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We need to stop talking about AI like mythology and start treating it like engineering.<!--]--><!--]--></p><div class="postcard__meta" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:300;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->September 30, 2026<!--]--></span> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->Anirudh Dinesh<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></p></div></div></div></div></section><!--]--></div></div><!--]--><!--[--><div class="card__container card--default card--large card--hoverable desktop-view" tabindex="0" role="article" aria-label="Article: The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck, published September 28, 2026" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="card__content"><!--[--><section class="postcard__container" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__image" data-v-a05f0e0c><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/8aed79f7-0759-4ae8-bf90-d4426a9a6f18?width=800" alt="Article image for The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way" loading="lazy" data-v-a05f0e0c></div><div class="postcard__text-content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="tag-container" data-v-a05f0e0c><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI Infrastructure" role="text" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->AI Infrastructure<!--]--><!--]--></span><!----><!----><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#003366;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal title-line-clamp-2" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way<!--]--><!--]--></h3></div></div><div class="postcard__details" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal paragraph-margin-md paragraph-line-clamp-3" aria-label="Article excerpt: Governors from Healey to Shapiro now say data centers need local buy-in, but they haven't said what a community "yes" actually looks like. Since 2024, at least 46 projects representing more than $170 billion have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled, often because engagement started after the key decisions were made and benefits were whatever developers chose to offer. Deals in West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania show the terms can be negotiated, but only if states give communities the capacity to take part: early information, independent expertise, and a process that developers can pay for without owning." role="text" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->Governors from Healey to Shapiro now say data centers need local buy-in, but they haven't said what a community "yes" actually looks like. Since 2024, at least 46 projects representing more than $170 billion have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled, often because engagement started after the key decisions were made and benefits were whatever developers chose to offer. Deals in West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania show the terms can be negotiated, but only if states give communities the capacity to take part: early information, independent expertise, and a process that developers can pay for without owning.<!--]--><!--]--></p><div class="postcard__meta" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:300;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" aria-label="Published on September 28, 2026 by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck" role="text" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></p></div></div></div></div></section><!--]--></div></div><div class="card__container card--default card--large card--hoverable mobile-view" tabindex="0" role="article" aria-label="Article: The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard
1way by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck, published September 28, 2026" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="card__content"><!--[--><section class="postcard__container" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__image" data-v-a05f0e0c><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/8aed79f7-0759-4ae8-bf90-d4426a9a6f18?width=800" alt="Article image for The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way" loading="lazy" data-v-a05f0e0c></div><div class="postcard__text-content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="tag-container" data-v-a05f0e0c><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->AI Infrastructure<!--]--><!--]--></span><!----><!----></div><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#003366;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal title-line-clamp-2" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way<!--]--><!--]--></h3></div><div class="postcard__details" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal paragraph-margin-md paragraph-line-clamp-3" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->Governors from Healey to Shapiro now say data centers need local buy-in, but they haven't said what a community "yes" actually looks like. Since 2024, at least 46 projects representing more than $170 billion have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled, often because engagement started after the key decisions were made and benefits were whatever developers chose to offer. Deals in West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania show the terms can be negotiated, but only if states give communities the capacity to take part: early information, independent expertise, and a process that developers can pay for without owning.<!--]--><!--]--></p><div class="postcard__meta" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:300;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></p></div></div></div></div></section><!--]--></div></div><!--]--><!--[--><div class="card__container card--default card--large card--hoverable desktop-view" tabindex="0" role="article" aria-label="Article: Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell, published September 28, 2026" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="card__content"><!--[--><section class="postcard__container" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__image" data-v-a05f0e0c><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f?width=800" alt="Article image for Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist" loading="lazy" data-v-a05f0e0c></div><div class="postcard__text-content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="tag-container" data-v-a05f0e0c><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: News That Caught Our Eye" role="text" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye<!--]--><!--]--></span><!----><!----><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#003366;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal title-line-clamp-2" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist<!--]--><!--]--></h3></div></div><div class="postcard__details" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal paragraph-margin-md paragraph-line-clamp-3" aria-label="Article excerpt: At least 46 AI data center projects â more than $170 billion in announced investment â have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled since 2024 following community opposition. In this week's Reboot piece, Beth Simone Noveck and Deborah Stine argue trust is the infrastru
1cture data centers are missing, and developers can pay for the community conversation without owning it. Rutgers' National AI Opinion Monitor shows why: AI adoption hit 72% in August while worry climbed to 50% and anger to 30%. NYC's Public Advocate has called for an AI bill of rights; the Maldives' Prosecutor General now requires courtroom disclosure of AI use; and The American Prospect reports Anthropic has been running a predictive surveillance system that flagged suspected dissenters to police." role="text" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->At least 46 AI data center projects â more than $170 billion in announced investment â have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled since 2024 following community opposition. In this week's Reboot piece, Beth Simone Noveck and Deborah Stine argue trust is the infrastructure data centers are missing, and developers can pay for the community conversation without owning it. Rutgers' National AI Opinion Monitor shows why: AI adoption hit 72% in August while worry climbed to 50% and anger to 30%. NYC's Public Advocate has called for an AI bill of rights; the Maldives' Prosecutor General now requires courtroom disclosure of AI use; and The American Prospect reports Anthropic has been running a predictive surveillance system that flagged suspected dissenters to police.<!--]--><!--]--></p><div class="postcard__meta" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:300;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" aria-label="Published on September 28, 2026 by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell" role="text" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></p></div></div></div></div></section><!--]--></div></div><div class="card__container card--default card--large card--hoverable mobile-view" tabindex="0" role="article" aria-label="Article: Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell, published September 28, 2026" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="card__content"><!--[--><section class="postcard__container" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="postcard__image" data-v-a05f0e0c><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f?width=800" alt="Article image for Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist" loading="lazy" data-v-a05f0e0c></div><div class="postcard__text-content" data-v-a05f0e0c><div data-v-a05f0e0c><div class="tag-container" data-v-a05f0e0c><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye<!--]--><!--]--></span><!----><!----></div><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#003366;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal title-line-clamp-2" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist<!--]--><!--]--></h3></div><div class="postcard__details" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal paragraph-margin-md paragraph-line-clamp-3" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[-->At least 46 AI data center projects â more than $170 billion in announced investment â have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled since 2024 following community opposition. In this week's Reboot piece, Beth Simone Noveck and Deborah Stine argue trust is the infrastru
1cture data centers are missing, and developers can pay for the community conversation without owning it. Rutgers' National AI Opinion Monitor shows why: AI adoption hit 72% in August while worry climbed to 50% and anger to 30%. NYC's Public Advocate has called for an AI bill of rights; the Maldives' Prosecutor General now requires courtroom disclosure of AI use; and The American Prospect reports Anthropic has been running a predictive surveillance system that flagged suspected dissenters to police.<!--]--><!--]--></p><div class="postcard__meta" data-v-a05f0e0c><p style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:300;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[--><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal" data-v-a05f0e0c><!--[-->Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></p></div></div></div></div></section><!--]--></div></div><!--]--><!--]--></div></div></div></section><div class="home-allposts-cta"><button class="base__button base__button--secondary" aria-label="Read more: skip to all blog posts and news" style="--button-height:50px;"><span class="base__btn-slot"><!--[--> Read more <!--]--></span></button></div><section class="home-series"><div class="home-series__grid"><div class="home-series__col"><span class="home-series__label">Recurring Series</span><!--[--><a href="/blog/series/global-ai-watch" class="home-series__link"><span class="home-series__link-text">Global AI Watch</span><img src="/images/arrow-right.svg" alt class="home-series__arrow"></a><a href="/blog/series/research-radar" class="home-series__link"><span class="home-series__link-text">Research Radar</span><img src="/images/arrow-right.svg" alt class="home-series__arrow"></a><a href="/blog/series/ai-for-governance" class="home-series__link"><span class="home-series__link-text">AI For Governance</span><img src="/images/arrow-right.svg" alt class="home-series__arrow"></a><a href="/blog/series/news-that-caught-our-eye" class="home-series__link"><span class="home-series__link-text">News That Caught Our Eye</span><img src="/images/arrow-right.svg" alt class="home-series__arrow"></a><!--]--></div><div class="home-series__col"><span class="home-series__label">Topical Series</span><!--[--><a href="/blog/series/rethinking-regulation" class="home-series__link"><span class="home-series__link-text">Rethinking Regulation</span><img src="/images/arrow-right.svg" alt class="home-series__arrow"></a><a href="/blog/series/ai-and-lawmaking-in-brazil" class="home-series__link"><span class="home-series__link-text">AI And Lawmaking In Brazil</span><img src="/images/arrow-right.svg" alt class="home-series__arrow"></a><!--]--></div></div></section><section class="home-section home-subscription" aria-labelledby="subscription-heading"><div class="container"><div class="subscription-content-wrapper"><div class="subscription-left"><div class="book-thumbnail-container"><img src="/images/book-thumbnail.png" alt="Book thumbnail for upcoming book" class="book-thumbnail" loading="eager"><div class="book-thumbnail-caption"><a href="/bio" class="book-coming-soon-link" aria-label="Sign up for weekly updates about democracy and governance"><span style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:600;color:#FFFFFF;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal book-coming-soon"><!--[--> Read More <!--]--></span></a><span style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:500;color:#FFFFFF;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed book-title-text"><!--[-->
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More than 200 families joined the first pilot and came away better able to advocate for their kids. It shows that who you choose to include shapes who the tool serves.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on October 1, 2026 by Joanna French" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->October 1, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Joanna French<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: The Halitosis of Our Times by Anirudh Dinesh, published September 30, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/681b8e4f-1265-49d7-bd27-e0084fb5fffe?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/681b8e4f-1265-49d7-bd27-e0084fb5fffe?width=800" alt="Featured image for The Halitosis of Our Times" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Governing AI" role="text"><!--[-->Governing AI<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->
1The Halitosis of Our Times<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->The Hugging Face incident wasn't a rogue AI escaping its sandbox. It was a chain of poor human decisions. We need to stop talking about AI like mythology and start treating it like engineering.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 30, 2026 by Anirudh Dinesh" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 30, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Anirudh Dinesh<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck, published September 28, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/8aed79f7-0759-4ae8-bf90-d4426a9a6f18?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/8aed79f7-0759-4ae8-bf90-d4426a9a6f18?width=800" alt="Featured image for The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI Infrastructure" role="text"><!--[-->AI Infrastructure<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Governors from Healey to Shapiro now say data centers need local buy-in, but they haven't said what a community "yes" actually looks like. Since 2024, at least 46 projects representing more than $170 billion have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled, often because engagement started after the key decisions were made and benefits were whatever developers chose to offer. Deals in West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania show the terms can be negotiated, but only if states give communities the capacity to take part: early information, independent expertise, and a process that developers can pay for without owning.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 28, 2026 by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="News item: Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell, published September 28, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f?width=800" alt="Featured image for Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: News That Caught Our Eye" role="text"><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->At least 46 AI data center projects â more than $170 billion in announced investment â have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled since 2024 following community opposition. In this week's Reboot piece, Beth Simone Noveck and Deborah Stine argue trust is the infrastru
1cture data centers are missing, and developers can pay for the community conversation without owning it. Rutgers' National AI Opinion Monitor shows why: AI adoption hit 72% in August while worry climbed to 50% and anger to 30%. NYC's Public Advocate has called for an AI bill of rights; the Maldives' Prosecutor General now requires courtroom disclosure of AI use; and The American Prospect reports Anthropic has been running a predictive surveillance system that flagged suspected dissenters to police.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 28, 2026 by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning by Jeffery Marino, published September 25, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/452c0192-3a40-45a4-9b0e-e89751723147?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/452c0192-3a40-45a4-9b0e-e89751723147?width=800" alt="Featured image for Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->After the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, California's Office of Data and Innovation used Engaged California to gather more than 1,300 resident comments. AI helped turn that input into 19 policy options, which residents then deliberated over and ranked. Jeffery Marino explains how clear ownership, with state agencies, local governments, and community groups acting together with support from the Governor's office, turned those priorities into a five-part recovery action plan.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 25, 2026 by Jeffery Marino" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 25, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Jeffery Marino<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan by Ben Peterson, published September 23, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/37a7ea62-774e-4445-ac1b-5d766f790490?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/37a7ea62-774e-4445-ac1b-5d766f790490?width=800" alt="Featured image for Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Ben Peterson, Executive Director of the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, Kentucky, on how What Could BG Be? used AI-supported tools to turn input from nearly 8,000 residents into Bowling Green'
1s next 25-year comprehensive plan.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 23, 2026 by Ben Peterson" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 23, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Ben Peterson<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries by Bonnie McGilpin, published September 21, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/5432d603-826d-4e47-b01f-7b399512a4d0?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/5432d603-826d-4e47-b01f-7b399512a4d0?width=800" alt="Featured image for InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Three-Year Multistate Initiative Will Combine Free Mobile AI Learning with Library-Based Programs Helping Residents Navigate Government, Participate in Civic Life, and Solve Community Problems with AI<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 21, 2026 by Bonnie McGilpin" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 21, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Bonnie McGilpin<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community by Dr. Deborah Stine, published September 17, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e3cfdbde-3e3c-4d44-b0f3-6bf40775fdfa?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e3cfdbde-3e3c-4d44-b0f3-6bf40775fdfa?width=800" alt="Featured image for News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: News That Caught Our Eye" role="text"><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->As this week's curator of News That Caught Our Eye, I'm sharing the latest resources available to help public officials think through a proposed data center. Every AI data center and every community is different. These resources provide the tools to help each community think through its decisions about an AI data center, often in a challenging environment.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 17, 2026 by Dr. Deborah Stine" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 17, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Dr. Deborah Stine<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Tur
1ning Public Input into Public Policy by Dane Gambrell and Sarah Hubbard, published September 15, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/2363da1d-5f3b-4df2-9770-b85d6fbcd995?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/2363da1d-5f3b-4df2-9770-b85d6fbcd995?width=800" alt="Featured image for Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Turning Public Input into Public Policy" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Turning Public Input into Public Policy<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->A new free course from the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, The GovLab, and InnovateUS teaches public servants how to design AI-enabled public engagement that turns comments into policy, drawing on 42 real-world examples from 20 countries.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 15, 2026 by Dane Gambrell and Sarah Hubbard" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 15, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Dane Gambrell and Sarah Hubbard<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall by Beth Simone Noveck and Elana Banin, published September 14, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/9558a045-8403-4aa5-b5b6-e0b476f12352?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/9558a045-8403-4aa5-b5b6-e0b476f12352?width=800" alt="Featured image for What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI for Governance" role="text"><!--[-->AI for Governance<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->The public conversation about AI has swung from exuberance to alarm, casting AI as an unstoppable force. That framing overlooks the fact that public institutions design, build, buy, and regulate AI, and societies still choose where it leads. This fall, Reboot is organizing its coverage around four connected questions: what capabilities public institutions need, how they can become institutions that listen and learn, what public AI infrastru
