The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...

US cities are turning to randomly selected residents to help resolve divisive policy debates

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in democratic governance, a fundamental question emerges: how does AI transform the role of political representatives? This review analyzes AI’s impact…

Finding agreement through a free exchange of views is often difficult. Collective deliberation can be slow, difficult to scale, and unequally attentive to different voices. In this study, we trained…

Jacob Taylor and Scott Page explore how AI is changing the physics of collective intelligence, and the challenge now is to design systems that strengthen shared problem-solving rather than erode it.

LLMs are among the most advanced tools ever devised for understanding and generating natural language. Democratic deliberation and decision-making involve, at several distinct stages, the production…

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One of the most democratic uses of AI, I have learned, is broad listening — not broadcasting. AI helped citizens listen to each other at scale. It did not decide in their place. It made co-presence…

A large-scale study of civic responsibility

The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin…

Bringing together leading thinkers across technology, philosophy, and law, this collection examines how human agency, democracy, and freedom can flourish in the algorithmic age.

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AI will be smarter than humans, but will it escalate or de-escalate human conflict?

Iran’s internet shutdown exposed fake Scottish independence accounts: our leaders must wake up and provide answers

Policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and community leaders rely on data to understand their communities’ needs and the effectiveness of programs and policies aimed at improving lives. Yet many da...

I also co-founded Asana and One Project, and we have to move away from the White House's self-regulation framework for AI.

Public problems today are increasingly complex, cross-sectoral, and resistant to unilateral solutions. Yet sustained collaboration remains the exception.

About VotingWorks Elections are the foundation of democracy, and democracy depends on elections that are broadly trusted. Over the last 20 years, public trust in the technology that powers our electio...

The Observatory of Public Sector AI is a new research initiative of InnovateUS and The GovLab. The Observatory draws on anonymized data from more than 150,000 public servants nationwide. By analyzing ...

The Plurality Institute develops and experiments with plural technologies by convening researchers and collaborators from a range of fields including computer science, political ethics, sociology, and...

The Plurality Institute, on how technology can improve basic democratic processes

Announcing a map produced by participants in the LLMs for Public Discourse convening

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There’s never been a better time to make social media what it always should have been: a tool to strengthen rather than strip-mine the social fabric.

BridgingBot shows how AI designed to mediate could nudge toxic online spaces towards healthier discourse

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There’s never been a better time to make social media what it always should have been: a tool to strengthen rather than strip-mine the social fabric.

We need to start looking at monetization systems as a separate policy issue, writes WHAT TO FIX founder and executive director Victoire Rio.

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The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (BKC) seek a Fellow for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

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In a new paper, digital activist Audrey Tang and others emphasize the need for context and community over clicks.