-to-save-democracy-from-silicon-valley/" class="overlink1 card3-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Online Book Talk—The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley</span></a> <p class="card3-date -t:15"><time datetime="December 18, 2024 2:00 pm">Dec <span class="-t:19 -c:a1t">18</span></time></p> <div class="card3-wrap"> <h3 class="card3-title"><span class="-a:1 -as:1">Online Book Talk—The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley</span></h3> <div class="card3-details"> <p class="card3-brow -t:17 -c:a1t">Online Event</p> <p class="card3-location -t:11">Virtual Event <br/>2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST </p> </div> </div> </article><!-- /card3 --> </div> </div><!-- /section1 --> <hr class="hr1 -c:d1t -thick -mt:0" reveal="3l/"> <div x-data> <div class="filters1" reveal="2/" scripted> <div class="filters1-main" id="ash-feed"> <ul class="filters1-tabs -t:10"> <li> <a href="./" :aria-current="$store.archives.filters.content_type == '' || ! $store.archives.filters.content_type ? 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This collection of essays from leading scholars and experts raise critical questions surrounding power, governance, and democracy as they consider how technology can better serve the public interest.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/resources/watching-the-generative-ai-hype-bubble-deflate/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-500x333.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-500x333.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-100x67.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-250x167.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-2000x1333.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/m-ZzOa5G8hSPI-unsplash-500x333.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Additional Resource </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, David Gray Widder and Mar Hicks draw on the history of tech hype cycles to warn against the harmful effects of the current generative AI bubble.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/resources/ai-and-practicing-democracy/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>AI and Practicing Democracy</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-500x375.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-500x375.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-300x225.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-100x75.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-250x188.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small.jpg 1920w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/crowd-small-500x375.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Additional Resource </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >AI and Practicing Democracy</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, Emily S Lin and Marshall Ganz call on us to reckon with how humans create, exercise, and structure power, in hopes of meeting our current technological moment in a way that aligns with our values.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/resources/ai-digital-sovereignty-and-the-eus-path-forward-a-case-for-mission-oriented-industrial-policy/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>AI, Digital Sovereignty, and the EU’s Path Forward: A Case for Mission-Oriented Industrial Policy</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-500x315.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-500x315.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-300x189.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-768x484.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-1536x968.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-2048x1291.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-100x63.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-250x158.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-1000x630.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-1500x946.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-2000x1261.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/christian-lue-C241mbgtgys-unsplash-500x315.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Additional Resource </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >AI, Digital Sovereignty, and the EU’s Path Forward: A Case for Mission-Oriented Industrial Policy</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, Tessel van Oirsouw explores how the EU should pursue “mission-oriented industrial policy” to align its technological development with its cross-sector strategic objectives.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/resources/medicare-advantage-as-asset-management-the-pretense-of-care-under-logics-of-extraction/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Medicare Advantage as Asset Management: The Pretense of Care Under Logics of Extraction</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-500x333.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-500x333.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-100x67.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-250x167.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-2000x1333.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jonathan-borba-zNmTJzKdark-unsplash-500x333.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Additional Resource </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Medicare Advantage as Asset Management: The Pretense of Care Under Logics of Extraction</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, Ajeet Singh explores how AI technologies deployed in the health care sector often orient towards the extraction of greater surplus revenues at the expense of patient health.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/resources/cooperative-paradigms-for-artificial-intelligence/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Cooperative Paradigms for Artificial Intelligence</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-500x334.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-500x334.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-100x67.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-250x167.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-2000x1334.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/claudio-schwarz-k39RGHmLoV8-unsplash-500x334.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Additional Resource </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Cooperative Paradigms for Artificial Intelligence</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>As a part of the Allen Lab’s Political Economy of AI Essay Collection, Sarah Hubbard explores alternative ownership and governance structures for artificial intelligence that may better serve the public interest.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-11-20">Nov 20, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/sunset-and-renew-section-230-should-protect-human-speech-not-algorithmic-virality/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Sunset and Renew: Section 230 Should Protect Human Speech, Not Algorithmic Virality</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-500x264.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-500x264.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-300x158.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-768x405.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1536x810.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-2048x1080.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-100x53.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-250x132.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1000x527.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1500x791.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-2000x1055.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-500x264.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Sunset and Renew: Section 230 Should Protect Human Speech, Not Algorithmic Virality</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Senior Fellow Allison Stanger, in collaboration with Jaron Lanier and Audrey Tang, advocate for a “repeal and renew” approach to Section 230 in an effort to reform the current social media ecosystem.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-30">Oct 30, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/tech-policy-that-actually-serves-the-people/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Tech Policy that (Actually) Serves the People</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-500x300.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-500x300.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-300x180.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-768x461.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-2048x1231.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-100x60.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-250x150.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-1000x601.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-1500x901.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-2000x1202.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/rob-curran-sUXXO3xPBYo-unsplash-500x300.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Tech Policy that (Actually) Serves the People</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellow Ami Fields-Meyer lays out research questions for developing a new U.S. tech policy agenda that puts people first.