1cture requires, and how we measure whether AI is actually creating public value.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 14, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck and Elana Banin" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 14, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck and Elana Banin<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Democracy's Compression Problem by Beth Simone Noveck, published August 25, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/f38b19c1-4b3c-4d31-9070-958b3c088eea?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/f38b19c1-4b3c-4d31-9070-958b3c088eea?width=800" alt="Featured image for Democracy's Compression Problem" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Informational Democracy" role="text"><!--[-->Informational Democracy<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Democracy's Compression Problem<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->AI is making it possible for governments to listen at a scale that was previously impossible, turning thousands of comments, service interactions and other signals into usable knowledge. But automated synthesis is not neutral: every act of compression determines what becomes visible, what disappears and ultimately what institutions come to know. If AI is to strengthen democracy rather than flatten it, AI-assisted listening must meet a higher standard: fidelity to what people actually said, preservation of plurality and disagreement, traceability back to the underlying evidence, contestability by those being represented, and a clear connection between what is heard and consequential decisions.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 25, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 25, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need by Beth Simone Noveck, Nicholas Biddle and Alex Fischer, published August 10, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/52a4b739-a2e8-443d-a329-7f5fbaf46e32?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/52a4b739-a2e8-443d-a329-7f5fbaf46e32?width=800" alt="Featured image for Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Two trends are unfolding in parallel around the world. Public anxiety about artificial intelligence is growing while communitiesâ satisfaction in how they participate in civic activities and contribute to government policy and programs is declining. Pathways to resolve this tension are emerging as governments find ways to use these technologies to help communities participate more meaningfully. Examples from Bogotá, Hamburg, Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere show how AI can improve the quality and experience of public engagement while reducing its time and cost. If done poorly, or without safeguards, it can also introduce new risks. However, these can be managed with appropriate process design, regulation and delivery by skilled practitioners.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 10, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck, Nicholas Biddle and Alex Fischer" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 10, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck, Nicholas Biddle and Alex Fischer<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Massachusetts needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help by Beth Simone Noveck, published August 6, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/1940ee25-1e01-4755-bff9-bed59c0a16d1?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/1940ee25-1e01-4755-bff9-bed59c0a16d1?width=800" alt="Featured image for Massachusetts needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Rethinking Regulation" role="text"><!--[-->Rethinking Regulation<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Massachusetts needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->A Boston Globe editorial argues that Massachusetts should use AI to i
1dentify outdated laws, unnecessary reporting requirements, and inefficient regulations, drawing on reforms and pilot programs in other states. Featuring insights from Beth Simone Noveck and Stanford RegLab, it explains how AI-assisted review, paired with human judgment, could reduce administrative burdens and improve government efficiency.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 6, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 6, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly. by Mona Sloane, published August 3, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/6195ce1e-fcbb-4e61-a7c4-ce346f31dd83?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/6195ce1e-fcbb-4e61-a7c4-ce346f31dd83?width=800" alt="Featured image for AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly." loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Governing AI" role="text"><!--[-->Governing AI<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly.<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->As prediction increasingly shapes decisions about jobs, healthcare, education, and public services, the next frontier is how it organizes society. Drawing on the history of the railroads, this essay argues that policymakers already have a blueprint for governing essential technologies: treat AI as infrastructure, apply public oversight, and ensure that systems central to modern life serve the public interest rather than private power.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 3, 2026 by Mona Sloane" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 3, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Mona Sloane<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: 92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250 by Beth Simone Noveck, published July 28, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/c7220156-1b63-4a89-a3e3-08a34e23e4ca?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/c7220156-1b63-4a89-a3e3-08a34e23e4ca?width=800" alt="Featured image for 92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Labor" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Labor<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->At 92NYâs State of America Summit, Beth Simone Noveck, Betsey Stevenson, and Allison Pugh discuss AI, the future of American labor, and whether technology will strengthen public voice or erode human connection.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on July 28, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->July 28, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><!--]--></div><div class="view-all-container"><button class="base__button base__button--secondary" aria-label="Show more posts"><span class="base__btn-slot">Show More</span></button><button class="base__button base__button--secondary" aria-label="View all posts"><span class="base__btn-slot">View All Posts</span></button></div></div><!--]--></div><div class="tab-pane" style="display:none;"><!--[--><div class="blog-posts-section" role="region" aria-label="Posts and news"><div class="blog-card-grid" role="list"><!--[--><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Project Spotlight: Co-Designing an AI Tool with Communities by Joanna French, published October 1, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/0d219c0d-18f1-44a0-b3b6-e1034fe52cc2?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/0d219c0d-18f1-44a0-b3b6-e1034fe52cc2?width=800" alt="Featured image for Project Spotlight: Co-Designing an AI Tool with Communities" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Project Spotlight: Co-Designing an AI Tool with Communities<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->California's AI-EP project made parents co-designers of an AI tool that makes their children's education plans easier to understand. More than 200 families joined the first pilot and came away better able to advocate for their kids. It shows that who you choose to include shapes who the tool serves.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on October 1, 2026 by Joanna French" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->October 1, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Joanna French<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: The Halitosis of Our Times by Anirudh Dinesh, published September 30, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/681b8e4f-1265-49d7-bd27-e0084fb5fffe?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/681b8e4f-1265-49d7-bd27-e0084fb5fffe?width=800" alt="Featured image for The Halitosis of Our Times" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Governing AI" role="text"><!--[-->Governing AI<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->
1The Halitosis of Our Times<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->The Hugging Face incident wasn't a rogue AI escaping its sandbox. It was a chain of poor human decisions. We need to stop talking about AI like mythology and start treating it like engineering.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 30, 2026 by Anirudh Dinesh" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 30, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Anirudh Dinesh<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck, published September 28, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/8aed79f7-0759-4ae8-bf90-d4426a9a6f18?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/8aed79f7-0759-4ae8-bf90-d4426a9a6f18?width=800" alt="Featured image for The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI Infrastructure" role="text"><!--[-->AI Infrastructure<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->The $170 billion lesson data center developers keep learning the hard way<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Governors from Healey to Shapiro now say data centers need local buy-in, but they haven't said what a community "yes" actually looks like. Since 2024, at least 46 projects representing more than $170 billion have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled, often because engagement started after the key decisions were made and benefits were whatever developers chose to offer. Deals in West Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania show the terms can be negotiated, but only if states give communities the capacity to take part: early information, independent expertise, and a process that developers can pay for without owning.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 28, 2026 by Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Dr. Deborah Stine and Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="News item: Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell, published September 28, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f?width=800" alt="Featured image for Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: News That Caught Our Eye" role="text"><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Reboot Weekly: 46 Blocked Data Centers, NYC's AI Report, and Anthropic's Watchlist<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->At least 46 AI data center projects â more than $170 billion in announced investment â have been blocked, withdrawn, or stalled since 2024 following community opposition. In this week's Reboot piece, Beth Simone Noveck and Deborah Stine argue trust is the infrastru
1cture data centers are missing, and developers can pay for the community conversation without owning it. Rutgers' National AI Opinion Monitor shows why: AI adoption hit 72% in August while worry climbed to 50% and anger to 30%. NYC's Public Advocate has called for an AI bill of rights; the Maldives' Prosecutor General now requires courtroom disclosure of AI use; and The American Prospect reports Anthropic has been running a predictive surveillance system that flagged suspected dissenters to police.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 28, 2026 by Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 28, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning by Jeffery Marino, published September 25, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/452c0192-3a40-45a4-9b0e-e89751723147?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/452c0192-3a40-45a4-9b0e-e89751723147?width=800" alt="Featured image for Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->After the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, California's Office of Data and Innovation used Engaged California to gather more than 1,300 resident comments. AI helped turn that input into 19 policy options, which residents then deliberated over and ranked. Jeffery Marino explains how clear ownership, with state agencies, local governments, and community groups acting together with support from the Governor's office, turned those priorities into a five-part recovery action plan.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 25, 2026 by Jeffery Marino" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 25, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Jeffery Marino<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan by Ben Peterson, published September 23, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/37a7ea62-774e-4445-ac1b-5d766f790490?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/37a7ea62-774e-4445-ac1b-5d766f790490?width=800" alt="Featured image for Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Ben Peterson, Executive Director of the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, Kentucky, on how What Could BG Be? used AI-supported tools to turn input from nearly 8,000 residents into Bowling Green'
1s next 25-year comprehensive plan.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 23, 2026 by Ben Peterson" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 23, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Ben Peterson<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries by Bonnie McGilpin, published September 21, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/5432d603-826d-4e47-b01f-7b399512a4d0?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/5432d603-826d-4e47-b01f-7b399512a4d0?width=800" alt="Featured image for InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Three-Year Multistate Initiative Will Combine Free Mobile AI Learning with Library-Based Programs Helping Residents Navigate Government, Participate in Civic Life, and Solve Community Problems with AI<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 21, 2026 by Bonnie McGilpin" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 21, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Bonnie McGilpin<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community by Dr. Deborah Stine, published September 17, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e3cfdbde-3e3c-4d44-b0f3-6bf40775fdfa?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/e3cfdbde-3e3c-4d44-b0f3-6bf40775fdfa?width=800" alt="Featured image for News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: News That Caught Our Eye" role="text"><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->As this week's curator of News That Caught Our Eye, I'm sharing the latest resources available to help public officials think through a proposed data center. Every AI data center and every community is different. These resources provide the tools to help each community think through its decisions about an AI data center, often in a challenging environment.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 17, 2026 by Dr. Deborah Stine" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 17, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Dr. Deborah Stine<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Tur
1ning Public Input into Public Policy by Dane Gambrell and Sarah Hubbard, published September 15, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/2363da1d-5f3b-4df2-9770-b85d6fbcd995?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/2363da1d-5f3b-4df2-9770-b85d6fbcd995?width=800" alt="Featured image for Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Turning Public Input into Public Policy" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Turning Public Input into Public Policy<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->A new free course from the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, The GovLab, and InnovateUS teaches public servants how to design AI-enabled public engagement that turns comments into policy, drawing on 42 real-world examples from 20 countries.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 15, 2026 by Dane Gambrell and Sarah Hubbard" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 15, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Dane Gambrell and Sarah Hubbard<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall by Beth Simone Noveck and Elana Banin, published September 14, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/9558a045-8403-4aa5-b5b6-e0b476f12352?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/9558a045-8403-4aa5-b5b6-e0b476f12352?width=800" alt="Featured image for What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI for Governance" role="text"><!--[-->AI for Governance<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->The public conversation about AI has swung from exuberance to alarm, casting AI as an unstoppable force. That framing overlooks the fact that public institutions design, build, buy, and regulate AI, and societies still choose where it leads. This fall, Reboot is organizing its coverage around four connected questions: what capabilities public institutions need, how they can become institutions that listen and learn, what public AI infrastru
1cture requires, and how we measure whether AI is actually creating public value.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on September 14, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck and Elana Banin" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->September 14, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck and Elana Banin<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Democracy's Compression Problem by Beth Simone Noveck, published August 25, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/f38b19c1-4b3c-4d31-9070-958b3c088eea?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/f38b19c1-4b3c-4d31-9070-958b3c088eea?width=800" alt="Featured image for Democracy's Compression Problem" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Informational Democracy" role="text"><!--[-->Informational Democracy<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Democracy's Compression Problem<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->AI is making it possible for governments to listen at a scale that was previously impossible, turning thousands of comments, service interactions and other signals into usable knowledge. But automated synthesis is not neutral: every act of compression determines what becomes visible, what disappears and ultimately what institutions come to know. If AI is to strengthen democracy rather than flatten it, AI-assisted listening must meet a higher standard: fidelity to what people actually said, preservation of plurality and disagreement, traceability back to the underlying evidence, contestability by those being represented, and a clear connection between what is heard and consequential decisions.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 25, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 25, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need by Beth Simone Noveck, Nicholas Biddle and Alex Fischer, published August 10, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/52a4b739-a2e8-443d-a329-7f5fbaf46e32?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/52a4b739-a2e8-443d-a329-7f5fbaf46e32?width=800" alt="Featured image for Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Public Engagement" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Public Engagement<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->Two trends are unfolding in parallel around the world. Public anxiety about artificial intelligence is growing while communitiesâ satisfaction in how they participate in civic activities and contribute to government policy and programs is declining. Pathways to resolve this tension are emerging as governments find ways to use these technologies to help communities participate more meaningfully. Examples from Bogotá, Hamburg, Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere show how AI can improve the quality and experience of public engagement while reducing its time and cost. If done poorly, or without safeguards, it can also introduce new risks. However, these can be managed with appropriate process design, regulation and delivery by skilled practitioners.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 10, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck, Nicholas Biddle and Alex Fischer" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 10, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck, Nicholas Biddle and Alex Fischer<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: Massachusetts needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help by Beth Simone Noveck, published August 6, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/1940ee25-1e01-4755-bff9-bed59c0a16d1?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/1940ee25-1e01-4755-bff9-bed59c0a16d1?width=800" alt="Featured image for Massachusetts needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Rethinking Regulation" role="text"><!--[-->Rethinking Regulation<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->Massachusetts needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->A Boston Globe editorial argues that Massachusetts should use AI to i
1dentify outdated laws, unnecessary reporting requirements, and inefficient regulations, drawing on reforms and pilot programs in other states. Featuring insights from Beth Simone Noveck and Stanford RegLab, it explains how AI-assisted review, paired with human judgment, could reduce administrative burdens and improve government efficiency.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 6, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 6, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly. by Mona Sloane, published August 3, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/6195ce1e-fcbb-4e61-a7c4-ce346f31dd83?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/6195ce1e-fcbb-4e61-a7c4-ce346f31dd83?width=800" alt="Featured image for AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly." loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: Governing AI" role="text"><!--[-->Governing AI<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly.<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->As prediction increasingly shapes decisions about jobs, healthcare, education, and public services, the next frontier is how it organizes society. Drawing on the history of the railroads, this essay argues that policymakers already have a blueprint for governing essential technologies: treat AI as infrastructure, apply public oversight, and ensure that systems central to modern life serve the public interest rather than private power.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on August 3, 2026 by Mona Sloane" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->August 3, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Mona Sloane<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><article class="custom-card" role="listitem" tabindex="0" aria-label="Blog post: 92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250 by Beth Simone Noveck, published July 28, 2026"><div class="card-image" style="--bg-image:url(https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/c7220156-1b63-4a89-a3e3-08a34e23e4ca?width=800);"><img src="https://burnes-center.directus.app/assets/c7220156-1b63-4a89-a3e3-08a34e23e4ca?width=800" alt="Featured image for 92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250" loading="lazy"></div><div class="card-content"><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:rgb(0, 51, 102);font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:uppercase;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal featured-card__tag" aria-label="Category: AI and Labor" role="text"><!--[-->AI and Labor<!--]--></span><h3 style="font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-relaxed card-title"><!--[-->92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250<!--]--></h3><p style="font-size:1rem;font-weight:400;color:#000;font-style:normal;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-description"><!--[-->At 92NYâs State of America Summit, Beth Simone Noveck, Betsey Stevenson, and Allison Pugh discuss AI, the future of American labor, and whether technology will strengthen public voice or erode human connection.<!--]--></p><span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-merriweather);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal card-meta" aria-label="Published on July 28, 2026 by Beth Simone Noveck" role="text"><!--[--> Published on <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->July 28, 2026<!--]--></span><!--[--> by <span style="font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:600;color:#000;font-style:italic;font-family:var(--font-sora);text-transform:none;margin:0;" class="text-left paragraph-line-height-normal"><!--[-->Beth Simone Noveck<!--]--></span><!--]--><!--]--></span></div></article><!--]--></div><div class="view-all-container"><button class="base__button base__button--secondary" aria-label="Show more posts"><span class="base__btn-slot">Show More</span></button><button class="base__button base__button--secondary" aria-label="View all posts"><span class="base__btn-slot">View All Posts</span></button></div></div><!--]--></div><div class="tab-pane" style="display:none;"><!--[--><!--]--></div><!--]--></div></div></div></section><!----></main></div><span data-v-6a8989e6></span><!--]--></main><footer class="footer" role="contentinfo" data-v-83dce6cf data-v-95c3e9b7>
