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IST launches Generative Identity Initiative with support of Omidyar Network
With the generous support of Omidyar Network, the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Generative Identity Initiative, a new effort to address the complex questions around generative AI's impact on social identities, norms, and belonging.
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January 30, 2024
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Catalyzing Security in AI Governance
At IST we have been observing recent developments in the nascent AI revolution with interest; conversations around AI and governance align with our own mission to harness opportunities enabled by emerging technologies while also mitigating their attendant risks.
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June 26, 2023
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Democracy Gone Digital: The Election Season Online
In an op-ed for Tech Policy Press, Zoë Brammer and Philip Reiner sound the alarm based on our Digital Cognition and Democracy Initiative (DCDI) research. We need to help voters grapple with information overload and unnaturally immersive experience provoked by digital tools, they urge.
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November 7, 2022
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Digitally Influenced Cognition: What is it, and what does it mean for democracy?
While disinformation, affective polarization, and anti-democratic behavior have always existed, the growing scale of these problems, aided in part by the evolving Internet landscape, poses novel threats to democracy.
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democracy
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manipulated cognition
May 31, 2022
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IST Announces New Personnel, New Initiative
IST is excited to announce the addition of four new team members: Megan Stifel, Yaël Eisenstat, Zoë Brammer, and Lauren Pompey.
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November 1, 2021
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Pay Attention
In a joint CNAS and IST report, Alexa Wehsener analyzes the effect of digital technologies on the monetization of attention.
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cognition
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digital cognition
August 19, 2020
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