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America Turns 250, and Confidence in Democracy Is Shaky
OTI’s Agentic AI Work Wins Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award
A Trump Official’s Thin Legal Case Against Accreditors’ DEI Policies
The Inevitable but Avoidable War
New America Joins Coalition Offering Recommendations to New York’s Task Force on Automated Decision Systems
The NYC task force can serve as a national model for other cities looking to establish practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence.
8/17 FCC Fixed Broadband Competition Comments
New Study: The Blockchain Ethical Design Framework
Bootstrapping Infrastructure in the Public Interest
Without networks, victims of natural disasters can’t contact loved ones, discover safe zones, or track relief efforts.
What Will It Take to Achieve Truly Data-Driven Policy?
It’s hard to make good policy when we don’t know how, why, or when policies are doing what they should. Here’s how to change that.
Building the Grant Calculator
What if we made it easier for non-profits to know how much their time was really worth?
New America’s Open Technology Institute Joins Coalition Condemning Use of Algorithmic Risk Assessments for Pretrial Detention
OTI opposes the use of tools that are based on artificial intelligence to decide whether individuals should be incarcerated before trial.
The Supreme Court Made a Sweeping Decision About Privacy Rights
But it still left lots of data collection in legal limbo.
What Does the Teddy Bear Say?
Our thinking on children’s privacy hasn’t caught up to the Internet of Things.
Bureaucratic Mysteries: Design tools for government
What tools are most helpful when building out complex technical social solutions?