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1cture data centers are missing, and developers can pay for the community conversation without owning it. Rutgers' National AI Opinion Monitor shows why: AI adoption hit 72% in August while worry climbed to 50% and anger to 30%. NYC's Public Advocate has called for an AI bill of rights; the Maldives' Prosecutor General now requires courtroom disclosure of AI use; and The American Prospect reports Anthropic has been running a predictive surveillance system that flagged suspected dissenters to police.","Elana Banin and Dane Gambrell","2026-09-28T08:00:00","115",{"id":93,"filename_disk":94},"e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f","e6ce1852-25a5-484a-85ce-41ec349c228f.png",[23],{"type":29,"id":97,"title":98,"excerpt":99,"one_line":100,"authors":101,"date":106,"slug":107,"external_link":41,"image":108,"status":45,"Tags":111,"primary_tag":13},28691,"Project Spotlight: Engaged California â Wildfire Recovery Action Planning","After the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, California's Office of Data and Innovation used Engaged California to gather more than 1,300 resident comments. AI helped turn that input into 19 policy options, which residents then deliberated over and ranked. Jeffery Marino explains how clear ownership, with state agencies, local governments, and community groups acting together with support from the Governor's office, turned those priorities into a five-part recovery action plan.","Public input builds trust when someone has the authority, and the duty, to act on it.",[102],{"team_id":103},{"First_Name":104,"Last_Name":105},"Jeffery","Marino","2026-09-25T12:00:00","project-spotlight-engaged-california",{"id":109,"filename_disk":110},"452c0192-3a40-45a4-9b0e-e89751723147","452c0192-3a40-45a4-9b0e-e89751723147.jpg",[15,12,16,14],{"type":29,"id":113,"title":114,"excerpt":115,"one_line":116,"authors":117,"date":122,"slug":123,"external_link":41,"image":124,"status":45,"Tags":127,"primary_tag":13},28687,"Project Spotlight: What Could BG Be? How Warren County, Kentucky Turned 8,000 Voices into a 25-Year Plan","Ben Peterson, Executive Director of the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County, Kentucky, on how What Could BG Be? used AI-supported tools to turn input from nearly 8,000 residents into Bowling Green's next 25-year comprehensive plan.","Actionable example of designing democratic engagement with AI",[118],{"team_id":119},{"First_Name":120,"Last_Name":121},"Ben","Peterson","2026-09-23T12:00:00","project-spotlight-bowling-green-kentucky",{"id":125,"filename_disk":126},"37a7ea62-774e-4445-ac1b-5d766f790490","37a7ea62-774e-4445-ac1b-5d766f790490.png",[],{"type":29,"id":129,"title":130,"excerpt":131,"one_line":41,"authors":132,"date":137,"slug":138,"external_link":41,"image":139,"status":45,"Tags":142,"primary_tag":13},28688,"InnovateUS Awarded National Leadership Grant to Expand Civic AI Learning Alongside New Jersey, Montana, and Hawai'i State Libraries","Three-Year Multistate Initiative Will Combine Free Mobile AI Learning with Library-Based Programs Helping Residents Navigate Government, Participate in Civic Life, and Solve Community Problems with AI",[133],{"team_id":134},{"First_Name":135,"Last_Name":136},"Bonnie","McGilpin","2026-09-21T12:00:00","civic-ai",{"id":140,"filename_disk":141},"5432d603-826d-4e47-b01f-7b399512a4d0","5432d603-826d-4e47-b01f-7b399512a4d0.png",[13,16,5],{"type":29,"id":144,"title":145,"excerpt":146,"one_line":41,"authors":147,"date":150,"slug":151,"external_link":41,"image":152,"status":45,"Tags":155,"primary_tag":23},28686,"News That Caught Our Eye: 8 Things Worth Reading Before a Data Center Comes to Your Community","As this week's curator of News That Caught Our Eye, I'm sharing the latest resources available to help public officials think through a proposed data center. Every AI data center and every community is different. These resources provide the tools to help each community think through its decisions about an AI data center, often in a challenging environment.",[148],{"team_id":149},{"First_Name":71,"Last_Name":72},"2026-09-17T12:00:00","reboot-weekly-data-centers",{"id":153,"filename_disk":154},"e3cfdbde-3e3c-4d44-b0f3-6bf40775fdfa","e3cfdbde-3e3c-4d44-b0f3-6bf40775fdfa.png",[23],{"type":29,"id":157,"title":158,"excerpt":159,"one_line":160,"authors":161,"date":170,"slug":171,"external_link":41,"image":172,"status":45,"Tags":175,"primary_tag":41},28685,"Designing Democratic Engagement with AI: A New Course for Tur
1ning Public Input into Public Policy","A new free course from the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, The GovLab, and InnovateUS teaches public servants how to design AI-enabled public engagement that turns comments into policy, drawing on 42 real-world examples from 20 countries.","Because the technology only works as well as the process designed around it.",[162,166],{"team_id":163},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},"Dane","Gambrell",{"team_id":167},{"First_Name":168,"Last_Name":169},"Sarah","Hubbard","2026-09-15T12:00:00","designing-democratic-engagement-a-new-course",{"id":173,"filename_disk":174},"2363da1d-5f3b-4df2-9770-b85d6fbcd995","2363da1d-5f3b-4df2-9770-b85d6fbcd995.png",[13,12,16],{"type":29,"id":177,"title":178,"excerpt":179,"one_line":180,"authors":181,"date":188,"slug":189,"external_link":41,"image":190,"status":45,"Tags":193,"primary_tag":41},28684,"What Is AI For? Four Questions Guiding Reboot This Fall","The public conversation about AI has swung from exuberance to alarm, casting AI as an unstoppable force. That framing overlooks the fact that public institutions design, build, buy, and regulate AI, and societies still choose where it leads. This fall, Reboot is organizing its coverage around four connected questions: what capabilities public institutions need, how they can become institutions that listen and learn, what public AI infrastructure requires, and how we measure whether AI is actually creating public value.","Reboot will ask: what capabilities, listening, infrastructure, and evidence democratic institutions are needed to make AI serve the public.",[182,184],{"team_id":183},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":185},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},"Elana","Banin","2026-09-14T12:00:00","four-questions-guiding-reboot",{"id":191,"filename_disk":192},"9558a045-8403-4aa5-b5b6-e0b476f12352","9558a045-8403-4aa5-b5b6-e0b476f12352.png",[16,21,10,15,19,13,12,18,8,5,6,14,9],{"type":29,"id":195,"title":196,"excerpt":197,"one_line":198,"authors":199,"date":202,"slug":203,"external_link":41,"image":204,"status":45,"Tags":207,"primary_tag":22},28682,"Democracy's Compression Problem","AI is making it possible for governments to listen at a scale that was previously impossible, turning thousands of comments, service interactions and other signals into usable knowledge. But automated synthesis is not neutral: every act of compression determines what becomes visible, what disappears and ultimately what institutions come to know. If AI is to strengthen democracy rather than flatten it, AI-assisted listening must meet a higher standard: fidelity to what people actually said, preservation of plurality and disagreement, traceability back to the underlying evidence, contestability by those being represented, and a clear connection between what is heard and consequential decisions.","AI can help governments hear more. But listening means deciding what matters, what survives compression, and what ultimately shapes a decision.",[200],{"team_id":201},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},"2026-08-25T12:00:00","informational-democracy-provocation",{"id":205,"filename_disk":206},"f38b19c1-4b3c-4d31-9070-958b3c088eea","f38b19c1-4b3c-4d31-9070-958b3c088eea.png",[13,16,21],{"type":29,"id":209,"title":210,"excerpt":211,"one_line":212,"authors":213,"date":224,"slug":225,"external_link":41,"image":226,"status":45,"Tags":229,"primary_tag":13},28678,"Learning to Listen: Why AI-Assisted Public Engagement Is a Skill We Need","Two trends are unfolding in parallel around the world. Public anxiety about artificial intelligence is growing while communitiesâ satisfaction in how they participate in civic activities and contribute to government policy and programs is declining. Pathways to resolve this tension are emerging as governments find ways to use these technologies to help communities participate more meaningfully. Examples from Bogotá, Hamburg, Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere show how AI can improve the quality and experience of public engagement while reducing its time and cost. If done poorly, or without safeguards, it can also introduce new risks. However, these can be managed with appropriate process design, regulation and delivery by skilled practitioners.","A new Australian Resilient Democracy Network discussion paper argues that meaningful public engagement is the critical AI capability Australiaâs governments are missing.",[214,216,220],{"team_id":215},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":217},{"First_Name":218,"Last_Name":219}
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needs to clean up its laws, and AI can help","boston-globe-opinion-ai-outdated-laws","2026-08-06T12:00:00","A Boston Globe editorial argues that Massachusetts should use AI to i
1dentify outdated laws, unnecessary reporting requirements, and inefficient regulations, drawing on reforms and pilot programs in other states. Featuring insights from Beth Simone Noveck and Stanford RegLab, it explains how AI-assisted review, paired with human judgment, could reduce administrative burdens and improve government efficiency.","A Boston Globe editorial featuring insights from Beth Simone Noveck explores how AI could help Massachusetts modernize outdated laws and improve government efficiency.",[15,12],{"id":316,"filename_disk":317},"1940ee25-1e01-4755-bff9-bed59c0a16d1","1940ee25-1e01-4755-bff9-bed59c0a16d1.png",[319],{"team_id":320},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":322,"title":323,"slug":324,"date":325,"excerpt":326,"one_line":327,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":21,"Tags":328,"image":329,"authors":332},28677,"AI Is Infrastructure. Govern It Accordingly.","govern-ai-as-infrastructure","2026-08-03T12:00:00","As prediction increasingly shapes decisions about jobs, healthcare, education, and public services, the next frontier is how it organizes society. Drawing on the history of the railroads, this essay argues that policymakers already have a blueprint for governing essential technologies: treat AI as infrastructure, apply public oversight, and ensure that systems central to modern life serve the public interest rather than private power.","AI's Prediction Paradigm",[18],{"id":330,"filename_disk":331},"6195ce1e-fcbb-4e61-a7c4-ce346f31dd83","6195ce1e-fcbb-4e61-a7c4-ce346f31dd83.png",[333],{"team_id":334},{"First_Name":335,"Last_Name":336},"Mona ","Sloane",{"id":338,"title":339,"slug":340,"date":341,"excerpt":342,"one_line":343,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":8,"Tags":344,"image":345,"authors":348},28679,"92NY State of America Summit: American Labor at 250","state-of-america-summit-american-labor-at-250","2026-07-28T12:00:00","At 92NYâs State of America Summit, Beth Simone Noveck, Betsey Stevenson, and Allison Pugh discuss AI, the future of American labor, and whether technology will strengthen public voice or erode human connection.","AI can help us listen at scale, but only if we resist connective surrender.",[12],{"id":346,"filename_disk":347},"c7220156-1b63-4a89-a3e3-08a34e23e4ca","c7220156-1b63-4a89-a3e3-08a34e23e4ca.png",[349],{"team_id":350},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":352,"title":353,"slug":354,"date":341,"excerpt":355,"one_line":356,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":357,"image":358,"authors":361},28676,"Bummed About AI? Democratic Societies Need Public Participation to Shape It","ai-dispute-resolution","AI presents real risks, but disengagement leaves its future to others. Drawing on principles of negotiation, mediation, and decision-making, this essay by John Lande, Isidor Loeb Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law, argues that democratic societies should approach AI as they would any difficult dispute: by carefully weighing risks and opportunities, exercising sound judgment under conditions of uncertainty, and participating in the decisions that will shape its future. This blog is adapted from a University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies SSRN paper."," What mediation can teach us about navigating AIâs risks and opportunities.",[13,12,10],{"id":359,"filename_disk":360},"d0dcf627-651e-4373-82bc-0920d82055e5","d0dcf627-651e-4373-82bc-0920d82055e5.png",[362],{"team_id":363},{"First_Name":364,"Last_Name":365},"John","Lande",{"id":367,"title":368,"slug":369,"date":370,"excerpt":371,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":23,"Tags":372,"image":373,"authors":376},28674,"Reboot Weekly: Who Does the Reasoning Now?","reboot-weekly","2026-07-23T12:00:00","Across elections, work, and education, AI is performing more of the reasoning people once had to do themselves. But the institutions built for a world where humans did that reasoning haven't caught up. This week, candidates learned how to influence chatbot answers before voters ever reach a website. Amazon cut another 14,000 jobs while investing heavily in AI. And a Massachusetts school district doubled down on teaching students the rote mathematics AI already performs better than humans. Meanwhile, new global data suggest AI increasingly rewards judgment while automating routine work. \n\nReboot will take some time off in August, so an extra hefty News that Caught Our Eye this week",[23],{"id":374,"filename_disk":375},"1f6f5022-a649-41dc-9c78-3232287b6890","1f6f5022-a649-41dc-9c78-3232287b6890.png",[377],{"team_id":378},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":380,"title":381,"slug":382,"date":370,"excerpt":383,"one_line":384,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":5,"Tags":385,"image":386,"authors":389},28673,"The real math crisis isnât the test scores. Itâs the test","math-and-ai-crisis","Ted Dintersmith and Beth Simone Noveck argue that Americaâs high school math curriculum remains rooted in the needs of the 19th century rather than the AI era. They call for replacing an emphasis on rote procedures with quantitative reasoning, statistics, probability, and decision-making skills that people actually use. The authors propose using AI to engage thousands of students, educators, parents, and employers in redesigning math education through large-scale, democratic public participation.","Call for rethinking math education and how we go about it in the age of AI.",[12,19],{"id":387,"filename_disk":388},"6ffb9baf-3948-49da-8a74-04de8bef105e","6ffb9baf-3948-49da-8a74-04de8bef105e.png",[390,392],{"team_id":391},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":393},{"First_Name":394,"Last_Name":395},"Ted","Dintersmith",{"id":397,"title":398,"slug":399,"date":400,"excerpt":401,"one_line":402,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":403,"image":404,"authors":407}
1,28672,"Information Literacy Is No Longer Just an Individual Skill","information-literacy","2026-07-21T12:00:00","The debate about AI has focused on misinformation and AI slop, but those are only part of the story. As AI creates both unprecedented information abundance and information compression, we need a new conception of information literacyâone that encompasses how individuals reason, how communities learn together, and how democratic institutions use AI to become better listeners and problem-solvers.","In an age of information abundance and information compression, information literacy must evolve from an individual skill into a collective and institutional capacity.",[12,17,19,5],{"id":405,"filename_disk":406},"4d0eb9ec-6289-46cd-8bb2-f813b8e5e66f","4d0eb9ec-6289-46cd-8bb2-f813b8e5e66f.png",[408],{"team_id":409},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":411,"title":412,"slug":413,"date":414,"excerpt":415,"one_line":416,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":417,"authors":420},28671,"Notes from the field: Building UX capacity in City government","building-ux-capacity","2026-07-08T12:00:00","Making government services easier to use doesnât start with a website redesign. It starts by talking to residents, choosing the right first project, and creating the conditions for UX to succeed. Lessons from U.S. Digital Responseâs three-part InnovateUS series show how agencies can build user-centered services that deliver measurable results."," Key lessons from the InnovateUS and U.S. Digital Response UX learning series ",{"id":418,"filename_disk":419},"b2293f4e-f414-42b5-808b-324dc81f6355","b2293f4e-f414-42b5-808b-324dc81f6355.png",[421,425],{"team_id":422},{"First_Name":423,"Last_Name":424},"Cindy ","Phan",{"team_id":426},{"First_Name":427,"Last_Name":428},"Keith","Wilson",{"id":430,"title":431,"slug":432,"date":433,"excerpt":434,"one_line":435,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":436,"authors":439},28670,"Research Radar: AI May Not Start Wars. But It Is Changing What Wars Are Fought Over","future-of-war","2026-07-07T12:00:00","New research from the AI Risk Explorer SPAR project examines how AI is reshaping conflict through cloud infrastructure, commercial technology companies, and the digital systems that now underpin both military operations and democratic governance."," Modern conflict is expanding beyond the battlefield to the digital infrastructure that underpins society.",{"id":437,"filename_disk":438},"a23d5081-856a-4dd0-aa75-641a28b34ef5","a23d5081-856a-4dd0-aa75-641a28b34ef5.png",[440,442,446,450,454,458],{"team_id":441},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"team_id":443},{"First_Name":444,"Last_Name":445},"Emily","Parker",{"team_id":447},{"First_Name":448,"Last_Name":449},"Peter","Vartanian",{"team_id":451},{"First_Name":452,"Last_Name":453},"Parul","Wadhawan",{"team_id":455},{"First_Name":456,"Last_Name":457},"Yan ","Zhu",{"team_id":459},{"First_Name":460,"Last_Name":461},"Guillem","Bas",{"id":463,"title":464,"slug":465,"date":466,"excerpt":467,"one_line":468,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":469,"image":470,"authors":473},28669,"Mississippi's AI Framework Was the Starting Line ","mississippi-ai-framework","2026-07-06T12:00:00","Mississippi has released its statewide AI framework. The harder challenge is turning guidance into practice. Drawing on firsthand experience leading the stateâs AI workforce efforts, Dr. Kollin Napier of MAIN examines why successful AI adoption depends on sustained investment in training, governance, staffing, and implementation."," An AI framework is only the beginning. Readiness is built through implementation.",[21,9],{"id":471,"filename_disk":472},"4bd879dd-c1b1-4fa1-9ab8-296924faa2de","4bd879dd-c1b1-4fa1-9ab8-296924faa2de.png",[474],{"team_id":475},{"First_Name":476,"Last_Name":477},"Dr. Kollin","Napier",{"id":479,"title":480,"slug":41,"date":481,"excerpt":41,"one_line":482,"external_link":483,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":484,"image":485,"authors":488}
1,28668,"Reboot Weekly Special Edition: AI and The Race to Save Democracy","2026-07-01T07:00:00","Available now in print and in audiobook! \"Reboot: AI and The Race to Save Democracy\" by Beth Simone Noveck","https:\u002F\u002Fmailchi.mp\u002F4b261edc4147\u002Fnew-book-reboot-ai-and-the-race-to-save-democracy-by-beth-simone-noveck-10367083?e=ee5e8adfc8",[23],{"id":486,"filename_disk":487},"48ea7e56-31f8-4f93-a95e-7c64d3500574","48ea7e56-31f8-4f93-a95e-7c64d3500574.jpg",[489],{"team_id":490},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":492,"title":493,"slug":494,"date":495,"excerpt":496,"one_line":497,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":12,"Tags":498,"image":499,"authors":502},28662,"From AI Adoption to Public Value: InnovateUS Fall 2026 Live Learning Series","innovate-us-fall-2026-live-learning-series","2026-06-30T12:00:00","AI adoption in government is accelerating. The next challenge is making sure it creates public value. InnovateUSâs Fall 2026 Live Learning Series explores how public professionals can move beyond using AI to measuring its impact, governing it responsibly, and ensuring it improves outcomes for the people and communities government serves.","Government must prove AI is creating public value.",[19,13,21,16,18,14,8,9,15],{"id":500,"filename_disk":501},"0ff4a684-f1a3-4fed-8364-c888b3f2a255","0ff4a684-f1a3-4fed-8364-c888b3f2a255.jpg",[503],{"team_id":504},{"First_Name":505,"Last_Name":506},"Agueda ","Quiroga ",{"id":508,"title":509,"slug":510,"date":511,"excerpt":512,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":13,"Tags":513,"image":514,"authors":517},28661,"Democracy has a listening problem. These AI tools could actually help","fastcompany-reboot","2026-06-25T12:00:00","This excerpt from Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy was originally published in Fast Company on June 25, 2026.",[16,17,15,12,21],{"id":515,"filename_disk":516},"00de31fa-6317-4ae1-8ad1-f73726c75280","00de31fa-6317-4ae1-8ad1-f73726c75280.jpg",[518],{"team_id":519},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":521,"title":522,"slug":523,"date":524,"excerpt":525,"one_line":526,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":527,"image":528,"authors":531},28627,"An Open Society Needs an Open Market: The Compute Problem Cities, Regions, and Nations Share","the-compute-problem","2026-06-24T12:00:00","A new report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project argues that cloud sovereignty is about more than building domestic alternatives. It is about ensuring governments, businesses, and public institutions have autonomy and agency. Using Canadaâs highly concentrated cloud market as a case study, the authors explore how procurement policy, competition rules, and interoperability standards could reduce dependence on hyperscalers and create a more competitive marketplace for compute. ","Why a mid-size democracy, a city procurement office, and a bank's finance team are fighting the same fight, but don't know it yet.",[16,18],{"id":529,"filename_disk":530},"ff14c4aa-ab5c-48e3-9a5c-a831b1795586","ff14c4aa-ab5c-48e3-9a5c-a831b1795586.png",[532,536],{"team_id":533},{"First_Name":534,"Last_Name":535}," David","Eaves",{"team_id":537},{"First_Name":538,"Last_Name":539},"Curtis","McCord",{"id":541,"title":542,"slug":543,"date":544,"excerpt":545,"one_line":546,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":547,"authors":550},28626,"Research Radar: In Lobsters We Do Not Trust â The Wrong Path for AI and Democracy Part 2","habermolt-part-ii","2026-06-23T12:00:00","In Part II, we examine the projectâs core claim that AI agents could represent citizens in democratic deliberation. We argue that representation requires more than predicting preferences, that democratic participation is essential to civic learning and self-government, and that increasingly capable AI agents risk shifting authority away from citizens and toward algorithms. Democracy depends on people governing together, not on delegating judgment to machines.","Part II examines why AI agents shouldn't take citizens out of the equation.",{"id":548,"filename_disk":549},"a79d68ad-7ca6-47fe-9d09-2660379e8120","a79d68ad-7ca6-47fe-9d09-2660379e8120.png",[551,555],{"team_id":552},{"First_Name":553,"Last_Name":554},"José Luis","Marti",{"team_id":556},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":558,"title":559,"slug":560,"date":561,"excerpt":562,"one_line":563,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":564,"image":565,"authors":568}