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-02">Oct 2, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-content/uploads/sites/412/2024/09/27201409/VPA-Paper-National-Security-Case-for-AI.pdf" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>The National Security Case for Public AI</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-500x500.jpg" alt="tech background with a square in the middle" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-500x500.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-300x300.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-768x768.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-100x100.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-250x250.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-1500x1500.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-2000x2000.jpg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/8machine-_-LhNDEs4MP5w-unsplash-500x500.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Occasional Paper </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >The National Security Case for Public AI</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellow Alex Pascal and Vanderbilt Law Professor Ganesh Sitaraman make the case that public options for AI and public utility-style regulation of AI will enhance national security by ensuring innovation and competition, preventing abuses of power and conflicts of interest, and advancing public interest and national security goals.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-10-01">Oct 1, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/building-a-digital-democracy-with-audrey-tang-and-megan-smith/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Building a Digital Democracy with Audrey Tang and Megan Smith</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-500x333.jpeg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-500x333.jpeg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-100x67.jpeg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-250x167.jpeg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-1000x667.jpeg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-1500x1000.jpeg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-2000x1333.jpeg 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/gOge59Zg-500x333.jpeg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Video </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Building a Digital Democracy with Audrey Tang and Megan Smith</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>The “Building a Digital Democracy” panel brought together Audrey Tang, Megan Smith, Professor Danielle Allen, and Professor Mathias Risse for a conversation on how technology is being used to transform our political institutions.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-09-26">Sep 26, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/getting-plurality-public-comment-on-u-s-ai-safety-institute-guidance/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>GETTING-Plurality Public Comment on U.S. AI Safety Institute Guidance</span></a> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >GETTING-Plurality Public Comment on U.S. AI Safety Institute Guidance</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>The GETTING-Plurality Research Network recently submitted a public comment on the NIST U.S. AI Safety Institute’s <a href="https://www.nist.gov/aisi/guidance">“Managing Misuse Risk for Dual-Use Foundation Models” draft guidance</a>. The full text of the public comment can be found below.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-09-13">Sep 13, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/conference-on-the-political-economy-of-ai-podcast-episodes/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Conference on the Political Economy of AI Podcast Episodes</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-500x375.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-500x375.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-300x225.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-100x75.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-250x188.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k.jpg 2048w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53720212507_770cd867f5_k-500x375.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Podcast </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Conference on the Political Economy of AI Podcast Episodes</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Check out the podcast episodes from the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation’s Conference on the Political Economy of AI to glean insights from each panel.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-06-11">Jun 11, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/using-ai-for-political-polling/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Using AI for Political Polling</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-500x500.jpg" alt="A chart with blue and red columns is set against a backdrop of zeros and ones" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-500x500.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-300x300.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-768x768.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-100x100.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-250x250.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-1500x1500.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-2000x2000.jpg 2000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565.jpg 2048w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Firefly-a-chart-with-a-blue-column-and-a-red-column-against-a-backdrop-of-zeros-and-ones-17565-500x500.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Commentary </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Using AI for Political Polling</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Will AI-assisted polls soon replace more traditional techniques?</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-06-07">Jun 7, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/ai-and-democracy-summer-reading-list/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>AI and Democracy Summer Reading List</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-500x315.png" alt="Graphic that includes all of the book covers mentioned in this list." data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-500x315.png 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-300x189.png 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-1024x645.png 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-768x484.png 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-1536x967.png 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-2048x1289.png 2048w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-100x63.png 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-250x157.png 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-1000x630.png 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-1500x944.png 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-2000x1259.png 2000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2023-round-up-content-32-500x315.png" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >AI and Democracy Summer Reading List</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>This list, curated by the GETTING-Plurality Research Network at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, highlights a mix of foundational texts and new thinking on the timely issue of how AI will impact democracy, especially as we head into election season.</p> </div> <p class="card6-date -t:20 -c:d2t"><time datetime="2024-06-04">Jun 4, 2024</time></p> <p class="card6-icon"><i class="icon2 icon-directional-right-filled -filled<l"></i></a></p> </div><!-- /insert1 --></article><!-- /card6 --> <article class="card6" w="24/12/8" reveal="2/" aligned hovercatch> <a href="https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/conference-on-the-political-economy-of-ai/" class="overlink1 card6-link -as:1" hoverwatch><span invisible>Conference on the Political Economy of AI</span></a> <figure class="img1 card6-image -hover1" style="--w: 480; --rl: 0.58333333333333;"> <img class="lazyload " data-src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-500x375.jpg" alt="" data-srcset="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-500x375.jpg 500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-300x225.jpg 300w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-100x75.jpg 100w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-250x188.jpg 250w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-1500x1126.jpg 1500w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-2000x1501.jpg 2000w, https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k.jpg 2047w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1"></i> <noscript><img src="https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53721328113_8651f3aeed_k-500x375.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </figure><!-- /img1 --> <div class="insert1 card6-main" > <p class="card6-brow -mb:m3 -t:17 -c:a1t" >Feature </p> <h4 class="card6-title -t:5" >Conference on the Political Economy of AI</h4> <div class="card6-lead -t:10" ><p>Experts gathered at the Allen Lab conference to examine the incentives and structures of AI development, as well as to discuss the past, present, and potential future of steering AI towards better serving the public 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