Civic technologists are harnessing AI to foster trust and support healthy public discourse.

New evidence shows AI’s promise for peace processes — but without steering, it could drive us toward peril.

Jigsaw is deploying Gemini AI to listen to over 2,500 Americans in a historic experiment to make sense of where Americans stand—and what they share.

What new research reveals about our evolving relationship with AI—and how chatbots are filling the trust gap in the social contract.

Custom AI chatbots are supporting peacebuilders in Sudan and offering Congolese audiences an antidote to bias.

Integrity Institute Co-Founder Jeff Allen reflects on TrustCon 2025, the evolution of trust and safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most.

How local digital platforms like Nextdoor and Facebook are fraying the fabric of neighborhood trust — and what we can build instead.

Bridging work delivers measurable results. Now let’s use these metrics and design tech to scale it.

Practical tools, emerging evidence and global insights will be featured in this HYBRID event on June 26

Join Human Tech Week 2025, the premier event uniting innovators, investors, and thought leaders to explore the latest in human-centric technology.

Simply WATCHING respectful conversation can depolarize us, new research finds

Digital twins are transforming industries. Now they’re being used to understand—and help resolve—real-world conflicts.

With new data through January 2025, we find that social media use is decreasing, bad experiences are mostly holding steady, and positive experiences are increasing on some platforms

Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report

Learning from The 016, Worcester’s digital journalism experiment

A growing body of research suggests human behavior on social media is strikingly similar to collective behavior in nature.

A conversation with Taiwan Cyber Ambassador Audrey Tang, USC Marshall School Neely Center's Ravi Iyer, and Jigsaw's Beth Goldberg.

A new report from recommender system experts highlights practical alternatives to addictive and engagement-driven feeds

The Human Cost of Unchecked AI Development

The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace.

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

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American college students say they’d prefer social media didn’t exist, according to new research by the National Bureau of Economic Research

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The AI Action Summit revealed how AI is pulled into war-making AND enabling wider participation in its design and governance, reflects Lena Slachmuijlder

Training AI to fairly reflect diverse views might help us navigate conflict better than seeking AI 'neutrality'