1,28628,"From Learning to Doing: An AI Coach for Public Engagement","ai-coach-for-public-engagement","2026-06-22T12:00:00","A new AI for Impact-engineered public engagement coach is helping public servants turn what they learned about engagement into practical action. Built by The GovLab, the tool guides practitioners through real planning decisions, asks targeted questions about their specific project, and draws on engagement frameworks, case studies, and practitioner expertise to help them design more effective public participation processes. ","This AI coach was built for the moment training ends and implementation begins.",[19,16],{"id":566,"filename_disk":567},"4b51712a-c3ce-4d0f-bd4c-c396be95255f","4b51712a-c3ce-4d0f-bd4c-c396be95255f.png",[569,573,577],{"team_id":570},{"First_Name":571,"Last_Name":572},"Manan","Gangwani",{"team_id":574},{"First_Name":575,"Last_Name":576},"Kushal","Pendekanti",{"team_id":578},{"First_Name":579,"Last_Name":580},"Cevdet ","Batuhan Isik",{"id":582,"title":583,"slug":584,"date":585,"excerpt":586,"one_line":587,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":588,"image":589,"authors":592},28622,"Training Future Leaders to Shape AI in the Public-Interest: Insights from the Barcelona Public-Interest AI Accelerator","public-interest-ai-accelerator","2026-06-17T12:00:00","A new accelerator in Barcelona is exploring what it takes to prepare future leaders to navigate the emerging field of public-interest AI. The experience underscored that moving from principles to practice demands leaders who understand the technical, political, economic, and ethical dimensions of AI. Leaders who are equipped to ensure these technologies serve public goals, protect rights, and respond to the needs of diverse communities.","Moving public-interest AI from theory to implementation.",[13,16],{"id":590,"filename_disk":591},"73a4f4ca-b34b-4b71-b306-35b10ec549bf","73a4f4ca-b34b-4b71-b306-35b10ec549bf.png",[593,597,601,605],{"team_id":594},{"First_Name":595,"Last_Name":596},"Patricia","Mangeol",{"team_id":598},{"First_Name":599,"Last_Name":600},"Sunnie","Gong",{"team_id":602},{"First_Name":603,"Last_Name":604},"Rodrigo ","Cetina-Presuel",{"team_id":606},{"First_Name":607,"Last_Name":608},"Júlia Devin","Altès",{"id":610,"title":611,"slug":612,"date":613,"excerpt":614,"one_line":615,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":616,"authors":619},28625,"Research Radar: In Lobsters We Do Not Trust â The Wrong Path for AI and Democracy Part 1","habermolt","2026-06-16T12:00:00","Beth Simone Noveck and José Marti critique Habermolt, an experimental project that uses AI agents to deliberate and vote on behalf of people. They argue that the project reflects a longstanding strain of democratic theory that views public participation as a problem rather than a resource. At a moment of declining trust and growing institutional challenges, there should be less focus on whether AI can simulate democracy and more on how it can help governments listen, learn, and solve problems with the public. This Essay is Part 1 of 2 by Noveck and MartÃ.\n\n","A new AI democracy experiment asks whether agents can stand in for citizens. ",{"id":617,"filename_disk":618},"57fad401-c1c5-416a-bcc8-92e965940107","57fad401-c1c5-416a-bcc8-92e965940107.png",[620,622],{"team_id":621},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":623},{"First_Name":553,"Last_Name":554},{"id":625,"title":626,"slug":627,"date":628,"excerpt":629,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":630,"authors":633},28624,"How technology can help save democracy | The TechTank Podcast","techtank-podcast","2026-06-16T10:00:00","Beth Simone Noveck recently appeared on the Brookings TechTank podcast to discuss her forthcoming book, Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy (Yale University Press), arguing that AI offers powerful opportunities to strengthen democratic institutions and making the case for a \"possibilist\" approach to building tools that make democracy more responsive and effective.",{"id":631,"filename_disk":632},"85dcf69f-db23-4599-a691-a350af0d3783","85dcf69f-db23-4599-a691-a350af0d3783.webp",[],{"id":635,"title":636,"slug":637,"date":638,"excerpt":639,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":5,"Tags":41,"image":640,"authors":643},28623,"The Herald: Pretending AI is not in schools could pose the biggest risk","theherald-ai-in-schools","2026-06-15T12:00:00","Beth Simone Noveck spoke to The Herald (Scotland) about the role of AI in education and the need for decision-makers to engage with the technology rather than fear it, ahead of her talk at the Edinburgh Futures Institute's Civ
1ic University â Democracy, AI, and the Public Imagination.\" ",{"id":641,"filename_disk":642},"51ee23d6-fb65-4792-8fd4-f3fadb1f713b","51ee23d6-fb65-4792-8fd4-f3fadb1f713b.png",[],{"id":645,"title":646,"slug":647,"date":638,"excerpt":648,"one_line":649,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":650,"image":651,"authors":654},28621,"The Future of AI Runs Through Families: A conversation with Anya Kamenetz","ai-families-anya-kamenetz","What happens when the people working closest to families are forced to confront AI? In this conversation with Elana Banin, journalist Anya Kamenetz reflects on a three-day workshop that brought together service providers, advocates, technologists, policymakers, journalists, and philanthropists to wrestle with that question. The discussion explores why families have been largely absent from AI governance debates, how to shape the trajectory of technological change, and what it would take to build AI with communities rather than for them. ","Families are often the first to feel the effects of technological change and the last to have a say in shaping it.",[13,12,17],{"id":652,"filename_disk":653},"af91c9ea-4fe4-45c7-a9aa-75efe2103732","af91c9ea-4fe4-45c7-a9aa-75efe2103732.png",[655],{"team_id":656},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":658,"title":659,"slug":660,"date":661,"excerpt":662,"one_line":663,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":664,"image":665,"authors":668},28620,"The World Cup Is Here. So is VAR. Here's What That Mess Can Teach Us About A.I.","world-cup-var-ai-lessons","2026-06-10T12:00:00","Billions of people are about to watch the World Cup. And millions of them will spend part of it furious, not at the teams, but at football's most contentious technology: the Video Assistant Referee. In this article, Anirudh Dinesh argues we are making the same mistake in how we design, build, and use AI, and shares four lessons VAR can teach us about what happens when you build tech without asking who it's actually meant for.","The World Cup is around the corner and so is VAR - football's most contentious technology. Here are four things it can teach us about what happens when you build tech without asking who it's actually for.",[19,12],{"id":666,"filename_disk":667},"62cef623-0e53-424a-bcb6-6b5532096bc1","62cef623-0e53-424a-bcb6-6b5532096bc1.png",[669],{"team_id":670},{"First_Name":55,"Last_Name":56},{"id":672,"title":673,"slug":674,"date":675,"excerpt":676,"one_line":677,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":678,"image":679,"authors":682},28617,"Turning 20 Years of Community Board Data Into Searchable Public Knowledge","block-party","2026-06-09T12:00:00","Local government generates enormous amounts of public knowledge, but much of it remains buried in disconnected PDFs and difficult-to-navigate archives. This post explores how the Block Party team used AI, semantic search, and human expertise to build a searchable archive of 17 years of Manhattan Community Board 3 resolutions, making local government decisions, institutional memory, and civic participation more accessible to residents, journalists, and public officials.","Turning two million words of community board records into a searchable archive of civic knowledge.",[19,13,12],{"id":680,"filename_disk":681},"47009935-bfeb-4b9b-b990-34363fa8e54d","47009935-bfeb-4b9b-b990-34363fa8e54d.png",[683,686],{"team_id":684},{"First_Name":168,"Last_Name":685},"Sachs",{"team_id":687},{"First_Name":688,"Last_Name":689},"Tal ","Roded",{"id":691,"title":692,"slug":693,"date":694,"excerpt":695,"one_line":696,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":697,"image":698,"authors":701},28619,"Civic University â Democracy, AI, and the Public Imagination","edinburgh-civic-university","2026-06-08T12:00:00","As AI transforms how we work, learn, and govern, what role should universities play? In this wide-ranging conversation, Beth Noveck argues that universities should become laboratories for democratic problem-solving, where students work with communities to address public challenges. She outlines a vision for \"democratic AI\" that puts public purpose, participation, and impact at the center of technological innovation.","In a conversation with Oliver Escobar at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Beth Noveck argues that universities must move beyond studying society's challenges to become laboratories for democratic problem-solving in the age of AI.",[12,16,5],{"id":699,"filename_disk":700}
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Drawing on examples from around the world, she explores how AI can improve public services, strengthen civic engagement, and rebuild trust in democratic institutions.","Beth Simone Noveck joins Cool Science Radio to discuss how AI can help governments work better, strengthen civic participation, and rebuild trust in democracy.",{"id":712,"filename_disk":713},"7a270998-1693-4d6b-92ca-447f44bf9c3f","7a270998-1693-4d6b-92ca-447f44bf9c3f.png",[715],{"team_id":716},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":718,"title":719,"slug":720,"date":721,"excerpt":722,"one_line":723,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":724,"image":725,"authors":728},28615,"From digital to AI-enabled government: Kazakhstan's next frontier","kazakhstans-next-frontier","2026-06-03T12:00:00","Kazakhstan built one of the worldâs most advanced digital governments in less than two decades. Now the country is racing into the next phase: AI-enabled governance, sovereign AI infrastructure, and nationwide AI deployment. But this transition is exposing a harder question beneath the ambition: what happens when countries move toward frontier AI systems before large parts of the population have reliable electricity, affordable internet, laptops, or the skills needed to use AI meaningfully?","Kazakhstanâs digital transformation is entering a new phase, from building online government services to building an AI-enabled state",[16,5,13,15],{"id":726,"filename_disk":727},"039191fc-70e2-48a5-b83d-ad8900f62e25","039191fc-70e2-48a5-b83d-ad8900f62e25.png",[729],{"team_id":730},{"First_Name":731,"Last_Name":732},"Gulnaz","Kordanova",{"id":734,"title":735,"slug":736,"date":737,"excerpt":738,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":739,"image":740,"authors":743},28616,"The Scotsman: Scotland uniquely able to redefine the purpose of universities, Obama advisor claims","scotsman-universities","2026-06-02T12:00:00","Ahead of a timely conversation around the civic role of the university in an age of democratic uncertainty and rapid technological change, Beth Simone Noveck spoke to the Scotsman about how Scotland's universities are uniquely place to reinvent the purpose of higher education. ",[5],{"id":741,"filename_disk":742},"3252659c-e08d-41c0-a51b-bd7efee70fd8","3252659c-e08d-41c0-a51b-bd7efee70fd8.png",[744],{"team_id":745},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":747,"title":748,"slug":749,"date":737,"excerpt":750,"one_line":751,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":752,"image":753,"authors":756},28614,"Research Radar: 10 Things Public Officials Should Know About AI Data Centers","10-things-about-ai-data-centers","AI data centers are arriving in communities long before most public institutions have figured out how to govern them. Drawing on recent analysis, fieldwork, and an InnovateUS workshop, Deborah Stine examines the questions public officials are now confronting around electricity, water, jobs, infrastructure, public trust, and community impact. She argues that AI data centers are far more than technology projects; they are major public policy decisions that will shape how communities experience the AI economy.","When an AI data center arrives in a community, the questions are about electricity bills, water access, jobs, land use, and whether residents were included in the decision at all.",[18,21,15],{"id":754,"filename_disk":755},"c5028463-48eb-45ed-ad12-747b50ca2d9c","c5028463-48eb-45ed-ad12-747b50ca2d9c.png",[757],{"team_id":758},{"First_Name":71,"Last_Name":72},{"id":760,"title":761,"slug":762,"date":763,"excerpt":764,"one_line":765,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":41,"image":766,"authors":769},28613,"Leadership is About Setting Goals, Supporting the Team, and Getting Out of the Way","foundations-of-leadership","2026-06-01T12:00:00","Public servants are asking for leadership training at the same moment AI is reshaping government work. This reflection on InnovateUSâs Foundations of Leadership workshop series explores why the most important leadership challenges today are often deeply human ones: creating psychological safety, building real teams instead of loose groups, giving honest feedback, understanding strengths, and helping people perform under pressure and uncertainty. Across five sessions, participants wrestled with the gap between knowing what good leadership looks like and consistently practicing it within real organizations.","As government work changes, the demand for trust, clarity, and honest leadership is only growing.",{"id":767,"filename_disk":768},"ea94ce42-585a-4872-82d7-5207506b7c04","ea94ce42-585a-4872-82d7-5207506b7c04.png",[770],{"team_id":771},{"First_Name":772,"Last_Name":773},"Anita","McGahan",{"id":775,"title":776,"slug":777,"date":778,"excerpt":779,"one_line":780,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":781,"image":782,"authors":785},28612,"Bellagio: Five Days, 16 Members of Congress, and an Unusually Honest Conversation About AI","bellagio-conversations-on-ai-and-global-power","2026-05-27T12:00:00","Mariana Becerra of the Eleanor Crook Foundation went to the Rockefeller Foundationâs Bellagio Center expecting a conversation about AI and geopolitical competition with bipartisan, bicameral members of Congress. She came back convinced that AI is already reshaping how public health systems function, how advocacy operates, and which organizations will have the capacity to influence policy. Drawing on conversations with lawmakers, researchers, and philanthropy leaders, this piece examines the growing gap between where AI governance debates are happening and the resulting consequences.","AI is changing who can move policy, deliver health services, and compete for influence",[19,12,7],{"id":783,"filename_disk":784},"1b080919-414e-499f-ba7f-c014db4eaabe","1b080919-414e-499f-ba7f-c014db4eaabe.jpg",[786],{"team_id":787},{"First_Name":788,"Last_Name":789},"Mariana","Becerra",{"id":791,"title":792,"slug":793,"date":794,"excerpt":795,"one_line":796,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":797,"image":798,"authors":801},28611,"Research Radar: The Six-Word Problem: Will Voice Improve How We Research the Impacts of AI?","public-voice-tool","2026-05-26T12:00:00","AI for Impact Fellows Sai Punith Kolla and Swaapnika Chowdary Cherukuru built Public Voice, a lightweight voice-based feedback tool designed to capture concrete examples of how learners apply AI in practice. The piece explores the design challenge behind the tool, why voice responses may produce richer evidence than text surveys, and what it means to measure whether public-sector AI training is translating into real workflow change.","The Observatory of Public Sector AI tests whether voice-based AI feedback reveals about how public servants use AI",[17,13,12],{"id":799,"filename_disk":800},"423c80f9-beed-47cf-85ff-11e19198163f","423c80f9-beed-47cf-85ff-11e19198163f.png",[802,806],{"team_id":803},{"First_Name":804,"Last_Name":805},"Sai Punith ","Kolla",{"team_id":807},{"First_Name":808,"Last_Name":809},"Swaapnika","Chowdary Cherukuru",{"id":811,"title":812,"slug":813,"date":814,"excerpt":815,"one_line":816,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":817,"image":818,"authors":821},28610,"Why Effective AI Governance Depends on Strong Justice Systems","ai-governance-justice-systems","2026-05-25T12:00:00","As governments rush to regulate AI, many governance frameworks still overlook what happens when people are harmed. This piece argues that AI governance will be tested by legal systems already struggling to deliver equal access to justice. Drawing on the recent report \"A People-Centered Justice Approach to Implementing AI Governance,\" examples from Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States make the case for bringing courts, legal aid organizations, and justice institutions into the center of AI governance design.","AI governance breaks down when ordinary people cannot challenge harm, seek remedy, or enforce their rights when systems fail.",[10,14,13],{"id":819,"filename_disk":820},"93642482-1c74-4057-844a-6c7af712cf93","93642482-1c74-4057-844a-6c7af712cf93.png",[822],{"team_id":823},{"First_Name":824,"Last_Name":825}," Nate","Edwards",{"id":827,"title":828,"slug":829,"date":830,"excerpt":831,"one_line":832,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":833,"image":834,"authors":837},28609,"Mandatory Reporting vs. Substantive Oversight: Examining AI Ethics in the Turkish School System","ai-ethics-turkish-school-system","2026-05-20T12:00:00","As governments search for ways to operationalize AI ethics inside public institutions, Türkiyeâs new YAZEK system offers an early example of what procedural AI governance can look like in practice. The piece examines how the Ministry of Education embedded mandatory AI ethics declarations into everyday administrative workflows, while also exploring the systemâs limits around verification, oversight, and remedy when automated systems cause harm.","Türkiyeâs new YAZEK system shows what happens when AI ethics moves from voluntary principles into mandatory public-sector procedure.",[5],{"id":835,"filename_disk":836},"67470899-9ce8-4c8a-8b41-03a74590c877","67470899-9ce8-4c8a-8b41-03a74590c877.png",[838],{"team_id":839},{"First_Name":840,"Last_Name":841}," Elif ","Davutoglu",{"id":843,"title":844,"slug":845,"date":846,"excerpt":847,"one_line":848,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":25,"Tags":849,"image":850,"authors":853}
1,28604,"The Reports Nobody Reads: How San Francisco Used AI to Declutter Its Municipal Code","sf-ai-regulatory-decluttering","2026-05-19T12:00:00","In a new piece for the Rethinking Regulation series, Dane Gambrell examines how San Francisco used a custom AI tool developed with Stanfordâs RegLab to scan 16 million words of municipal code and identify hundreds of outdated and duplicative reporting requirements across city government. The effort ultimately produced a 351-page ordinance proposing the deletion or consolidation of 174 mandates. The piece offers a grounded look at how AI can help governments make sprawling bureaucratic systems more legible and manageable.","AI helped San Francisco map decades of accumulated reporting rules into a system public servants could finally review, evaluate, and act on.",[24,16,12,10],{"id":851,"filename_disk":852},"e4a410f0-4ffa-4b67-a1f1-3740b9443512","e4a410f0-4ffa-4b67-a1f1-3740b9443512.png",[854],{"team_id":855},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":857,"title":858,"slug":859,"date":860,"excerpt":861,"one_line":862,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":863,"image":864,"authors":867},28608,"The Future We Build: Hope and Public Service at Code for America Summit ","code-for-america-summit","2026-05-18T12:00:00","A reflection from Rob Asaro-Angelo, Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center, from the 2026 Code for America Summit on why optimism in government depends on implementation. Drawing from conversations on procurement reform, service delivery, and AI in the public sector, the piece explores how public servants across the country are turning institutional frustration into practical change and why hope becomes credible when people have the tools, authority, and persistence to make systems work better.","From procurement reform to IRS Direct File, public servants show how government systems can be redesigned to work better.",[12,19,15],{"id":865,"filename_disk":866},"25f53715-921f-41da-9ba9-c4b08b303923","25f53715-921f-41da-9ba9-c4b08b303923.png",[868],{"team_id":869},{"First_Name":870,"Last_Name":871},"Robert","Asaro-Angelo",{"id":873,"title":874,"slug":875,"date":876,"excerpt":877,"one_line":878,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":879,"image":880,"authors":883},28607,"AI Can Help Our Leaders Be Better ","the-times-scottish-edition","2026-05-14T12:00:00","In an article originally published in The Times (Scottish Edition), Beth Simone Noveck argues that AIâs most important democratic use is helping governments listen. Drawing on examples from Camden and Scotland, the piece explores how AI could help public institutions process large-scale public input, strengthen participation, and rebuild trust at a time when governments face rising demand and declining capacity.","In The Times (Scottish Edition), Beth Simone Noveck makes the case for building AI that helps democracies listen at scale.",[13,21,15,12],{"id":881,"filename_disk":882},"1c57bb04-c5a0-4037-9615-273b5b35c58b","1c57bb04-c5a0-4037-9615-273b5b35c58b.png",[884],{"team_id":885},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":887,"title":888,"slug":889,"date":890,"excerpt":891,"one_line":892,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":893,"image":894,"authors":897},28606,"Zero-Click Government: Omakase or Loss of Agency?","zero-click-government-response","2026-05-13T12:00:00","In the afterword to Gustavo Maiaâs forthcoming book Zero-Click Government, Beth Simone Noveck explores the democratic risks and possibilities of anticipatory governance. While supporting efforts to reduce the administrative burdens placed on citizens, she argues that traditional requests and applications also served as an important democratic feedback signal, one that anticipatory systems risk losing when governments act on inferred demand. Her response examines what kinds of participation, transparency, contestation, and institutional learning are needed if public action is increasingly shaped by data and AI.","In response to \"Zero-Click Government,\" Beth Simone Noveck argues that as governments move from reactive services to anticipatory action, participation and accountability must become part of the operating logic",[21,16,12,13,11],{"id":895,"filename_disk":896},"67e8db0e-92d6-41f3-9438-62972e644c9e","67e8db0e-92d6-41f3-9438-62972e644c9e.png",[898],{"team_id":899},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":901,"title":902,"slug":903,"date":904,"excerpt":905,"one_line":906,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":907,"image":908,"authors":911},28605,"AI Doesnât Understand Kichwa: Ecuadorâs Case for Inclusive AI Governance in the Justice System","ai-kichwa-inclusive-governance-ecuador","2026-05-12T12:00:00","In a new piece for Reboot Democracy, Rodrigo Cetina-Presuel, Marco Tello, and Jose M. Martinez-Sierra examine how Ecuadorâs judiciary responded to the rapid arrival of AI by building a participatory governance process rooted in the countryâs institutional and cultural realities. Through consultations with
