Research Programs
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
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What Remains: AI, Death, and Loss
October 21, 2026
Our online lives increasingly outlast us, leaving our likeness with loved ones grappling with challenging but eternal questions of legacy, loss, and law. How does…
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Are We Too Worried about AI — or Not Enough?
October 16, 2026
In a new podcast, Jonathan Zittrain asks why leading thinkers looking at the same technology envision profoundly different futures
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Networked State Capital in China’s AI Ecosystem
October 6, 2026
East Asian Legal Studies Talk: Curtis J. Milhaupt
William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
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One effort to safeguard humanity: AI ‘constitutions’
September 22, 2026
The Berkman Klein Center heard calls to keep models ‘honest, helpful, harmless.’ It’s a work in progress.
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Measuring What Matters: Understanding the Human Impact of AI
September 21, 2026
AI systems are tested and evaluated more extensively than ever, but the effects of AI on humanity are still not fully understood, while narratives about…
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Running Harder, Falling Faster: The Paradox of Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs
September 21, 2026
AI and digital platforms promise a friction-free future, yet the systems taking shape around us depend on hidden human labor, powerful corporate interests, and business…
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Berkman Klein Center 2026 Open House
September 9, 2026
The Berkman Klein Center invites students to our annual Open House. The annual Open House is the first place to hear about opportunities to work…
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What Rough Beast…? On AI’s Potential to Surpass Humanity
September 9, 2026
The recent explosion of AI capacity, along with booming prophecies about its limitless potential, arrives at a moment of profound unease. Just over a century…
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Today’s U.S.-China AI race is often framed as the defining technological competition of our era. It is marked by a surge of subsidies, tax credits,…
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Africa Reimagined: Progress, Promise, People
April 16, 2026
Join us for an engaging lecture by Prof. Konyin Ajayi, HLS ’82, titled Africa Reimagined: Progress, Promise, People. In his thought-provoking talk, Prof.
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Financing Africa’s Future: From Foundations to Frontiers – A Conversation with Mr. Samaila Zubairu
April 16, 2026
Join us for Financing Africa’s Future: From Foundations to Frontiers – A Conversation with Mr. Samaila Zubairu, President and CEO of the Africa Finance Corporation,…
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A new tool from the Berkman Klein Center helps researchers and individuals understand how social media policies are evolving.
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AI Policy at the Frontier: A Conversation with Nathan Calvin (Encode) and Fin Moorhouse (Forethought)
April 8, 2026
What does it take to govern a technology that might reshape the world within the decade? Answering that requires both big-picture thinking about where AI…
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AI and the Concentration of Power
April 7, 2026
Zoë Hitzig, known for her research and writing on the political economy of AI, including a widely discussed op-ed reflecting on her decision to leave…
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Digital Identity Symposium: Towards User-Owned Identity
April 6, 2026
What if there were a better way to prove your identity online, one that gives you greater control over the information you share in a…
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Institutional Disruption and the Longer View
April 6, 2026
Most AI policy conversations start from the assumption that we’re in unprecedented territory. But are we? This conversation brings together three scholars, all of whom…
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Who Watches the Warfighters? Oversight of AI in the DOD
April 6, 2026
Who watches the warfighters? As defense instituations race to integrate AI into national security operations, the mechanisms designed to catch failures and protection those who…
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Agents, Consciousness, and the Future of AI
March 31, 2026
AI is moving from autocomplete to autopilot. These systems are no longer just suggesting courses of action; they’re acting on our behalf, trading in markets,…