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Center For Humane Technology

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We are builders of technology, policy experts, and acclaimed communicators. Our work focuses on transforming the incentives that drive technology, from social media to artificial intelligence. centerforhumanetechnology.substack.…

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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stop the AI Drift is live across the NYC subway. While we debate what AI could do tomorrow, it’s already changing how we think, work, and relate to each other today. We call it AI drift. Learn more at itsnotyouits.ai #AIDrift #ItsNotYouItsAI
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CHT co-founder Aza Raskin sat down with Ramesh Srinivasan on @utopiaspodcast.bsky.social to discuss ethical tech design, maintaining connection and creativity, and his advice for the next generation of technologists. Check out the full episode here: bit.ly/4gXuAYP
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Feeling confused, anxious, or overwhelmed by the recent AI headlines? To understand how we got here, and what we can do, watch “The AI Doc,” now streaming on Netflix starting Sept 15th as well as other major streaming platforms. #theaidoc #theaidocfilm Watch on Netflix: bit.ly/4xq5gQk
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
On Monday, 8/24, CHT's Camille Carlton joins David Ryan Polgar, founder of @alltechishuman.bsky.social, for a fireside chat on preserving what makes us human in the age of AI. This event is sold out, but stay tuned for a recording, which we'll make available shortly after.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Read ikhan.bsky.social's piece on our Substack about why access to high-quality data is the biggest obstacle to measuring AI's impact on humans — and what a new data-sharing infrastructure between AI companies and researchers might look like. bit.ly/4w27rZv
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
CHT is pleased to announce we’re opening applications for our inaugural Emerging Voices in AI & Society Fellows Program. Learn more about the program: bit.ly/44fENIV Applications are open through July 12, 2026. The cohort begins September 14. Apply here: bit.ly/4eq7mIf
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
CHT is pleased to announce we’re opening applications for our inaugural Emerging Voices in AI & Society Fellows Program. Read more about the program here: bit.ly/4vjULha Applications are open through July 12, 2026. The cohort begins September 14.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
CHT co-founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin joined This is Gavin Newsom for a wide-ranging discussion on the stakes of the disastrous default path we're on with AI, and how we can still grab the wheel and steer towards a better future. Check out their full conversation: bit.ly/4dQoJBS
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Over half of Americans believe the risks of AI outweigh the benefits. Tristan Harris went on One Nation with Brian Kilmeade to discuss why people aren't buying the vision of AI they're being sold today — and what a different path might look like.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
AI has been reshaping what it means to be human, and this week Pope Leo gave much-needed voice to what many of us have been struggling to articulate. We're grateful for his clarity, and for the moral weight he's bringing to a conversation that so deeply needs it.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Our co-founder, Tristan Harris, is honored to have been invited to The Vatican ahead of Pope Leo's first encyclical, which warned against AI's erosion of human dignity, identity, and agency. We're hopeful that this will help the world recognize the urgent need to change course.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Camille Carlton, CHT’s Senior Director of Strategy and Impact, laid out for the TEDxMiami audience last week how AI is eroding critical pillars of our humanity — and what can be done to protect the things we cherish as humans. Stay tuned for a full video of Camille's talk in the coming weeks.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The wait is over! Starting today, May 15, you can stream The AI Doc on Peacock. The film takes the dizzying complexity of AI — its promise, its perils, the competing ideologies, the economic incentives shaping it all — and turns it into a shared experience we can watch and respond to together.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Modern life depends on digital security. So what happens when an AI can find thousands of new vulnerabilities in the software that runs the world in just hours? Tristan asks two experts to talk through the meaning of Claude Mythos. Watch - bit.ly/49MvKlM Listen - bit.ly/49MvJOK
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
AI companies have promised that superintelligent AI will cure cancer. Dr. Emilia Javorsky argues that this promise is not only false — it's taking resources from what could actually help. Read our producer Julia Scott's key takeaways from our conversation with Dr. Javorsky: bit.ly/48KRy0T
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On this week's episode of Your Undivided Attention, Dr. Emilia Javorsky explains why superintelligence won't get us to a cancer cure. And how AI could revolutionize medicine, if we choose a different path. Check it out at the links in the replies:
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
That's a wrap on @sxsw.com 2026! Tristan and Aza had a packed week full of premieres, panels, and podcasts. The movement for a better technological future is here — together, we can shape the direction of AI. See you next time, Austin!