1judicial officials, the process surfaced a critical gap ignored by most international AI frameworks: current AI systems cannot reliably interpret Indigenous languages or legal contexts such as Kichwa. The result was one of the regionâs first judicial AI moratoriums, temporarily prohibiting the use of AI in Indigenous-language cases while Ecuador develops more legitimate and locally grounded governance mechanisms for the future.","What Ecuadorâs judiciary discovered when it tested global AI governance frameworks against the realities of Indigenous languages, legal pluralism, and due process.",[13,10,9],{"id":909,"filename_disk":910},"6559266d-12f7-49de-b299-38b032ac990e","6559266d-12f7-49de-b299-38b032ac990e.jpg",[912,914,918],{"team_id":913},{"First_Name":603,"Last_Name":604},{"team_id":915},{"First_Name":916,"Last_Name":917},"Jose M."," Martinez-Sierra",{"team_id":919},{"First_Name":920,"Last_Name":921},"Marco","Tello",{"id":923,"title":924,"slug":925,"date":926,"excerpt":927,"one_line":928,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":929,"image":930,"authors":933},28603,"The Capitol Wire & Building Congressional Intelligence for Everyone","the-capitol-wire","2026-05-11T12:00:00","Congressional information has long been technically public but practically inaccessible, scattered across government sites and locked behind expensive subscription platforms. In response, Zach Florman, Communications Director for Rep. Laura Friedman, created the Capitol Wire tool. The Capitol Wire shows how AI can close that gap by turning floor schedules, bill texts, and legislative updates into real-time alerts and searchable policy briefs that are fast, verifiable, and free. The result is a tool that makes public information more legible for staffers, reporters, and citizens alike, and increases the likelihood of public engagement. ","AI wonât fix Congress overnight, but it can make the legislative process easier to follow before decisions are made.",[19,13,12,10],{"id":931,"filename_disk":932},"ae24d020-c56d-4fea-8bc0-9b3c4a880a8a","ae24d020-c56d-4fea-8bc0-9b3c4a880a8a.png",[934],{"team_id":935},{"First_Name":936,"Last_Name":937},"Zachary","Florman",{"id":939,"title":940,"slug":941,"date":942,"excerpt":943,"one_line":944,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":945,"image":946,"authors":949},28601,"Progress on Global AI Governance: The CAIDP AI Index and Implications for the Public Sector ","caidp-ai-index","2026-05-06T12:00:00","The 2026 CAIDP AI Index, ranking AI policy commitments across 90 countries, shows that while most governments now agree on core governance principles, the real divide lies in implementation. Many are advancing laws, oversight, and public participation, but progress lags in turning commitments into practice. As the baseline shifts from whether to govern AI to how, the report underscores that outcomes depend less on frameworks and more on the capacity of public institutionsâand the civil servants within themâto operationalize these principles in everyday decisions.","Where principles are widely shared, the real test of AI governance is whether public institutions can carry them through into practice.",[10,21,7],{"id":947,"filename_disk":948},"03ee3a0e-03ee-4e42-9693-c4934fa7f084","03ee3a0e-03ee-4e42-9693-c4934fa7f084.png",[950,954],{"team_id":951},{"First_Name":952,"Last_Name":953},"April","Yoder",{"team_id":955},{"First_Name":956,"Last_Name":957},"Grace"," Thomson",{"id":959,"title":960,"slug":961,"date":962,"excerpt":963,"one_line":964,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":965,"image":966,"authors":969},28602,"Research Radar: AI as a Multiplier for Evidence-Informed Policy","who-ai-evidence-policy","2026-05-05T12:00:00","A new WHO discussion paper explores how AI can accelerate research synthesis and keep evidence continuously up to date. Elana Banin welcomes the push to use AI to strengthen the evidence-to-policy pipeline, but argues the more consequential question is whether AI will redefine what counts as evidence in the first place. The harder constraint will ultimately be institutional, as most health workers lack the training and infrastru
1cture to adopt these tools. Government decision-makers must start building the processes to test AI outputs against frontline knowledge and the capacity to make that adoption defensible.","Will the health institutions responsible for evidence generation adapt enough to shape AI integration in policymaking?",[24,15,12,7],{"id":967,"filename_disk":968},"7a21295d-23f0-4550-a52c-e9e28103c122","7a21295d-23f0-4550-a52c-e9e28103c122.png",[970],{"team_id":971},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":973,"title":974,"slug":975,"date":976,"excerpt":977,"one_line":978,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":979,"image":980,"authors":983},28600,"Who Gets to Define the AI Debate? A Youth Perspective ","the-ai-debate-youth-perspective","2026-05-04T09:41:00","A high school journalist reflects on who is shaping the public conversation about AI. While headlines focus on risk and disruption, everyday uses of AI are already helping families access benefits, students learn, and cities deliver services. The gap, Amedeo Bettauer argues, is in between those whose experiences count in defining the debate and those in power who seek out diverse experiences.","A different generational take on who is shaping the conversation and who is being left out",[13,12,5],{"id":981,"filename_disk":982},"86daf5dc-e725-457b-9284-988a097e806f","86daf5dc-e725-457b-9284-988a097e806f.png",[984],{"team_id":985},{"First_Name":986,"Last_Name":987},"Amedeo","Bettauer",{"id":989,"title":990,"slug":991,"date":992,"excerpt":993,"one_line":994,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":995,"image":996,"authors":999},28599,"Governing with Others: The Basque Country Turns Collaboration into Rule of Law","basque-collaboration-law","2026-04-29T12:00:00","As the Basque Government moves to pass a new Transparency Law this May, it is redefining what transparency means. No longer just about access to information, the law embeds collaborative governance into its core, requiring that decision-making processes be open, traceable, and shaped with others. This piece explores what it looks like to turn participation from a principle into a legal obligation, and what it takes to make participation a structured, accountable part of how policy is made.","A new law that treats participation not as input, but as part of the decision-making process itself.",[9,10],{"id":997,"filename_disk":998},"f7634fb9-c4b4-48de-b86d-b76de55c1c5e","f7634fb9-c4b4-48de-b86d-b76de55c1c5e.png",[1000],{"team_id":1001},{"First_Name":1002,"Last_Name":1003},"Xabier","Barandiaran",{"id":1005,"title":1006,"slug":1007,"date":1008,"excerpt":1009,"one_line":1010,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":25,"Tags":1011,"image":1012,"authors":1015},28598,"Rethinking Regulation: How Virginia Used AI to Streamline Its Regulatory Code","ai-regulation-case-study-virginia","2026-04-28T12:00:00","A new entry in our Rethinking Regulation series, this in-depth case study by Dane Gambrell includes an interview with Reeve Bull, who led the stateâs regulatory modernization effort. It traces how Virginia used AI to review decades of accumulated rules, cut regulatory requirements by over a third, and make them clearer and more accessible. It shows how governments can pair strong institutional processes with AI to modernize regulation and improve how it works for the public.","Virginia used AI and disciplined review to turn a maze of rules into a clearer, more usable system.",[24,16,15,12],{"id":1013,"filename_disk":1014},"3fff1588-bfbd-4195-a065-8c46c01fab89","3fff1588-bfbd-4195-a065-8c46c01fab89.png",[1016],{"team_id":1017},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":1019,"title":1020,"slug":1021,"date":1022,"excerpt":1023,"one_line":1024,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":1025,"image":1026,"authors":1029},28597,"Before you engage, listen: a framework for citizen participation across the policy cycle","citizen-participation-framework","2026-04-27T12:00:00","A mayor presents a plan, residents push back, and everyone leaves frustrated, not because people werenât heard, but because listening and engagement happened at the wrong moment. This piece reframes participation as a cycle: listening to set the agenda, engagement to shape decisions, and follow-through to prove input mattered. The example of St. Louis shows how sequencing these stages turns public input into real outcomes, with AI enabling reflection on input at scale. ","Participation in governance works when it's designed as a connected system from input to outcome.",[13,12,19],{"id":1027,"filename_disk":1028},"5e4983c4-3727-49d6-b9cc-70b38d79afcc","5e4983c4-3727-49d6-b9cc-70b38d79afcc.png",[1030],{"team_id":1031},{"First_Name":1032,"Last_Name":1033},"Wietse","Van Ransbeeck",{"id":1035,"title":1036,"slug":1037,"date":1038,"excerpt":1039,"one_line":1040,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":1041,"image":1042,"authors":1045},28596,"A Dozen Interns on Cocaine: What One of the Longest-Running Civic Tech Projects Reveals About AI in Government","computational-law-ai-government","2026-04-22T12:00:00","What happens when governments rely on systems that sound right instead of being right? Drawing on OpenFiscaâs spread from France to governments across Europe, Africa, and Oceania, Beth Simone Noveckâs interview with Matti Schneider makes the case for public infrastru
1cture that computes the law, as well as the risks of sidelining it as generative AI scales globally.","A global model for computing the law reveals why governments need durable, auditable infrastructure.",[10,16,19,18],{"id":1043,"filename_disk":1044},"bcfd421b-b42b-4661-aef7-447cd3c1edb6","bcfd421b-b42b-4661-aef7-447cd3c1edb6.png",[1046],{"team_id":1047},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1049,"title":1050,"slug":1051,"date":1052,"excerpt":1053,"one_line":1054,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":1055,"image":1056,"authors":1059},28594,"How we used AI to lift the voices of California state employees","lifting-public-sector-voices","2026-04-21T12:00:00","Using AI to analyze over 2,400 employee comments, Californiaâs Engaged California team found that the challenge wasnât the scale of the data, but making sense of complex, layered input without oversimplifying it. Their experience shows why human judgment remains essential, from building taxonomies to catching errors, as results can shift significantly depending on how AI is applied and what people choose to trust and prioritize.","AI can process thousands of voices at once, but turning them into something meaningful still depends on human judgment.",[19,12,18],{"id":1057,"filename_disk":1058},"1dadba68-d604-46ef-8ae8-96af2dd75b31","1dadba68-d604-46ef-8ae8-96af2dd75b31.jpg",[1060],{"team_id":1061},{"First_Name":1062,"Last_Name":1063},"Summer","Mothwood",{"id":1065,"title":1066,"slug":1067,"date":1068,"excerpt":1069,"one_line":1070,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":1071,"image":1072,"authors":1075},28595,"What AI Governance Documents Actually Cover and What They Donât","what-ai-governance-documents-cover","2026-04-20T12:00:00","AI governance is expanding fast, but not evenly. A new anal
1ysis from MIT and Georgetownâs CSET maps over 1,000 governance documents to show that while policies are proliferating, they cluster around familiar risks and sectors, leaving key gaps across socioeconomic impacts, upstream design, and everyday domains. The result, as relayed by research member Yan Zhu, is a more precise picture of what AI governance actually covers, what it still overlooks, and where policymakers should focus in the future.","A closer look at 1,000+ AI policies reveals not just growth, but imbalance highlighting where governance is concentrated",[10],{"id":1073,"filename_disk":1074},"65dc779b-8b9a-432d-bf4e-5cd8ff46ec5f","65dc779b-8b9a-432d-bf4e-5cd8ff46ec5f.jpg",[1076],{"team_id":1077},{"First_Name":456,"Last_Name":457},{"id":1079,"title":1080,"slug":1081,"date":1082,"excerpt":1083,"one_line":1084,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":1085,"image":1086,"authors":1089},28593,"But Grok Said So! How AI is Enabling Political Polarization","ai-political-polarization-grok","2026-04-15T12:00:00","Across contexts like India, where author Anirudh Dineshâs family lives, AI chatbots such as xAIâs Grok are increasingly used not to inform but to generate arguments that reinforce existing political views, creating âgenerative echo chambers.â Unlike passive social media exposure, users actively prompt AI to validate positions, often producing confident but inaccurate claims that go unchecked. While some research suggests AI can moderate views in neutral dialogue, real-world use skews toward advocacy, compounded by low verification and high trust in outputs. The result is that AI may not just reflect polarization, but actively deepen it, depending on how these systems are designed and used.","AI is increasingly being used to argue, rather than inform, ideologies; turning chatbots into tools that can reinforce and scale political polarization.",[16,14],{"id":1087,"filename_disk":1088},"e2108cb1-d104-429a-949f-68ed74de7fe3","e2108cb1-d104-429a-949f-68ed74de7fe3.png",[1090],{"team_id":1091},{"First_Name":55,"Last_Name":56},{"id":1093,"title":1094,"slug":1095,"date":1096,"excerpt":1097,"one_line":1098,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":1099,"image":1100,"authors":1103},28592,"What Good AI In Government Actually Looks Like","grantwell-what-good-ai-in-government-actually-looks-like","2026-04-14T10:53:00","More than $1 trillion in federal grants flows to communities each year, but complexity keeps much of it out of reach. This piece by Beth Simone Noveck, published by Fast Company, explores how AI can either deepen that gap or help close it. The solution is GrantWell, a community-centered tool designed with local governments to make funding accessible and public systems work as intended. Launched in Massachusetts and expanding to additional states, it shows how AI can help communities claim the resources already set aside for them.","By deploying frontier models to help communities access federal money, a new tool is showing how to build AI in the public interest.",[12,19,16],{"id":1101,"filename_disk":1102},"71325036-4d6e-48e4-a0c0-81b43a98b1de","71325036-4d6e-48e4-a0c0-81b43a98b1de.png",[1104],{"team_id":1105},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1107,"title":1108,"slug":1109,"date":1110,"excerpt":1111,"one_line":1112,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":1113,"image":1114,"authors":1117},28590," The New Human Resilience Challenges Posed by AI","ai-human-resilience","2026-04-13T12:00:00","In âBuilding a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age,â based on insights from 386 global experts, a warning emerges: the greatest risk is not a single catastrophic event, but a slow drift toward diminished human agency, fragmented reality, and growing dependence on automated systems. Lee Raine and Janna Anderson reflect on how, as AI becomes societyâs invisible operating system, individual resilience is no longer enough. The report argues for urgent, coordinated action to build resilience as shared infrastructure across governments, institutions, and communities to ensure people can still question, contest, and shape the systems increasingly shaping them.","The 2026 survey by the Imagining the Digital Future Center finds AI advancing faster than society can adapt, calling for resilience as shared infrastru
1cture",[21,13],{"id":1115,"filename_disk":1116},"bf459f53-c204-4169-8f2d-175a4dbdc0d1","bf459f53-c204-4169-8f2d-175a4dbdc0d1.png",[1118,1122],{"team_id":1119},{"First_Name":1120,"Last_Name":1121},"Lee","Rainie",{"team_id":1123},{"First_Name":1124,"Last_Name":1125},"Janna","Anderson",{"id":1127,"title":1128,"slug":1129,"date":1130,"excerpt":1131,"one_line":1132,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":1133,"image":1134,"authors":1137},28587,"Can AI Strengthen Policy Dialogue? Lessons from Building ReguLens","policy-dialogue-regulens-lessons","2026-04-08T12:00:00","Developed by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization with and for employer organizations, ReguLens responds to a growing policy bottleneck. The rapid surge in complex, overlapping regulations is outpacing institutional capacity. Built through iterative co-creation with users across regions, the tool helps organizations analyze proposals, identify impacts, and engage earlier in policy debates. ","ReguLens shows how practical, co-designed AI tools can help organizations keep pace with complex regulation",[10,16,12,25],{"id":1135,"filename_disk":1136},"4e1764bb-ab8c-4dac-bd16-51f1374ee5f4","4e1764bb-ab8c-4dac-bd16-51f1374ee5f4.png",[1138],{"team_id":1139},{"First_Name":1140,"Last_Name":1141},"Jorge Cesar ","Ramirez Mata",{"id":1143,"title":1144,"slug":1145,"date":1146,"excerpt":1147,"one_line":1148,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":1149,"image":1150,"authors":1153},28585,"Research Radar: StatGPT and the Fourth Wave of Open Data","statgpt-fourth-wave-open-data","2026-04-07T12:00:00","Stefaan Verhulst and Adam Zable argue that the biggest challenge in open data is no longer access, but usability, as official statistics remain difficult to find, interpret, and apply. Drawing on the International Monetary Fundâs StatGPT new research, it shows how artificial intelligence could transform access through natural language interfaces, while warning that accuracy and trust depend on retrieving authoritative data rather than generating answers. The article situates this shift within a broader âFourth Wave of Open Data,â calling for new data systems and governance approaches that make information truly usable and reliable.","In the Fourth Wave of Open Data, artificial intelligence can determine whether data is truly usable.",[12],{"id":1151,"filename_disk":1152},"5b403fbb-fa02-4eb7-a3b4-4d70d5e5b48d","5b403fbb-fa02-4eb7-a3b4-4d70d5e5b48d.png",[1154,1158],{"team_id":1155},{"First_Name":1156,"Last_Name":1157},"Dr. Stefaan ","Verhulst",{"team_id":1159},{"First_Name":1160,"Last_Name":1161},"Adam","Zable",{"id":1163,"title":1164,"slug":1165,"date":1166,"excerpt":1167,"one_line":1168,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":1169,"image":1170,"authors":1173},28586,"Amplifying Public Communication in the AI Era: Highlights from Our Year-Long Intellectual Journey","amplifying-public-communication-ai-era","2026-04-06T12:00:00","This piece by John Wihbey and Jill Abramson distills lessons from the InnovateUS Amplify workshop series, where public-sector communicators grappled with how AI is reshaping their work amid declining public trust. Across sessions, we learn that AI can accelerate research, synthesis, and storytelling, but it cannot replace judgment, verification, or institutional values. As communicators adopt new tools, the opportunity lies in using AI to strengthen transparency, credibility, and connection with the public, rather than erode them. ","AI can scale communication, but only trust makes it matter",[12,13],{"id":1171,"filename_disk":1172},"e554d23d-bfdc-4a34-a8ca-123ae3a1f9d8","e554d23d-bfdc-4a34-a8ca-123ae3a1f9d8.png",[1174,1178],{"team_id":1175},{"First_Name":1176,"Last_Name":1177},"Jill","Abramson",{"team_id":1179},{"First_Name":364,"Last_Name":1180},"Wihbey",{"id":1182,"title":1183,"slug":1184,"date":1166,"excerpt":1185,"one_line":1186,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":41,"image":1187,"authors":1190},28588,"Governor Hochul Delivers Artificial Intelligence Training Tool to the New York State Workforce","governor-hochul-delivers-artificial-intelligence-training-tool-new-yor
1k-state-workforce","Following the success of a 1,200-person pilot across eight state agencies, New York is scaling InnovateUS' AI training initiative to more than 100,000 state employees, the largest program of its kind in the nation. Read the NYS press release detailing the expansion, which focuses on helping public servants build the skills and knowledge to responsibly use emerging technologies for the public good.","New York is moving from pilot to scale, making workforce readiness a central pillar of responsible AI adoption in government.",{"id":1188,"filename_disk":1189},"ab0764cf-fea3-4df1-986d-7fc33402dfc4","ab0764cf-fea3-4df1-986d-7fc33402dfc4.png",[],{"id":1192,"title":1193,"slug":1194,"date":1195,"excerpt":1196,"one_line":1197,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":1198,"image":1199,"authors":1202},28584,"Designing Democratic Engagement in the AI Era: Three Hard Choices","designing-democratic-engagement-three-hard-choices","2026-04-01T09:10:00","Designing a one-hour course on democratic engagement and AI means confronting genuinely hard questions about representativeness, political framing, and audience, where thoughtful experts disagree, and every choice involves a real tradeoff. Over the past week, we drafted, debated, and cut more than 25,000 words to a working script, informed by over 300 comments from 50 advisors across 24 countries and a room full of democratic theorists in Barcelona. This post explains the three hardest calls we had to make and why we made them.","Writing a course on democratic engagement means making hard choicesâabout who should participate, how political to get, and who you're really writing for.",[20],{"id":1200,"filename_disk":1201},"83ec03e5-3f4c-4ff1-98b3-b82750aff011","83ec03e5-3f4c-4ff1-98b3-b82750aff011.jpg",[1203],{"team_id":1204},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1206,"title":1207,"slug":1208,"date":1209,"excerpt":1210,"one_line":1211,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":1212,"image":1213,"authors":1216},28583,"The Next Frontier: AI, Equity, and the Future of Public Benefits","ai-equity-public-benefits","2026-03-31T12:00:00","Millions of Americans miss out on health and food assistance benefits due to fragmented systems and complex enrollment processes. This piece explores how Link Health, in partnership with the AI for Impact program, is combining AI tools with human navigators to rethink how public benefits are delivered in healthcare settings. It argues that the next frontier is better evidence. States should fund research to compare enrollment approaches, portal design, and navigator support to determine which improve health outcomes and guide smarter public investment.","AI can expand access to public benefits in healthcare but only when paired with trusted, human navigation.",[15,19,12,16,17],{"id":1214,"filename_disk":1215},"2568e691-4965-4760-850a-c086bca02b03","2568e691-4965-4760-850a-c086bca02b03.png",[1217,1221,1225,1229],{"team_id":1218},{"First_Name":1219,"Last_Name":1220},"Timothy","Scheinert",{"team_id":1222},{"First_Name":1223,"Last_Name":1224},"Austin","Tsai",{"team_id":1226},{"First_Name":1227,"Last_Name":1228},"ArâSheill","Monsanto",{"team_id":1230},{"First_Name":1231,"Last_Name":1232},"Alister","Martin",{"id":1234,"title":1235,"slug":1236,"date":1237,"excerpt":1238,"one_line":1239,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":16,"Tags":1240,"image":1241,"authors":1244},28582,"The AI Agents are Here: A Technical Blueprint for Governments ","ai-agents-technical-blueprint","2026-03-30T12:00:00","AI agents are reshaping how systems operate across sectors. This piece argues that the imminent challenge to address is autonomy, including how agents act, interact, and scale in open environments. It outlines a three-part blueprint for governments to build trust infrastru
