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By Gavin Wilde, Justin Sherman Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual press conference on Dec. 23, 2021, as seen ...

Battle lines for the future of the internet

By Cameron F. Kerry When the late Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow penned his “Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace” ...

Transparency is the best first step towards better digital governance

By Mark MacCarthy After years of letting them manage their own systems and content moderation practices with little or no ...

Aligned with whom? Direct and social goals for AI systems

By Anton Korinek, Avital Balwit Abstract As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more powerful and widespread, the AI alignment problem – ...

The Declaration for the Future of the Internet is for wavering democracies, not China and Russia

By Alex Engler On April 28, the Biden administration announced a new global partnership that sets norms for the use ...

Understanding the errors introduced by military AI applications

By Kelsey Atherton The U.S. Air Force conducts the first flight test of an unmanned aerial vehicle participating in the ...

Rethinking the incidence of the corporate income tax

By William G. Gale, Samuel I. ThorpeDebates about corporate income tax cuts follow a familiar script. Republicans claim that rank-and-file ...

How has the pandemic affected high school graduation and college entry?

By Douglas N. Harris, Feng Chen Much of the attention on schools during the COVID-19 era has been on learning ...

Why members of Congress choose not to run for re-election