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Our policy team has put together their annual policy forecast for 2026. From midterm election dynamics to the fate of state AI laws under threat of federal preemption, you can see what we're tracking here: bit.ly/4rlXHYB
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re bringing you a discussion between Tristan and Yoshua Bengio about the necessity and challenges of building a truly safe AI system, and why the current incentives are taking us in the opposite direction. Check it out at the links in the replies.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Center for Humane Technology has launched a new work area: “AI and What Makes Us Human” How is AI eroding the things we hold dear in our lives? And what new norms, rights, and protections do we need in order to preserve our humanity in the age of AI? Read more on our Substack, link in replies.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Dr. Zak Stein has been studying AI psychosis. He sees the emergence of the attachment economy: AI systems designed to exploit our psychological vulnerabilities at scale. Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: bit.ly/3NN9m3K
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
CHT co-founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin last night at the premiere of "The AI Doc" at #Sundance. We are so excited to celebrate the incredible collaborative effort that went into this milestone project! For more info, check out: bit.ly/45olxdj (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We’re thrilled that CHT co-founders, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, will be at the #SundanceFilmFestival for the premiere of "The AI Doc" from Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. If you want to connect while we’re in Park City, we’d love to hear from you. For more info: bit.ly/45olxdj
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, CHT co-founder Tristan Harris sat down with @yoshuabengio.bsky.social for a discussion on the critically important question of how to align AI with human thriving. For more information on Human Change, go to: humanchange.com
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In this week's episode of YUA, Dr. Zak Stein, founder of the AI Psychological Harms Research Coalition, explores the mechanisms behind AI psychosis, the incentives of the attachment economy, and the path to a future where AI enhances relationships instead of replacing them. Link in the replies.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We're living in the world game theory built — where every interaction feels strategic and trust feels naive. AI threatens to lock that logic in place forever. How do we escape? Read the key takeaways from our conversation with Prof. Sonja Amadae on the Game Theory Dilemma: bit.ly/4qZ3mU0
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The AI jobs conversation is missing what's already happening. Total employment: stable. Early-career roles in AI-exposed fields: down 13-20%. The career ladder is breaking, not through mass layoffs, but by eliminating how people learn and advance. Read our latest on AIxJobs. Link in the comments.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our Policy Director Camille Carlton joined the Regulating AI Podcast to discuss the the mental health risks of AI companions, the recent lawsuits against OpenAI and Character AI, and what enforceable AI policy actually looks like. Link to the full episode in the replies:
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Everyone talks about the AI race with China. But are we even racing toward the same thing? In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan sits down with Selina Xu and Matt Sheehan to explore the state of Chinese AI development. Link to the full episode in the replies:
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The uncertainty around AI and jobs is real. Should I go back to school? Change careers? Is my industry safe? On the latest episode of YUA, we sat down with professor Ethan Mollick and economist Molly Kinder to get clarity on AI's impact on the labor market. Links in replies.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"When the technology you turn to for objective advice has financial incentives to change your mind, human autonomy itself is at stake." Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote about the broken incentives behind monetizing AI and why they're so corrosive to human psychology. Link in replies:
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
CHT is proud to endorse a new framework to address the risks of human-like AI. Companies can—and should—design AI that maintains clear human-machine boundaries. Link to our statement in the replies.
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
It's been another big year in AI. We tried to make sense of it all in this year's Ask Us Anything! Check it out: 📺 Watch - youtu.be/TsXZ5zJ0xRw 🎧 Listen - bit.ly/473WY6H
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The ozone hole was a man-made crisis that posed a catastrophic risk to life on earth. Humanity rallied together to fix the problem. How did that happen and what can it teach us about the AI crisis? Find out on this week’s YUA: Watch - youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA Listen - bit.ly/4gmSUkY
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
📣 What are YOUR biggest questions and concerns about #AI? We are putting together our annual Ask Us Anything episode for #YourUndividedAttention, and we’d love to hear from YOU! 📧 Send your short (20-60 second video) with your name, location, and question to: undivided@humanetech.com
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Top AI companies are in court arguing that their chatbots are protected by the first amendment. It’s part of a strategy for more protections for AI and less accountability. On YUA this week, we discuss the role of the courts in steering AI and how we can steer it better: youtu.be/fu-W-sSvMCs
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
AI is racing ahead, creating an unstable dynamic that could end in either dystopia or chaos. On this week’s episode of YUA, Aza Raskin and Daniel Barcay sit down with Sam Hammond to explore how we can find the narrow path between these extremes. Watch - youtu.be/C8R8cDOrJSM Listen - bit.ly/4jG7ynj
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
💘 Love Bomb — AI is Coming For Our Relationships 💕 What happens when the top use case for generative AI becomes companionship? Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Dr. Sherry Turkle join Daniel Barcay. 🧠 Read the full piece and subscribe here: lnkd.in/d6xc5ttW
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
AI chatbots can feel human. But they’re not. They’re platforms built to maximize engagement. It doesn’t have to be this way. On this week's YUA: AI researchers from MIT explore how AI can be designed to truly support human flourishing. 📺 Watch – youtu.be/hJ80NqXlGSk 🎧 Listen – bit.ly/4milbf6
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
AGI is coming—are we prepared for this tsunami of change? 🌊 On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, we demystify the AGI debates, cut through the hype, and offer a roadmap for a better, more humane future. Check it out: 📺 Watch - youtu.be/FpaNVbVWkYI 🎧 Listen - bit.ly/3SdKfGc
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📣 An important update on Megan Garcia’s lawsuit against the chatbot company Character.AI. centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/charactera...
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Center For Humane Technology @humanetech.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Character.AI recklessly marketed an addictive and predatory product to children — putting their lives at risk to collect and exploit their most private data. CHT commends the Texas Attorney General for leading the way in the investigation of Character.AI and 13 other tech companies!
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