“We’re excited to announce the theme of this year’s Responsible Tech Summit: Centering Humanity in our Tech Future. Our event will take place on October 27, 2025 at the SVA Theater in NYC and will bring together key stakeholders from across civil society, government, industry, and academia to discuss ways to strengthen and broaden the […]
Hosted by the Center for Democracy & Technology and Stand Together Trust, the Future of Speech Online conference is an annual event that brings together policymakers, media, academics, corporations, advocates, and thought leaders to discuss today’s most pressing issues around free speech online. Governments have always worked to shape the speech of private parties and […]
The New York Public Library and Data & Society present “Understanding AI,” a four-part live event series exploring the social implications of artificial intelligence and its impacts on democracy, the environment, and human labor. Featuring key figures in the AI ethics field, these events will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) in New York City as part […]
This panel brings together Black feminist scholars, writers, and public intellectuals to examine how and why debates about gender, sexuality, and nationality consistently emerge as top topics on social media platforms within Black discursive communities. How do algorithms and influencer culture contribute to sowing discontent and misinformation among Black social media users? We consider the […]
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are increasingly vital to national security operations. The United States, China, and other states seek to harness these tools to bolster their own military and intelligence superiority. Yet their advent exacerbates an existing paradox within our democracy: some of the most consequential decisions made in the name of national security […]
Beyond the Algorithm: From Research to Action for Democratic Renewal is a hybrid event jointly organised by the Horizon Europe KT4D, ORBIS, ITHACA and AI4GOV projects. The event puts under the spotlight the rapid deployment of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data technologies and how these these technologies hold the promise of fostering civic participation, transparency, […]
The 2nd edition of the International Participatory AI Research and Practice Symposium (PAIRS) will take place concurrent with the India AI Impact Summit. Like the first edition, which was an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025, and PAIRSx Africa, held online concurrent to the Global AI Summit on Africa in […]
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 OpenAI, will examine how AI systems may reshape where knowledge resides and how decisions are made. As these systems begin to capture and operationalize forms of tacit, experience-based knowledge long […]
Logging into social media platforms and other apps increasingly requires revealing sensitive information, like your birthday and full legal name. That data is collected, processed and shared in ways that can be opaque to the user. It’s no wonder six-in-ten U.S. adults say they do not think it is possible to go through daily life […]
About the Forum Over the past two years, FIMI has shifted from isolated disinformation campaigns to coordinated, AI-enabled operations that combine narrative manipulation, cyber disruption, economic pressure, and reputational attacks — often running simultaneously. The threat is no longer niche. It targets governments, democratic institutions, corporations, and civil society at the same time. This forum […]