1cture, prepare for multi-agent risks, and develop the institutional capacity needed to govern an increasingly agentic world.","A practical blueprint for governing AI agents before they govern the system",[18,19],{"id":1242,"filename_disk":1243},"ebdd5d5e-7b3e-4e8f-b044-5d8eaf98b642","ebdd5d5e-7b3e-4e8f-b044-5d8eaf98b642.jpg",[1245,1249],{"team_id":1246},{"First_Name":1247,"Last_Name":1248},"Sarosh","Nagar",{"team_id":1250},{"First_Name":534,"Last_Name":535},{"id":1252,"title":1253,"slug":1254,"date":1255,"excerpt":1256,"one_line":1257,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":1258,"image":1259,"authors":1262},28580,"From Access to Opportunity: How Governments Can Build Inclusive AI","from-access-to-opportunity-inclusive-ai","2026-03-25T12:00:00","Growing up in Kakuma refugee camp, Nhial Deng experienced what it means to be excluded from opportunities. Returning years later, he saw young people using AI not as aid, but as a tool to build skills, income, and futures in real time. This piece argues that AI is already functioning as an economic opportunity layer, but one that remains uneven and fragile without intentional design. Drawing on examples from Canada, Singapore, and Kenya, Deng outlines how governments can move from accidental access to structured opportunity by connecting AI to jobs, embedding it in trusted institutions, and building safeguards alongside deployment.","AI is already opening pathways to skills, income, and employment but it remains unclear whether governments will design those pathways to include those who need them most.",[8,12,7],{"id":1260,"filename_disk":1261},"c0d04272-b5d4-4d69-b74c-ea08c1591e7b","c0d04272-b5d4-4d69-b74c-ea08c1591e7b.jpg",[1263],{"team_id":1264},{"First_Name":1265,"Last_Name":1266},"Nhial ","Deng",{"id":1268,"title":1269,"slug":1270,"date":1271,"excerpt":1272,"one_line":1273,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":1274,"image":1275,"authors":1278},28581,"Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches GrantWell, a First-of-its-Kind AI-Powered Tool to Assist Communities with Applying for Grants","healey-driscoll-launches-grantwell-ai-grant-tool","2026-03-24T12:00:00","The Healey-Driscoll Administration has launched GrantWell, a free AI-powered tool developed with Northeastern Universityâs Burnes Center for Social Change to help municipalities more easily access and apply for federal and state funding. GrantWell helps you summarize complex grant requirements, identify opportunities, and draft early-stage proposals, reducing administrative burden and expanding capacity to secure resources","A practical example of how AI can reduce friction in government and unlock access to critical public funding.",[19,13,12,16],{"id":1276,"filename_disk":1277},"e99a8167-8c84-43c9-82a6-9910f794e7f3","e99a8167-8c84-43c9-82a6-9910f794e7f3.png",[1279],{"team_id":1280},{"First_Name":1281,"Last_Name":41},"Executive Office for Administration and Finance",{"id":1283,"title":1284,"slug":1285,"date":1271,"excerpt":1286,"one_line":1287,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":1288,"image":1289,"authors":1292},28579,"Reducing Friction in Federal Funding: How Massachusetts Built GrantWell","reducing-friction-federal-funding-grantwell","Massachusetts municipalities are eligible for an estimated $17.5 billion in federal funding, but accessing it is often harder than securing it. In partnership with the Massachusetts Federal Funds and Infrastructure Office, the Burnes Center for Social Change is launching GrantWell, an AI-powered tool designed to reduce the friction that keeps many communities from applying. Anjith Prakash, lead engineer at GrantWell, explains how the tool helps users find opportunities, understand requirements, and move local needs into competitive applications, expanding access to funding.","Launching GrantWell in Massachusetts: an AI-powered tool helping communities turn local needs into fundable projects, faster.",[12,19,16],{"id":1290,"filename_disk":1291},"fb7e040b-ca15-4693-bba0-456a6e7a084b","fb7e040b-ca15-4693-bba0-456a6e7a084b.png",[1293],{"team_id":1294},{"First_Name":1295,"Last_Name":1296},"Anjith","Prakash Chathan Kandy",{"id":1298,"title":1299,"slug":1300,"date":1301,"excerpt":1302,"one_line":1303,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1304,"image":1305,"authors":1308},28578,"Finding the \"True Thing\": Lessons in Storytelling, Trust, and Institutional Brand ","storytelling-and-trust","2026-03-23T12:00:00"," In this post, Eileen Twiggs draws on lessons from the InnovateUS workshop \"Effective Use of Social Media: Storytelling, Trust, and Institutional Brand\" to explore how public servants can move beyond risk-averse messaging to tell more human, compelling stories. From finding the âtrue thingâ in everyday work to using AI as a thoughtful teammate, these practical strategies show how to communicate more effectively in todayâs fast-moving information environment and rebuild trust one story at a time.","A practical guide to helping government communicators cut through the noise and connect with constituents ",[16,19],{"id":1306,"filename_disk":1307},"e2dd73b8-08b9-4c13-b250-72b811fa8690","e2dd73b8-08b9-4c13-b250-72b811fa8690.avif",[1309],{"team_id":1310},{"First_Name":1311,"Last_Name":1312},"Eileen","Twiggs",{"id":1314,"title":1315,"slug":1316,"date":1317,"excerpt":1318,"one_line":1319,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":20,"Tags":1320,"image":1321,"authors":1324}
1,28577,"Built Against Its People: Iranâs AI Infrastructure of Control","iran-ai-control","2026-03-18T12:00:00","Dr. Sara Bazoobandi examines how Iranâs doctrine of âknowledge jihadâ shaped the development of its digital and AI infrastructure, transforming technology into an instrument of state control. The piece traces how this system, built for surveillance and centralized authority, has also created strategic fragility, offering a cautionary lesson for democracies designing the foundations of AI governance.","How ideology shaped Iranâs AI infrastructure and why systems built for control often become strategically fragile.",[7,18,9],{"id":1322,"filename_disk":1323},"d091ed46-c274-4caf-8879-f74524f11a2e","d091ed46-c274-4caf-8879-f74524f11a2e.png",[1325],{"team_id":1326},{"First_Name":1327,"Last_Name":1328},"Sara","Bazoobandi",{"id":1330,"title":1331,"slug":1332,"date":1333,"excerpt":1334,"one_line":1335,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1336,"image":1337,"authors":1340},28575,"What We Learned from 50 Experts About Designing Democratic Engagement in the AI Era","ai-democratic-engagement-feedback","2026-03-17T12:00:00","More than 50 practitioners, researchers, and civic technologists from 24 countries reviewed the draft curriculum for Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era, providing over 300 comments and suggestions. The feedback highlighted the need for clearer guidance on institutional readiness, trust, inclusion, and the risks and limits of AI in public participation. This post summarizes the key themes that emerged, explains how AI tools were used to synthesize the feedback, and outlines the next steps in developing the course.","How expert feedback is shaping a practical course on AI and democratic engagement",[24,19,12],{"id":1338,"filename_disk":1339},"4bc70ab1-b6e1-4856-b638-577272eb1efd","4bc70ab1-b6e1-4856-b638-577272eb1efd.png",[1341],{"team_id":1342},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":1344,"title":1345,"slug":1346,"date":1333,"excerpt":1347,"one_line":1348,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1349,"image":1350,"authors":1353},28576,"The Case for Civic AI Compacts with Higher Education","civic-ai-compacts-universities","Cities often treat nearby universities as occasional partners rather than strategic collaborators. But as artificial intelligence reshapes local economies and public services, that relationship may need to change. Drawing on a new policy brief, The AI Lab Next Door, Neil Kleiman argues that cityâuniversity âcompactsâ can transform transactional ties into intentional partnerships, helping communities harness the growing AI capacity already taking shape on college campuses.\n","A new policy brief argues that the most important AI partner cities need may already be next door: their universities.",[24,5,16],{"id":1351,"filename_disk":1352},"190d2b5c-21d0-4b8d-adb4-7116367378c5","190d2b5c-21d0-4b8d-adb4-7116367378c5.png",[1354],{"team_id":1355},{"First_Name":1356,"Last_Name":1357},"Neil","Kleiman",{"id":1359,"title":1360,"slug":1361,"date":1362,"excerpt":1363,"one_line":1364,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1365,"image":1366,"authors":1369},28574,"Can AI help save us bureaucrats from our bureaucracy?","ai-human-services","2026-03-16T12:00:00","InnovateUS and the Center for Civic Futures are launching a new series exploring how AI can help human services agencies reduce administrative burden and improve benefits delivery. Drawing on Robert Asaro-Angeloâs experience as Commissioner of New Jerseyâs Department of Labor and Workforce Development, this post examines how agencies can use AI to help the public sector improve benefits delivery, reduce administrative burden, and better support both frontline staff and the people they serve.","How AI can help human services agencies work smarter and serve people better.",[16,8,12,19,15],{"id":1367,"filename_disk":1368},"1687e2e6-a6c6-455b-931e-240ce6559f1b","1687e2e6-a6c6-455b-931e-240ce6559f1b.png",[1370],{"team_id":1371},{"First_Name":870,"Last_Name":871},{"id":1373,"title":1374,"slug":1375,"date":1376,"excerpt":1377,"one_line":1378,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1379,"image":1380,"authors":1383},28572,"South Australia needs its own sovereign AI capability","sa-needs-its-own-sovereign-ai-capability","2026-03-11T12:00:00","In this commentary, originally published by InDaily South Australia, Matt Ryan argues that artificial intelligence can help governments deliver more effective, human-centered services, but only if it builds public trust and democratic legitimacy. Drawing on examples from Spain, San Francisco, and the UK, he outlines a path for South Australia to develop âsovereign AI capability.â His proposal focuses on three priorities: participatory AI governance, stronger public-sector AI skills, and reinvesting efficiency gains into public services, ensuring AI improves government while strengthening democracy.","A call for South Australia to pair AI adoption with democratic safeguards. investing in public sector capability, participatory oversight, and reinvesting efficiency gains into better public services.",[20,21,13],{"id":1381,"filename_disk":1382},"0f29636b-3cdf-4f2c-9210-fb422918202f","0f29636b-3cdf-4f2c-9210-fb422918202f.webp",[1384],{"team_id":1385},{"First_Name":1386,"Last_Name":1387},"Matt","Ryan",{"id":1389,"title":1390,"slug":1391,"date":1392,"excerpt":1393,"one_line":1394,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1395,"image":1396,"authors":1399},28573,"Assembly Required: A Conversation with Lorelei Kelly on Deliberative Technology and Congressional Reform","assembly-required-congress-deliberation","202
16-03-10T12:00:00","In this conversation with Elana Banin, Lorelei Kelly argues that rebuilding democratic resilience requires redesigning the institutional infrastructure connecting citizens to Congress. Drawing on constitutional history and emerging technologies, she explores how deliberative technology and AI could help revive the First Amendmentâs promises of assembly and petition for the digital age.","Turning civic participation into usable insight for Congress in the age of AI.",[24,10,13,16],{"id":1397,"filename_disk":1398},"fcc81a70-8afa-419b-94b0-a7d5ed1862a3","fcc81a70-8afa-419b-94b0-a7d5ed1862a3.png",[1400],{"team_id":1401},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":1403,"title":1404,"slug":1405,"date":1406,"excerpt":1407,"one_line":1408,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1409,"image":1410,"authors":1413},28571," Building an âAgentic Middlewareâ for the City Government: Bostonâs Experiment with Model Context Protocol ","boston-agentic-middleware","2026-03-09T12:00:00","Boston is preparing for a future where AI agents increasingly interact with government systems. In this interview, Boston's Chief Information Officer Santiago Garces explains how the city is experimenting with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a governance layer between AI and public digital infrastructure. Starting with the open data portal, Boston is testing how MCP can make AI interactions more reliable, secure, and grounded in real government data. The effort provides a concrete example of how to safely support the emerging âagentic webâ while improving access to public services.","Boston is experimenting with a new infrastructure layer to ensure AI agents can interact with government systems in ways that are reliable, secure, and governed by public rules.",[16,18,12,15,19],{"id":1411,"filename_disk":1412},"260f7d9b-0bc0-47fa-86ad-83721ebbd409","260f7d9b-0bc0-47fa-86ad-83721ebbd409.png",[1414],{"team_id":1415},{"First_Name":1416,"Last_Name":1417},"Alberto","Rodriguez Alvarez",{"id":1419,"title":1420,"slug":1421,"date":1422,"excerpt":1423,"one_line":1424,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1425,"image":1426,"authors":1429},28570,"Global AI Watch: AI, Food Security, and the Case for Institutional Reform","ai-food-security-institutional-reform","2026-03-04T12:00:00","In this interview, B Cavello discusses findings from an Aspen Institute global survey and reflects on what it reveals about the intersection of AI and food systems. Practitioners consistently emphasized institutional capacity, governance, and distributional challenges as central constraints. The conversation explores how AI might support greater transparency, participation, and resilience, and what these insights mean for U.S. state and local policymakers working on food security, land governance, and public-sector capacity.","A conversation on why strengthening governance is central to addressing food insecurity in the AI era.",[20,16,13,12],{"id":1427,"filename_disk":1428},"8a515bc1-f9f5-4ced-ae74-dbbdaa7f627e","8a515bc1-f9f5-4ced-ae74-dbbdaa7f627e.jpg",[1430,1434],{"team_id":1431},{"First_Name":1432,"Last_Name":1433},"B","Cavello",{"team_id":1435},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":1437,"title":1438,"slug":1439,"date":1440,"excerpt":1441,"one_line":1442,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1443,"image":1444,"authors":1447},28569,"Using AI to Help States Break Down Barriers to Skills-Based Hiring","ai-for-skills-based-hiring","2026-03-03T00:02:00","Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a force that will destroy jobs. In this essay, Seth Harris argues that it can also expand opportunity. By using AI to i
1dentify and remove unnecessary college degree requirements in state hiring, governments can reduce barriers to public employment, address racial and class disparities, and fill critical roles more efficiently. Backed by new research underway from the Burnes Center for Social Change, supported by the GitLab Foundation, he outlines how thoughtfully deployed AI can break down barriers and accelerate the shift to skills-based hiring.","Using AI to modernize state hiring and expand access to good public-sector jobs",[8,12],{"id":1445,"filename_disk":1446},"00fe637d-ea2d-48cc-ac5c-45c778301db8","00fe637d-ea2d-48cc-ac5c-45c778301db8.png",[1448],{"team_id":1449},{"First_Name":1450,"Last_Name":1451},"Seth","Harris",{"id":1453,"title":1454,"slug":1455,"date":1456,"excerpt":1457,"one_line":1458,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1459,"image":1460,"authors":1463},28568,"Who Will Shape AI in the Public Interest","public-ai","2026-03-02T06:26:00","The current controversy over the Pentagonâs AI contracts reveals a deeper issue: governments are shaping the AI market through procurement in the wrong ways or not at all, failing to make demands that AI strengthen democracy and improve governance. As AI becomes core public infrastructure, public institutions must use their purchasing power deliberately by requiring portability, accountability, and interoperability and prioritizing use in the public interest. This post explains the public conversation we are having about public and democratic AI andhow governments can buy, build, and govern AI on the publicâs terms.","Government is one of the largest buyers of AIâand how it spends public money will determine whether AI strengthens democracy or entrenches private power.",[21],{"id":1461,"filename_disk":1462},"a2dcc9ef-9099-4f07-8a16-684c412f354d","a2dcc9ef-9099-4f07-8a16-684c412f354d.png",[1464],{"team_id":1465},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1467,"title":1468,"slug":1469,"date":1470,"excerpt":1471,"one_line":1472,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1473,"image":1474,"authors":1477},28567,"Key takeaways from âRegulating Algorithms: What Governments Around the World Are Doing and What Public Servants Should Knowâ","regulating-algorithms-key-takeaways","2026-02-25T06:33:00","Building domestic AI systems or reducing reliance on big tech is not the same as making AI work for the public. Examples such as Spainâs ALIA project, the EU AI Act, and Italyâs new AI law show that ownership and regulation go only so far. What really matters is whether public institutions have the people, skills, and authority to oversee these systems once theyâre in use.","Sovereignty may shape who builds AI, but capacity determines whether it actually serves the public.",[20,16],{"id":1475,"filename_disk":1476},"4daee020-2033-4a0e-8d66-e22c21fa0eec","4daee020-2033-4a0e-8d66-e22c21fa0eec.png",[1478,1482],{"team_id":1479},{"First_Name":1480,"Last_Name":1481},"Luca","Cominassi",{"team_id":1483},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1485,"title":1486,"slug":1487,"date":1488,"excerpt":1489,"one_line":1490,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1491,"image":1492,"authors":1495},28566,"Research Radar: Academics Are Sounding the Alarm on AI Adoption. Who's Listening?","research-radar-academics-warn-on-ai-adoption","2026-02-24T10:49:00","A new paper urges universities to resist the uncritical adoption of AI, arguing that existing research integrity standards already prohibit much of what institutions are normalizing. Beth Simone Noveck's diagnosis is sharp: vendor dependency, opacity, and hype are reshaping public institutions from the inside. But for governments, refusal isnât an option. The real question is not whether to adopt AI, but who controls it and on what terms.","How public institutions respond to AI will shape their long-term capacity and independence. The debate is not just about adoption, but about institutional judgment.",[24,21],{"id":1493,"filename_disk":1494},"9a092ba7-40fd-4589-849c-aab3eedfc049","9a092ba7-40fd-4589-849c-aab3eedfc049.png",[149
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1culture, not just external messaging, shapes public confidence. The post explains how AI can cut paperwork, reduce bias, recognize good work in real time, and tailor praise, helping leaders boost morale, reward strong performance, and better serve the public.","A government that fails to recognize its own excellence cannot expect the public to recognize it either.",[16,12],{"id":1551,"filename_disk":1552},"7a8f1982-0ae7-4c2e-9ae9-b8305c98e55c","7a8f1982-0ae7-4c2e-9ae9-b8305c98e55c.jpg",[1554],{"team_id":1555},{"First_Name":1556,"Last_Name":1557},"Max","Stier",{"id":1559,"title":1560,"slug":1561,"date":1562,"excerpt":1563,"one_line":1564,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1565,"image":1566,"authors":1569},28561,"Global AI Watch: Korean Public Funds for Global AI Advancements","korea-public-ai-investment","2026-02-11T08:00:00","As Korea aims to become a top-three global AI power, the government has staked its strategy on âsovereign AIâ as both an economic and national security priority. In this reflection, originally published in the Herald Insight Collection, Merve Hickok examines Koreaâs multibillion-dollar investment in a national foundation model amid U.S.âChina competition and the rise of Open-Source AI, asking whether alternative investmentsâsuch as small language models, compute and energy efficiency, and AI governance and evaluationâmight better secure Koreaâs long-term autonomy and global leadership.","Assessing Koreaâs sovereign AI strategy in an era of open models and geopolitical competition.",[20,16,7],{"id":1567,"filename_disk":1568},"1825a9d9-10cd-4459-9597-52b93777e2d8","1825a9d9-10cd-4459-9597-52b93777e2d8.jpg",[1570],{"team_id":1571},{"First_Name":1572,"Last_Name":1573},"Merve","Hickok ",{"id":1575,"title":1576,"slug":1577,"date":1578,"excerpt":1579,"one_line":1580,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":1581,"image":1582,"authors":1585},28560,"How We Co-Designed an AI-Powered Tool for IEPs with Families in San Francisco","co-designing-ai-for-ieps","2026-02-10T09:03:00","As the AIEP project concludes its first pilot in San Francisco, it offers more than a new AI tool for navigating IEPs. It shows what becomes possible when families, educators, designers, and researchers co-design technology from the ground up. Through a free, open-source tool, a civic AI learning course, a community-centered playbook, and academic research, this work demonstrates a practical model for public-purpose AI rooted in lived experience, shared learning, and accountability. What began as support for parents has grown into a blueprint for building AI with communities, not just for them.","Building AI with families to make public systems clearer, fairer, and more accountable.",[24,12,19,13],{"id":1583,"filename_disk":1584},"8dc2fefb-41e0-4cdb-8093-cc8a228d92e3","8dc2fefb-41e0-4cdb-8093-cc8a228d92e3.png",[1586,1590,1592],{"team_id":1587},{"First_Name":1588,"Last_Name":1589},"SofÃa","Bosch Gómez",{"team_id":1591},{"First_Name":37,"Last_Name":38},{"team_id":1593},{"First_Name":1594,"Last_Name":1595},"Belén","Farmer Martinez",{"id":1597,"title":1598,"slug":1599,"date":1600,"excerpt":1601,"one_line":1602,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1603,"image":1604,"authors":1607},28559,"Doing Democracy with AI: Designing Public Engagement for the AI Era","doing-democracy-ai","2026-02-09T09:42:00","Leaders increasingly believe public engagement matters, but lack the practical know-how to do it well. Beth Simone Noveck and Dane Gambrell examine how institutions use AI and collective intelligence to engage the public at scale. Across countries and levels of government, engagement can move from performative to consequential when institutions build the capacity to design it well. That work now comes together in a
1new free course, Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era, created by InnovateUS, The GovLab, and the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, to help public professionals turn these lessons into practice.","A new course, Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era, helps public professionals decide when to engage the public, how to design participation, and how to turn input into decisions.",[16,13],{"id":1605,"filename_disk":1606},"220851a6-161f-457f-bee0-2f7ae30eb242","220851a6-161f-457f-bee0-2f7ae30eb242.png",[1608,1610],{"team_id":1609},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":1611},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":1613,"title":1614,"slug":1615,"date":1616,"excerpt":1617,"one_line":1618,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":1619,"image":1620,"authors":1623},28558,"Wicked Decluttering","wicked-decluttering","2026-02-04T18:41:00","What if the problem with government wasnât too many rules, but how theyâre organized?\nBostonâs permitting overhaul with AI for Impact shows how AI and collective intelligence can simplify the user experience without eroding the safeguards that matter.","Bostonâs permitting overhaul demonstrates wicked decluttering: using AI to reorganize bureaucracy around human purpose.",[25],{"id":1621,"filename_disk":1622},"330fbdbb-aabd-4b53-b69a-645c45fe5ee5","330fbdbb-aabd-4b53-b69a-645c45fe5ee5.jpg",[1624],{"team_id":1625},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1627,"title":1628,"slug":1629,"date":1630,"excerpt":1631,"one_line":1632,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":1633,"image":1634,"authors":1637},28557,"Research Radar: âUnboxing the Promptâ: How Community Feedback (and AI) Helped Us Build Better AI Together","unboxing-the-prompt-how-community-feedback-and-ai-helped-us-build-better-ai-together","2026-02-03T09:00:00","Families are expected to advocate for their children using IEP documents that are dense, technical, and often inaccessible. Instead of treating AI as a black box that produces generic summaries, this project takes a different approach of \"unboxing the prompt\" and inviting parents into the system's core logic. This post traces how community feedback reshaped the tool at every stage, from mov
