Research Programs
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
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Tort Law as a Tool for Mitigating Catastrophic AI Risk
February 19, 2026
Professor Gabriel Weil will discuss the role that tort law can play in compelling AI companies to internalize the risks generated by training and deploying…
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Copyright’s Afterlife: Law, Legacy, and Ownership
February 6, 2026
This expert roundtable will address important aspects of the post-mortem afterlife of copyright and explore tools and remedies for identifying and rectifying misuses of authors’…
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Data Privacy and the Future of AI Governance: A Conversation with Former FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
February 5, 2026
Join the Berkman Klein Center for a fireside chat and Q&A with Julie Brill, one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on technology, governance, and…
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HLS Beyond and LIL present: Funders and Founders
January 28, 2026
What does it take to build a legal tech startup? How are lawyers using AI now, and how will they use it five and ten years from now? Join Pablo Arredondo, Co-Founder of CaseText and now Vice President at Thomson Reuters following the company's 2023 acquisition, in conversation with Jon Choi, visiting faculty at HLS and James Carr Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis and Co-Founder of Solomon AI, as they discuss entrepreneurship, AI, and the future of the legal profession.
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Under the Hood of AI Policymaking: A Conversation with Rebecca Kagan
January 21, 2026
AI policy is moving fast in Washington — new executive orders, shifting export controls, debates over federal versus state regulation. But how do these decisions…
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A Conversation with Ben Buchanan on National Security and AI Policy
January 21, 2026
National security has become a dominant lens for AI policy in Washington. But what does that framing clarify, and what does it obscure? What role…
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How technology supports and undermines democracy
December 16, 2025
At a recent event, experts urged collaboration between technologists and policymakers to protect the rule of law.
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Applied Social Media Lab Synthesizer
November 18, 2025
Join the Applied Social Media Lab for the 2025 Synthesizer & Open Showcase!
🗓 Thursday, December 4 | 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Understanding the AI Action Plan
November 18, 2025
Join Alan Raul (Harvard College ’75, HKS MPA ’77) and Justin Curl (HLS ’26) for a discussion of the Trump Administration’s central AI policy document:…
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Since the Cambridge Analytica controversy in 2018, African governments have increasingly sought to regulate Big Tech. The adoption of new legislative frameworks and the creation…
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Your chatbot may be the friend that isn’t
October 30, 2025
Your AI chatbot may be your companion, your assistant, even your romantic partner. But it may also be the gateway to something more ominous, according…
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A custom build to connect cross country? He nailed it.
October 27, 2025
Harvard Law School Professor Terry Fisher was growing more concerned about political divisions in the United States, but he was not entirely convinced that things were as bad as they appeared.
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How to be the Superintelligence You’ve Been Waiting For
October 22, 2025
We alternately dread, worship and dismiss the arrival of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). Yet the real superintelligences already surround us: religions, corporations, markets and democracies. This…
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AI Triad: A Dialogue Across Differences
October 22, 2025
Artificial intelligence isn’t just a technology—it’s a battleground of competing values, incentives, and worldviews. Accelerationists see AI as a force for human progress, unlocking new…
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Automating Content Policy
October 10, 2025
AI is no longer just moderating individual posts — it is learning how to interpret and enforce policy itself. Dave Willner — who has led…
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As AI systems become more conversational, the lines between tool, companion, and manipulator are blurring. What happens when machines start telling us what we want…
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Belief, Uncertainty, and Truth in Language Models
September 22, 2025
What does it mean for a language model to “know” something—and how should it communicate uncertainty to the people who use it? In this talk,…
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What Is Intelligence?
September 8, 2025
“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. This discussion will offer a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in Blaise Agüera y…