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Why AI Keeps Falling for Prompt Injection Attacks
Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan explore why LLMs struggle with context and judgment and, consequently, are…
Why tech billionaires dream of servers in the sky
Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman argues that billionaires' predictions about tech futures reveal their psyches.
Nearly one-third of social media research has undisclosed ties to industry, preprint claims
Joe Bak-Coleman and coauthors determine that researchers' undisclosed ties to industry might be skewing research.
What experts can learn by tracking AI harms
Fellow Sean McGregor's work on the AI Incident Database (AIID) is highlighted.
Key Trends that Will Shape Tech Policy in 2026
Faculty Associate Petra Molnar and other tech experts identify trends that they're watching in the new year.
Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promises that ChatGPT can deploy ads without eroding users' trust.
Rewiring Democracy Now
Schneier and Sanders Takahiro Anno and Team Mirai's democratic innovations in Japan.
Five Years Of The Oversight Board, From Experiment To Essential Institution
Julie Owono reflects on the Oversight Board's first five years.
Featured Programs
See all ProgramsProfessional Learning and Engagement
Professional Learning and Engagement (PLE) at the Berkman Klein Center offers transformative experiences for…
Fellowship Program
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and…
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media
The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year "pop-up" initiative that will address the biggest questions in…
Applied Social Media Lab
A new home for technologists and practitioners to reimagine, rebuild, and reboot social media to serve the public good…
Featured Projects
See all Projects & ToolsNetwork of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers
A collaborative initiative focused on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications…
metaLAB (at) Harvard
Explores the digital arts and humanities through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions
Lumen
Lumen collects and studies online content removal requests, providing transparency and supporting research and analysis…
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
This initiative focuses on new challenges and opportunities for the law created by the rise of AI.
Featured Topics
See all TopicsEthics and Governance of AI
The rapidly growing capabilities and increasing presence of AI-based systems in our lives raise pressing questions about the impact, governance, ethics, and accountability of these technologies around the…
Media, Democracy, & Public Discourse
The way we communicate online evolves and changes shape rapidly. Through research, the building of tools, and bringing together diverse viewpoints and underrepresented voices, we seek to examine, analyze,…
Technology & the Law
Software, hardware, platforms, and networks are regulated by sometimes conflicting and overlapping sets of laws, policies, and norms. New technologies are constantly creating new frontiers for policymaker…
Governance of Technology & the Internet
Networked technologies are complex, multi-layered, interdependent, and subject to multiple competing interests. Through original research and by creating connections between stakeholders, we work to build…