1ing beyond one-size-fits-all summaries to extracting legally meaningful details, to designing for privacy, to preserving meaning across languages, and to foregrounding student strengths.","Most AI tools are built behind closed doors. The rules that shape their behavior usually live in complex code, hidden prompts, or opaque models that users never see. But on the AIEP project, we took a different approach.",[24,19,12],{"id":1635,"filename_disk":1636},"0fcb6262-0acf-410a-beca-7b3a1c2c53b9","0fcb6262-0acf-410a-beca-7b3a1c2c53b9.png",[1638],{"team_id":1639},{"First_Name":1640,"Last_Name":1641},"Dhruv Kamlesh","Kumar",{"id":1643,"title":1644,"slug":1645,"date":1646,"excerpt":1647,"one_line":1648,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1649,"image":1650,"authors":1653},28556,"Experimentation as Public Infrastructure","experimentation-public-infrastructure","2026-02-02T07:00:00","Governments are adopting powerful new technologies faster than their systems are built to learn. This piece by Cassandra Madison at the Center for Civic Futures argues that responsible innovation requires more than access to tools. It requires safe, structured spaces for experimentation. By treating experimentation as public infrastructure, governments can learn early, surface risks before they scale, and make better decisions when the stakes are highest.\n","If we want systems that donât fail at scale, we need places where itâs safe for government to learn.",[16,18,12,19,15],{"id":1651,"filename_disk":1652},"c5fd4b22-7598-44aa-94bc-f0b0c3eb40a8","c5fd4b22-7598-44aa-94bc-f0b0c3eb40a8.png",[1654],{"team_id":1655},{"First_Name":1656,"Last_Name":1657},"Cassandra","Madison",{"id":1659,"title":1660,"slug":1661,"date":1662,"excerpt":1663,"one_line":1664,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1665,"image":1666,"authors":1669},28555,"Global AI Watch: Mapping the School, Seeing the System: How Spatial Context Reshaped Public Decision-Making in Uzbekistan and Bhutan","mapping-schools-seeing-the-system","2026-01-28T07:00:00","Crowdsourced mapping of schools in Uzbekistan and Bhutan combined with AI data analysis created greater insight into on-the-ground conditions. By treating geography as essential, spatial data, participatory collection, and AI analysis reshaped how evidence-informed public investment and policy decisions are made in Uzbekistan and Bhutan.\n","How spatial data, AI, and participation are reshaping how governments see and act",[20,5,16],{"id":1667,"filename_disk":1668},"012aa781-0d86-422d-9cdd-04e0455a11a1","012aa781-0d86-422d-9cdd-04e0455a11a1.png",[1670],{"team_id":1671},{"First_Name":1672,"Last_Name":1673},"Aziza","Umarova",{"id":1675,"title":1676,"slug":1677,"date":1678,"excerpt":1679,"one_line":1680,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1681,"image":1682,"authors":1685},28554,"Reimagining Public Institutions: Rethinking Leadership for Organizational Transformation","reimagining-public-institutions","2026-01-27T14:01:00","Organizations are among humanityâs most powerful inventions, but many of the structures we take for granted no longer serve the people inside them or the public they exist to support. Drawing on insights from Christian Bason, this piece by Anita McGahan explores how AI can help public organizations move beyond rigid hierarchies toward more humane, trust-based, and purpose-driven ways of working. The result is a vision of government that listens more effectively, empowers frontline staff, and delivers real value to people and communities.","Rethinking hierarchy, power, and purpose in public organizations now that AI changes whatâs possible.",[12,13,16,15],{"id":1683,"filename_disk":1684},"100c6860-dc3d-4f5c-bcb0-07880c46f735","100c6860-dc3d-4f5c-bcb0-07880c46f735.png",[1686],{"team_id":1687},{"First_Name":772,"Last_Name":773},{"id":1689,"title":1690,"slug":1691,"date":1692,"excerpt":1693,"one_line":1694,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1695,"image":1696,"authors":1699},28553,"Prediction Isnât Intelligence: How Predictive Models Really Work in Government","prediction-isn-t-intelligence-how-predictive-models-really-work-in-government","2026-01-27T07:00:00","A hiring tool changes your \"personality\" score based on whether there's a bookshelf behind you in an interview. A hospital model suggests asthmatics are saferâbecause it learned how to respond to the triage system, not the disease. This InnovateUS workshop explains why predictive AI needs governance, not just accuracy.","Predictive AI can look accurate and still learn the wrong lesson. This InnovateUS workshop shows why governanceânot benchmarksâis the real safeguard.",[15,19,16,14,18],{"id":1697,"filename_disk":1698},"bec92b48-7b9f-4eb4-8d74-8b88ccad35dc","bec92b48-7b9f-4eb4-8d74-8b88ccad35dc.png",[1700],{"team_id":1701},{"First_Name":1702,"Last_Name":1703},"Stephan","Schmidt",{"id":1705,"title":1706,"slug":1707,"date":1708,"excerpt":1709,"one_line":1710,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":24,"Tags":1711,"image":1712,"authors":1715},28552,"Launching the Observatory of Public Sector AI: An Invitation to Build the Evidence Base Together","launching-public-sector-ai-observatory","2026-01-26T08:00:00","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 how public employees learn, use, and adapt AI at work, the Observatory aims to identify which investments in skills and training strengthen government capacity, improve services, and deliver better outcomes for residents.","The Observatory examines how AI reshapes public sector work and which investments in skills build government capacity.",[8,24,12,16],{"id":1713,"filename_disk":1714},"f657a304-4510-474b-b1e6-a3d9c29fc53c","f657a304-4510-474b-b1e6-a3d9c29fc53c.png",[1716,1718,1720,1724,1728],{"team_id":1717},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":1719},{"First_Name":55,"Last_Name":56},{"team_id":1721},{"First_Name":1722,"Last_Name":1723},"Gregory ","Porumbescu",{"team_id":1725},{"First_Name":1726,"Last_Name":1727},"Allison","Wan",{"team_id":1729},{"First_Name":1730,"Last_Name":1731},"Amanda","Welsh",{"id":1733,"title":1734,"slug":1735,"date":1736,"excerpt":1737,"one_line":1738,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1739,"image":1740,"authors":1743},28551,"Voices in Every Language: How India is Building More Inclusive AI","voices-in-every-language-bhashadaan-india","2026-01-21T08:30:00","India's Bhashini platform is democratizing access to digital services for 1.4 billion people by treating multilingual capability as public infrastru
1cture. Through crowdsourced voice donations and open APIs, this initiative could transform how underserved populations access rights and resources that were previously locked behind language barriers.","India's Bhashini platform is democratizing digital access for 1.4 billion people by crowdsourcing voice donations and treating multilingual AI as public infrastructure. Could this be a new model for building Public AI?",[20,13,18],{"id":1741,"filename_disk":1742},"773e1e90-1a88-479a-95bb-ef0ee1a9c58b","773e1e90-1a88-479a-95bb-ef0ee1a9c58b.png",[1744],{"team_id":1745},{"First_Name":55,"Last_Name":56},{"id":1747,"title":1748,"slug":1749,"date":1750,"excerpt":1751,"one_line":1752,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":1753,"authors":1756},28549,"AI and the Future of State Regulation","ai-and-the-future-of-state-regulation","2026-01-20T08:26:00","This piece examines how the Commonwealth of Virginia is using artificial intelligence to modernize regulatory review, shifting the focus from regulating AI to governing with it. Drawing on recent reforms led by the Virginia Office of Regulatory Management under Governor Glenn Youngkin, the article outlines how AI tools are being applied to analyze regulations, reduce administrative burden, and improve transparency. The \"Virginia Model\" offers a practical model for other states exploring how AI can strengthen core government functions.","A look at how AI is reshaping regulatory governance in Virginia and what it signals for the future of state-level public administration.",{"id":1754,"filename_disk":1755},"b07d7600-3fcb-47d7-a364-95735e010271","b07d7600-3fcb-47d7-a364-95735e010271.png",[1757],{"team_id":1758},{"First_Name":1759,"Last_Name":1760}," Reeve T."," Bull",{"id":1762,"title":1763,"slug":1764,"date":1765,"excerpt":1766,"one_line":1767,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":1768,"authors":1771},28548,"Youâve Got Less than 30 Secondsâ: How Public Servants Can Find the Words to Win Back Trust","baird-ambramson-amplify","2026-01-18T17:38:00","In this InnovateUS Amplify workshop, former Member of Congress Brian Baird and former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson share hard-earned lessons on trust, empathy, and why listening may be the most powerful skill public servants have. Drawing on hundreds of town halls and decades of newsroom leadership, they offer practical guidance for winning back public trust.","What if the key to better public communication isn't finding the right words, but keeping your mouth shut?",{"id":1769,"filename_disk":1770},"c8b47df7-33d7-4e47-a582-20164a0d0b9e","c8b47df7-33d7-4e47-a582-20164a0d0b9e.jpg",[1772],{"team_id":1773},{"First_Name":986,"Last_Name":987},{"id":1775,"title":1776,"slug":1777,"date":1778,"excerpt":1779,"one_line":1780,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1781,"image":1782,"authors":1785},28547,"Global Watch: Hillerød, Denmark is crowdsourcing its way through a traffic jam","hillerod-crowdsourcing-traffic","2026-01-14T08:26:00","Facing worsening congestion and no room to build new roads, Hillerød, Denmark, turned to its residents for direction. Diverse engagement channels and AI tools helped the city identify priorities politicians hadnât anticipated.","A Danish city shows how digital participation and AI can turn thousands of resident voices into actionable decisions on mobility, congestion, and public trust.",[20,14,13,12,16],{"id":1783,"filename_disk":1784},"0b11d9a1-339f-4bf9-8831-4274641e191e","0b11d9a1-339f-4bf9-8831-4274641e191e.png",[1786],{"team_id":1787},{"First_Name":1788,"Last_Name":1789},"Nico","Campbell",{"id":1791,"title":1792,"slug":1793,"date":1794,"excerpt":1795,"one_line":1796,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1797,"image":1798,"authors":1801},28546,"The NLRB Has a Data Problem. One Lawyer Is Using AI to Fix It.","nlrb-data-problem-ai","202
16-01-13T07:00:00","U.S. labor law is shaped by thousands of decisions issued each year by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the courts, yet much of this precedent remains difficult for workers, organizers, and even lawyers to access in practice. This piece examines how the NLRBâs fragmented document publication system creates real information barriers for workers and their advocates. A new tool, NLRB Research, uses open-source software and AI to make labor law searchable and and usable, demonstrating how improving access to public legal information can help empower workers to understand and act on their rights.","How fragmented public data limits worker power and what changes when legal information becomes searchable, usable, and timely.",[24,8],{"id":1799,"filename_disk":1800},"dd42f9cb-d336-400e-933e-ff96f3d3770c","dd42f9cb-d336-400e-933e-ff96f3d3770c.jpg",[1802],{"team_id":1803},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":1805,"title":1806,"slug":1807,"date":1808,"excerpt":1809,"one_line":1810,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1811,"image":1812,"authors":1815},28543,"Using AI to Improve Public Services in New Jersey: An interview with Dave Cole","ai-public-services-nj","2026-01-12T08:00:00","New Jerseyâs Office of Innovation has received a Public Benefit Innovation Fund grant to expand its AI platform with tools that help residents access benefits faster and with fewer errors. In this conversation, Beth Simone Noveck and NJ Chief Innovation Officer Dave Cole discuss how document processing, eligibility matching, feedback analysis, and memo-generation tools are already improving programs such as Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance, and Summer EBT, and what it takes to deploy AI responsibly within government.\n","How New Jersey is using practical AI tools to reduce delays, errors, and administrative burden in public services.",[16,9],{"id":1813,"filename_disk":1814},"948f9517-e095-4c57-b7f9-4e042329fadf","948f9517-e095-4c57-b7f9-4e042329fadf.png",[1816,1818],{"team_id":1817},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":1819},{"First_Name":1820,"Last_Name":1821},"Dave","Cole",{"id":1823,"title":1824,"slug":1825,"date":1826,"excerpt":1827,"one_line":1828,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1829,"image":1830,"authors":1833},28545,"Can mid-sized economies come together to build frontier AI?","mid-sized-economies-frontier","2026-01-07T10:28:00","Conventional Wisdom presents mid-sized economies with two options for accessing advanced AI: rely on American or Chinese systems, or fall behind. Neither choice preserves the technological sovereignty that countries increasingly see as essential. But there is a third path we explore in detail in a recent memo. Collectively, nations outside the US-China duopoly possess substantial computing infrastructure, a majority of the worldâs top researchers, and the growing political will to create a third path. The question is whether they can come together to make it work.","A case for how mid-sized economies could pool talent, compute, and governance to build frontier AI outside the USâChina duopoly without sacrificing sovereignty.",[20,21,9,18],{"id":1831,"filename_disk":1832},"a94aa448-3da8-41ac-b9bf-67126d1dd7fa","a94aa448-3da8-41ac-b9bf-67126d1dd7fa.png",[1834],{"team_id":1835},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":1837,"title":1838,"slug":1839,"date":1840,"excerpt":1841,"one_line":1842,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1843,"image":1844,"authors":1847},28544,"Research Radar: The City as Mesh and New Ways of Organizing for Effective Problem Solving","research-radar-city-as-mesh","2026-01-06T12:48:00","The City as Mesh by Geoff Mulgan and Caio Werneck offers a powerful new framework for organizing cities to tackle cross-cutting challenges. This Research Radar examines their new paper and argues for going further: using AI as a coordination layer, treating skills as design choices, and leveraging public engagement as operational intelligence.","What Mulgan and Werneck's The City as Mesh gets right about organizing governmentâand where cities must go further to solve cross-cutting problems.",[24,16],{"id":1845,"filename_disk":1846},"9b603796-fe6e-4cd4-803b-31563420832b","9b603796-fe6e-4cd4-803b-31563420832b.png",[1848],{"team_id":1849},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1851,"title":1852,"slug":1853,"date":1854,"excerpt":1855,"one_line":1856,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":25,"Tags":1857,"image":1858,"authors":1861},28542,"From Red Tape to Green Tape: Decluttering the State with AI and Collective Intelligence","green-tape","2026-01-05T03:00:00","Governments are increasingly using AI to i
1dentify redundant, outdated, and burdensome regulations.\nBut efficiency alone is not reform: without public judgment, simplification can weaken essential protections.\nThe Green Tape Challenge shows how pairing AI with collective intelligence can modernize regulation while preserving legitimacy, equity, and purpose.From Red Tape to Green Tape: Decluttering the State with AI and Collective Intelligence","AI can help governments cut through regulatory clutterâbut only collective intelligence can ensure simplification strengthens, rather than undermines, the public interest.",[16,25],{"id":1859,"filename_disk":1860},"f2badee0-34b8-417e-bd5c-c54064e2ab69","f2badee0-34b8-417e-bd5c-c54064e2ab69.jpg",[1862],{"team_id":1863},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1865,"title":1866,"slug":1867,"date":1868,"excerpt":1869,"one_line":1870,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":1871,"authors":1874},28539,"Research Radar: How Research Drove a Community-Led Action Plan for LA Wildfire Recovery ","research-community-led-la-wildfire-recovery","2025-12-23T08:00:00","This Research Radar examines how Californiaâs Office of Data and Innovation used a rigorous, community-driven approach to translate thousands of survivor contributions from the LA wildfires into a concrete recovery action plan. Combining deliberative design, large-scale digital participation, AI-assisted analysis, and human review, the engagement shows how public institutions can listen at scale, synthesize insight with integrity, and move from data to decisions when it matters most.","Turning large-scale public input into actionable wildfire recovery policy",{"id":1872,"filename_disk":1873},"d1160d8f-595b-4f92-9eaa-b06ef6483ec2","d1160d8f-595b-4f92-9eaa-b06ef6483ec2.avif",[1875],{"team_id":1876},{"First_Name":1877,"Last_Name":1878},"Jarrett","Krumrei",{"id":1880,"title":1881,"slug":1882,"date":1883,"excerpt":1884,"one_line":1885,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1886,"image":1887,"authors":1890},28540,"Using AI to Support Public Deliberation: A Conversation with Audrey Tang","deliberating-with-the-public","2025-12-19T10:52:00","In this InnovateUS workshop, Audrey Tang and Danielle Allen discuss how AI-enabled civic technologies, paired with radical transparency and thoughtful institutional design, can help democracies respond to problems faster, govern more fairly, and rebuild public trust. Lessons from Taiwan, California, and other contexts show how combining digital tools with in-person engagement can surface common ground and reduce polarization. Together, the speakers argue that democracy can meet todayâs challenges when it is designed to be fast, fair, and genuinely engaging for the people it serves.","A conversation on how pro-social civic tech and radical transparency can make democracy fast, fair, and funâwhile rebuilding trust and bridging polarization.",[10],{"id":1888,"filename_disk":1889},"496b57c1-44bc-4fd4-b0bb-de50dedea361","496b57c1-44bc-4fd4-b0bb-de50dedea361.png",[1891,1893],{"team_id":1892},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":1894},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1896,"title":1897,"slug":1898,"date":1899,"excerpt":1900,"one_line":1901,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":1902,"authors":1905},28541,"Top Takeaways from Subcommittee Hearing on Future of Constituent Engagement","constituent-engagement-hearing-takeaways","2025-12-18T12:00:00"," A House Administration Subcommittee hearing featuring Dr. Beth Simone Noveck, Dr. Michael Neblo, Aubrey Wilson, and Ken Ward examined the future of constituent engagement with Congress. The discussion focused on AI implementation, including: how internal tools can support staff accuracy and accountability; why structured and representative deliberation outperforms open-ended intake; and what lessons Congress can draw from international legislatures that have modernized faster. Together, the takeaways highlight the challenge of rebuilding congressional capacity so that public participation yields insight, not overload.","House Administration Subcommittee hearing highlights practical approaches to modernizing constituent engagement and congressional capacity.",{"id":1903,"filename_disk":1904},"90b4e85d-4b57-420d-adcc-988b3c056f1c","90b4e85d-4b57-420d-adcc-988b3c056f1c.png",[1906],{"team_id":1907},{"First_Name":1908,"Last_Name":41},"The Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation",{"id":1910,"title":1911,"slug":1912,"date":1913,"excerpt":1914,"one_line":1915,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1916,"image":1917,"authors":1920},28538,"The Future of Constituent Engagement with Congress","future-of-constituent-engagement","2025-12-17T10:00:00","In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation, Dr. Beth Simone Noveck argues that Congressâs challenge is too little institutional capacity to use public input. With committee staff and in-house expertise sharply reduced and more than 81 million constituent communications each year, traditional engagement has become costly, slow, and often performative. Drawing on examples from the U.S., Brazil, Germany, among others, she shows how pairing disciplined engagement design with AI tools can help Congress synthesize public input, surface expertise, and strengthen lawmaking at scale. ","When used correctly, AI can help restore Congressâs ability to listen, learn, and govern at scale.",[10,9,15,16],{"id":1918,"filename_disk":1919},"c092a836-b808-4aeb-8856-5870920a5d87","c092a836-b808-4aeb-8856-5870920a5d87.png",[1921],{"team_id":1922},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":1924,"title":1925,"slug":1926,"date":1927,"excerpt":1928,"one_line":1929,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1930,"image":193
11,"authors":1934},28537,"Public AI: Policies for democratic and sustainable AI infrastructures","public-ai-policies-for-democratic-and-sustainable-ai-infrastructures","2025-12-16T07:00:00","This analysis by OECD.AI contributors offers a clear, practical blueprint for âpublic AI.â It maps where power concentrates across the AI tech stack, such as compute, data, and models, and shows how governments can intervene without trying to outspend frontier labs. Its distinctive contribution is a gradient approach that makes AI more public through democratic control, public-interest functions, and open components, paired with three concrete pathways to reduce dependence on corporate oversight and build meaningful public alternatives.","Where power concentrates in the AI stack and how governments can intervene.",[24,20,16],{"id":1932,"filename_disk":1933},"88d4c45d-8892-4d85-9220-64ec517956f0","88d4c45d-8892-4d85-9220-64ec517956f0.avif",[1935,1939,1943,1947],{"team_id":1936},{"First_Name":1937,"Last_Name":1938},"Alek","Tarkowski",{"team_id":1940},{"First_Name":1941,"Last_Name":1942},"Albert","Cañigueral",{"team_id":1944},{"First_Name":1945,"Last_Name":1946},"Felix","Sieker",{"team_id":1948},{"First_Name":1480,"Last_Name":1481},{"id":1950,"title":1951,"slug":1952,"date":1953,"excerpt":1954,"one_line":1955,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1956,"image":1957,"authors":1960},28535,"Learning Together to Improve Public Service","learning-together-to-improve-public-service","2025-12-15T10:00:00","Since its creation in 2023, InnovateUSâs training offerings have supported public professionals in making sense of change together, building capacity, and strengthening their ability to make informed decisions in practice. Our Spring 2026 workshop offering, which weâre presenting today, reflects insights from learners, partners, and experts about the challenges facing public service today. ","Introducing the InnovateUS Spring 2026 Workshop Season",[16,21,15,19,12,13,18,9,8,5,14,10],{"id":1958,"filename_disk":1959},"f9da9edd-fa3d-470e-b0ad-841e993b42fe","f9da9edd-fa3d-470e-b0ad-841e993b42fe.jpg",[1961],{"team_id":1962},{"First_Name":505,"Last_Name":506},{"id":1964,"title":1965,"slug":1966,"date":1967,"excerpt":1968,"one_line":1969,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1970,"image":1971,"authors":1974},28533,"New Tools to Deliver Better Services for all New Jerseyans","new-tools-to-deliver-better-services-for-all-new-jerseyans","2025-12-11T10:04:00","Dave Cole, New Jerseyâs Chief Innovation Officer, argues that states now have both the opportunity and the responsibility to build durable public infrastructure for responsible AI. With supp
1ort from the new Public Benefit Innovation Fund, New Jersey will expand its statewide generative AI platform to develop secure tools to automate enrollments and reduce administrative burden, and rigorously test these solutions across partner agencies. Through open-source code, shared training resources, and cross-government coordination, the state aims to model how AI can meaningfully strengthen service delivery.","New Jersey was awarded Center for Civic Futures' Public Benefit Innovation Fund to test how AI can strengthen government services responsibly, at scale, and in full view of the public.",[9,16,15,10],{"id":1972,"filename_disk":1973},"dbd8ea52-0e88-4cee-b40a-23b18c6bc82a","dbd8ea52-0e88-4cee-b40a-23b18c6bc82a.png",[1975],{"team_id":1976},{"First_Name":1820,"Last_Name":1821},{"id":1978,"title":1979,"slug":1980,"date":1981,"excerpt":1982,"one_line":1983,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":1984,"image":1985,"authors":1988},28526,"Humanism Over Hegemony: Inside Italyâs New AI Law","europes-first-national-ai-law-inside-italys-bid-to-assert-digital-sovereignty","2025-12-10T09:30:00","Italy has become the first European country to move beyond implementing the EU AI Act and enact its own sovereignty-driven AI law; one that anchors innovation in public oversight, workersâ rights, human accountability, and sector-specific democratic safeguards. The statute challenges the accelerating, corporate-centric governance model emerging in the U.S., yet it also suffers from limited vision, modest investment, and operational ambiguity. Italy may not win a global race for AI supremacy, but it is trying to redefine the terms of that race by insisting that democratic institutions and not commercial imperatives set the boundaries for how AI enters civic life.","A country testing whether democratic values, not technological dominance, can be the foundation of national AI strategy.",[20,21,9,10],{"id":1986,"filename_disk":1987},"9bbf9907-a5a9-4686-9379-b7100b25f40c","9bbf9907-a5a9-4686-9379-b7100b25f40c.png",[1989,1991],{"team_id":1990},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":1992},{"First_Name":1480,"Last_Name":1481},{"id":1994,"title":1995,"slug":1996,"date":1997,"excerpt":1998,"one_line":1999,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2000,"image":2001,"authors":2004},28525,"Research Radar: Synthetic Data Is Redefining Representation","research-radar-synthetic-data-is-redefining-representation","2025-12-09T08:35:00","As governments experiment with AI to simulate public opinion, new questions are emerging about who these systems truly represent. This Research Radar examines the Collective Intelligence Projectâs Digital Twin Evaluation Frameworkâa developing method for testing whether AI models can mirror real human opinion patternsâand explores the democratic risks of relying on synthetic publics in policymaking.","When AI models stand in for real communities, representation itself is at stake.",[24,21],{"id":2002,"filename_disk":2003},"77aba4c4-9d15-478e-a34c-551f0609af83","77aba4c4-9d15-478e-a34c-551f0609af83.png",[2005],{"team_id":2006},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":2008,"title":2009,"slug":2010,"date":2011,"excerpt":2012,"one_line":2013,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2014,"image":2015,"authors":2018},28524,"Human by Design: Reflections from the OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice","human-by-design-reflections-from-the-oecd-global-roundtable-on-equal-access-to-justice","2025-12-08T08:26:00","In November 2025, global justice leaders met in Madrid for the OECD Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice to examine how systems can adapt to rising demand and rapid technological change. New Jerseyâs Public Defender Jennifer Sellitti's experience highlighted that AI can strengthen fairness and access when deployed with clear safeguards and purpose. By building secure tools, improving legal workflows, and shaping statewide standards on transparency and bias, New Jersey is showing how responsible innovation can reinforce trust and improve justice outcomes.","Responsible AI wonât replace justice, but it can help deliver a fairer, more trusted system.",[16,7,9],{"id":2016,"filename_disk":2017},"04b0e1c3-27d7-4907-9bec-f944006880fc","04b0e1c3-27d7-4907-9bec-f944006880fc.png",[2019],{"team_id":2020},{"First_Name":2021,"Last_Name":2022},"Jennifer","Sellitti",{"id":2024,"title":2025,"slug":2026,"date":2027,"excerpt":2028,"one_line":2029,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2030,"image":2031,"authors":2034},28523,"Toward AI Governance That Works: Examining the Building Blocks of AI and the Impacts","toward-ai-governance-that-works-examining-the-building-blocks-of-ai-and-the-impacts","2025-12-03T08:00:00","As governments and international bodies race to establish guardrails for AI, most of the global agenda still focuses on managing what AI systems produceâtheir outputs. This article argues that such an approach is incomplete. The real foundations of safe, rights-respecting, and equitable AI lie upstream in how data is collected, governed, shared, and stewarded. Without integrating mature data governance practices, such as data stewardship and data commons, into AI governance, countries will struggle to protect fundamental rights or ensure that AIâs economic and social benefits are distributed fairly. A future-ready AI governance framework must therefore unite input and output governance into a single, coherent system.","Global AI governance is accelerating, but it remains dangerously incomplete. This article makes the case that without strong data governance upstream, no amount of model-level oversight downstream can deliver safe, trustworthy, or equitable AI.",[21,18],{"id":2032,"filename_disk":2033},"4f433b36-0b5a-4d06-b9bd-876119564571","4f433b36-0b5a-4d06-b9bd-876119564571.jpg",[2035,2037],{"team_id":2036},{"First_Name":1156,"Last_Name":1157},{"team_id":2038},{"First_Name":2039,"Last_Name":2040},"Dr. Friederike","Schüür",{"id":2042,"title":2043,"slug":2044,"date":2045,"excerpt":2046,"one_line":2047,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":2048,"authors":2051},28522,"Research Radar: The White House Wants a Scientific Genesis. It May Trigger a Democratic Exodus","research-radar-the-white-house-calls-it-genesis-for-public-input-it-looks-more-like-an-exodus","2025-12-02T08:00:00","The Trump Administrationâs Genesis Mission aims to unify federal supercomputers, datasets, and AI systems into a single national platform for scientific discovery. But as Beth Simone Noveck argues, the plan centralizes unprecedented research power while offering almost no role for universities, communities, or the public, raising urgent questions about access, transparency, and democratic accountability.","A new executive order launching the âGenesis Missionâ promises a revolution in AI-powered science, but offers no public seat at the table.",{"id":2049,"filename_disk":2050},"f916ffff-457c-459b-9748-3152f8157d88","f916ffff-457c-459b-9748-3152f8157d88.png",[2052],{"team_id":2053},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2055,"title":2056,"slug":2057,"date":2058,"excerpt":2059,"one_line":2060,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2061,"image":2062,"authors":2065},28521,"Accountable Algorithms: Blending Individual Rights and Collective Oversight in Government AI","accountable-algorithms-blending-individual-rights-and-collective-oversight-in-government-ai","2025-12-01T07:16:00","AI is already shaping government decisions, but bright-line bans on automated decisions are not enough to manage the complex âmiddle spaceâ where most automation now operates. Effective governance requires both individual rights â so people can understand and challenge decisions about them â and collective oversight that lets journalists, civil society, and regulators scrutinize systems as a whole. By blending transparency, redress, and sustained human responsibility, governments can harness AI to improve services while safeguarding democratic accountability.","Setting the rules of the road for government AI means pairing individual rights with collective action ",[21,16],{"id":2063,"filename_disk":2064},"b37044b1-820b-44a1-bc4c-d607d10f2473","b37044b1-820b-44a1-bc4c-d607d10f2473.png",[2066,2068],{"team_id":2067},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":2069},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2071,"title":2072,"slug":2073,"date":2074,"excerpt":2075,"one_line":2076,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2077,"image":2078,"authors":2081},28520,"QHLD: Making Spainâs Parliament Understandable with AI","is-your-parliament-transparent-or-just-performing-making-public-data-understandable-opens-the-door-to-citizen-engagement","2025-11-26T05:00:00","Political Watchâs âWhat Our Representatives Doâ tool (QHLD) organizes thousands of congressional initiatives into clear, searchable themes, making political priorities visible, comparable, and actionable. By exposing imbalances like the 198 initiatives on squatting versus just 54 on social housing, QHLD shows how structured, understandable data can reconnect citizens with their representatives. Yet the project also highlights a global challenge for civic tech: limited funding, slow adoption, and the high cost of responsible AI integration. Making democracy legible is possible, but only if we invest in tools designed to share power, not just document it.","Making democracy legible starts with turning public data into something citizens can actually understand",[19,13,12,10,16],{"id":2079,"filename_disk":2080},"8df2729c-c312-40bd-991c-1a7fd41e4074","8df2729c-c312-40bd-991c-1a7fd41e4074.jpg",[2082,2086],{"team_id":2083},{"First_Name":2084,"Last_Name":2085},"Celia","Zafra",{"team_id":2087},{"First_Name":2088,"Last_Name":2089},"Pablo","MartÃn",{"id":2091,"title":2092,"slug":2093,"date":2094,"excerpt":2095,"one_line":2096,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2097,"image":2098,"authors":2101},28513,"Solving Public Problems with Artificial Intelligence","solving-public-problems-with-artificial-intelligence","2025-11-25T08:00:00","The Solving Public Problems course has helped learners worldwide tackle complex challenges. The course teaches how to leverage technology, data, and collective wisdom in our
1communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems. Now, Beth Simone Noveck is exploring how to remake it for the AI era, using technology to make problem-solving skills easier to learn without losing the human connection at its core. Your input is needed!","The Solving Public Problems course has helped learners worldwide tackle complex challenges. Now, Iâm exploring how to remake it for the AI era and need your help.",[12],{"id":2099,"filename_disk":2100},"28536ce3-2391-4b14-a7cd-87d236da0471","28536ce3-2391-4b14-a7cd-87d236da0471.png",[2102],{"team_id":2103},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2105,"title":2106,"slug":2107,"date":2108,"excerpt":2109,"one_line":2110,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2111,"image":2112,"authors":2115},28519,"Big Tech Wants AI Without Rules. Hereâs How Workers are Fighting Back","big-tech-wants-ai-without-rules-heres-how-workers-are-fighting-back","2025-11-24T12:00:00","AI is reshaping the workplace faster than public policy can keep up, often in ways that expand corporate power, weaken worker rights, and undermine democratic oversight. But across sectors, workers and unions are showing that this trajectory isnât inevitable. Through collective bargaining, policy advocacy, and new uses of AI for organizing, theyâre securing real guardrails on surveillance, algorithmic management, and job displacement. This piece explores how worker power will determine whether AI serves people or replaces them.","How workers are reclaiming control over AI, setting guardrails, and turning the technology into a tool for collective power.",[8,10,21],{"id":2113,"filename_disk":2114},"c7fca9eb-4089-46b4-ba96-53068ee48f86","c7fca9eb-4089-46b4-ba96-53068ee48f86.png",[2116],{"team_id":2117},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2119,"title":2120,"slug":2121,"date":2122,"excerpt":2123,"one_line":2124,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2125,"image":2126,"authors":2129},28518,"Foundations for the Digital Commons","foundations-for-the-digital-commons","2025-11-19T08:47:00","In late October, the Roux Institute hosted Foundations for the Digital Commons with Bernstein Shur and RadicalxChange, convening technologists, policymakers, civic innovators, journalists, and funders to chart a path for renewing the digital systems that underpin democratic life. Over two days, participants examined practical models, from information flows and large-scale deliberation to data governance, while outlining actionable pathways for building modern digital infrastructure. Held in Maine, a state defined by democratic reforms and pragmatic problem-solving, the gathering reinforced a central insight that institutional design, more than technology, will determine whether digital innovation ultimately strengthens public trust","A reflection on the Roux Institute convening in Portland, Maine",[16,13,12],{"id":2127,"filename_disk":2128},"e7cf1cba-c754-479e-8efb-5bc1f81cb3a5","e7cf1cba-c754-479e-8efb-5bc1f81cb3a5.jpeg",[2130,2133],{"team_id":2131},{"First_Name":1386,"Last_Name":2132},"Prewitt",{"team_id":2134},{"First_Name":2135,"Last_Name":2136},"Matthew","Victor",{"id":2138,"title":2139,"slug":2140,"date":2141,"excerpt":2142,"one_line":2143,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2144,"image":2145,"authors":2148},28517,"Research Radar: An Economy of AI Agents","research-radar-an-economy-of-ai-agents","2025-11-18T08:00:00","AI agents are beginning to make market-shaping decisions. Hadfield and Koh's new study reveals why this shift is significant. Current agents do not reason like economists, do not reflect human preferences, and do not fit into accountability structures. As governments experiment with agents in benefits, procurement, and infrastructure, Elana Banin reflects on the policy challenge of re-designing the rules before agents erode the market foundations on which democratic governance relies. ","By probing whether AI can reason like an economist, this study exposes vulnerabilities in the market assumptions democratic governance relies on.",[24,21],{"id":2146,"filename_disk":2147},"f283cad8-ecef-4908-acfe-a5996e6684b8","f283cad8-ecef-4908-acfe-a5996e6684b8.png",[2149],{"team_id":2150},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":2152,"title":2153,"slug":2154,"date":2155,"excerpt":2156,"one_line":2157,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2158,"image":2159,"authors":2162},28516,"Why âGood Guysâ Shouldnât Use AI like the âBad Guysâ: The Failure of Predictive Policing","why-good-guys-shouldnt-use-ai-like-the-bad-guys-the-failure-of-predictive-policing","2025-11-17T09:25:00","This essay argues that predictive policing continues to fail not because police departments lack data, but because they are using the wrong kind of data, in the wrong way. Applying low-stakes commercial algorithms to high-stakes decisions can produce dangerous false positives, reinfor
1ce biased patterns, and erode public trust in policing. Using examples from Plainfield, NJ, and Chicago, the piece illustrates how predictive systems replicate past police behavior rather than accurately forecasting crime, thereby creating self-reinforcing feedback loops. It contrasts these failures with diagnostic approaches in Oakland and Richmond that utilize data to understand harm, guide outreach, and reduce violence without relying on algorithmic surveillance. The core argument is that policing needs better mirrors, not crystal balls.","The case for replacing predictive policing with diagnostic, accountable data.",[14,13,9],{"id":2160,"filename_disk":2161},"b2d71ed4-a8bb-4392-8cb2-029850408717","b2d71ed4-a8bb-4392-8cb2-029850408717.png",[2163],{"team_id":2164},{"First_Name":2165,"Last_Name":2166},"Mihir","Kshirsagar",{"id":2168,"title":2169,"slug":2170,"date":2171,"excerpt":2172,"one_line":2173,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2174,"image":2175,"authors":2178},28515,"Designing AI for Trust: Lessons from Tarjimlyâs Translation Platform for Humanitarian Action","designing-ai-for-trust-lessons-from-tarjimlys-translation-platform-for-humanitarian-action","2025-11-12T09:01:00","When refugees needed language support, Tarjimly turned everyday volunteers into lifelines. In this reflection, CEO Atif Javed traces how the platform evolved from a Facebook Messenger experiment into a global translation network, one now partially powered by AI. His key lesson is that designing for trust means using technology to amplify, not replace, human empathy in moments of crisis.","Tarjimly built technology around a simple idea: connection first, algorithms second",[12,15,19,7],{"id":2176,"filename_disk":2177},"f4004769-30eb-459b-8856-9872f25a346d","f4004769-30eb-459b-8856-9872f25a346d.png",[2179],{"team_id":2180},{"First_Name":2181,"Last_Name":2182},"Atif","Javed",{"id":2184,"title":2185,"slug":2186,"date":2187,"excerpt":2188,"one_line":2189,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2190,"image":2191,"authors":2194},28514,"Governing AI: The Air Forceâs AI Land Rush","governing-ai-the-air-forces-ai-land-rush","2025-11-09T21:38:00","The Air Force is quietly auctioning off slices of its bases for private AI data centers. They call it innovation; it looks like privatization. Fifty-year leases, 3,000 acres of military land, and no public say.\nIf this is how we build the future, whoâs really in command?","The Air Force is leasing thousands of acres of active base land for private AI data centers. With half-century leases and no public oversight, whoâs really in command?",[21],{"id":2192,"filename_disk":2193},"331ff953-1b0c-4508-9e0b-8f9c4c97c27a","331ff953-1b0c-4508-9e0b-8f9c4c97c27a.webp",[2195],{"team_id":2196},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2198,"title":2199,"slug":2200,"date":2201,"excerpt":2202,"one_line":2203,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2204,"image":2205,"authors":2208},28512,"Global AI Watch: Brazilâs Experiment in AI-Powered Participation","global-ai-watch-brazils-experiment-in-ai-powered-participation","2025-11-05T09:40:00","When Brazil's federal government launched its 2023 Participatory Pluriannual Plan, the response was massive: 1.4 million participants submitted over 8,200 proposals through the Brasil Participativo platform. But volume creates a challenge, as manually processing thousands of contributions is slow and resource-intensive, often causing valuable insights to slip through the cracks. Now, Brazil is pioneering an open-source AI system that automatically analyzes citizen feedback, generates comprehensive reports, and tracks which suggestions made it into final policies. The result is a new model for democratic intelligence, one that transforms the flood of public input into structured, actionable knowledge without losing the nuance of individual voices.","Brazil is using AI to process millions of citizen contributions in real-time, transforming participatory democracy from an administrative bottleneck into a scalable system that tracks how public input shapes policy.",[16,7,15,13,12],{"id":2206,"filename_disk":2207},"7dc7dde0-5c6c-4c15-b348-f906e45b56bd","7dc7dde0-5c6c-4c15-b348-f906e45b56bd.png",[2209,2213],{"team_id":2210},{"First_Name":2211,"Last_Name":2212},"Christiana","Freitas",{"team_id":2214},{"First_Name":2215,"Last_Name":2216},"Ricardo","Poppi",{"id":2218,"title":2219,"slug":2220,"date":2221,"excerpt":2222,"one_line":2223,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2224,"image":2225,"authors":2228},28501,"Research Radar: The Emperor's New Agents - Why AI Won't Fix Broken Government","research-radar-the-emperors-new-agents-why-ai-wont-fix-broken-government","2025-11-04T08:18:00","The Agentic State is an ambitious and inspiring blueprint for rebuilding government around AI agents that can act and decide autonomously. It powerfully diagnoses real failures in how the public sector designs, delivers, and manages services. While AI is giving us ways to accelerate change, the prescribed cure may be premature: most of whatâs broken in government requires organizational reform, not automation.","The Agentic State offers a compelling vision for AI in government, but conflates what's possible with what's necessary, prescribing experimental agents for problems proven approaches already solve.",[24,19,15],{"id":2226,"filename_disk":2227},"ae9ab716-2501-420f-83cf-b6310f7e297b","ae9ab716-2501-420f-83cf-b6310f7e297b.png",[2229],{"team_id":2230},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2232,"title":2233,"slug":2234,"date":2235,"excerpt":2236,"one_line":2237,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2238,"image":2239,"authors":2242},28492,"The AI Fish Counter: Teaching Ourselves to Use AIâBefore It Uses Us","the-ai-fish-counter-teaching-ourselves-to-use-aibefore-it-uses-us","2025-11-03T
107:11:00","The danger isnât that AI will make us dumberâitâs that governments, companies, and schools wonât make us smarter with it. As policymakers stall and corporations automate, the burden of using AI wisely now falls on us. Like shoppers at the fish counter, we need to learn to read the labelsâto know whatâs safe, whatâs risky, and how to choose well.","Like navigating the fish counter, until we get regulation, we need the right education.",[12,21,16],{"id":2240,"filename_disk":2241},"5a5fc3c9-4825-4311-bfd8-e85ff89fade8","5a5fc3c9-4825-4311-bfd8-e85ff89fade8.png",[2243],{"team_id":2244},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2246,"title":2247,"slug":2248,"date":2249,"excerpt":2250,"one_line":2251,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2252,"image":2253,"authors":2256},28491,"How Governments are Using AI","how-governments-are-using-ai","2025-10-30T12:25:00","Public service professionals from across the globe have come together to learn from one another how to use AI to improve governance. From St. Louis cutting hiring times from 12 to 2 months, Hamburg analyzing 11,000 public comments in days, and New Jersey reducing Spanish-language form completion from 4 hours to 25 minutes, it becomes clear that AI works for democracy when we build the foundation first."," Public service professionals are proving that AI works in government when you start with people and the right processes",[12,16,15,19,21],{"id":2254,"filename_disk":2255},"a81631b1-7166-41ab-9457-9bb9be5ab7d2","a81631b1-7166-41ab-9457-9bb9be5ab7d2.png",[2257],{"team_id":2258},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":2260,"title":2261,"slug":2262,"date":2263,"excerpt":2264,"one_line":2265,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2266,"image":2267,"authors":2270},28490,"Governing the Undefined: Why the Debate Over Superintelligence Misses the Point","governing-the-undefined-why-the-debate-over-superintelligence-misses-the-point","2025-10-29T10:02:00","As headlines warn of âsuperintelligent AIâ threatening human extinction, a new open letter reignites familiar fears. But beneath the apocalyptic rhetoric lies a deeper problem. The narrative around artificial superintelligence, long embraced by Big Tech, diverts attention from the real and immediate challenges of AI and how our democratic institutions can address them.","The debate over hypothetical superintelligence, a vague, ungovernable concept, enables tech corporations to evade regulation of AI's concrete harms like bias, surveillance, and labor exploitation that communities are already addressing through democratic action.",[21,12,14],{"id":2268,"filename_disk":2269},"b7d77134-0b11-4c26-bd76-f957036d286b","b7d77134-0b11-4c26-bd76-f957036d286b.avif",[2271],{"team_id":2272},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2274,"title":2275,"slug":2276,"date":2277,"excerpt":2278,"one_line":2279,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":41,"image":2280,"authors":2283},28489,"Re-thinking AI: How a Group of Civic Technologists Discovered the Power of AI to Rebuild Trust in Government","rethinkingai-how-a-group-of-civic-technologists-discovered-the-power-of-ai-to-rebuild-trust-in-government","2025-10-27T12:25:00","After two years of research, the RethinkAI collaborative released Making AI Work for the Publicâa comprehensive field review of how U.S. governments adopt AI. Since 2019, over 1,600 AI-related bills have been introduced, but most focus on guardrails, not proactive strategy. Meanwhile, cities are piloting translation tools, engagement platforms, and predictive systems, often led by Chief Information Officers, taking on new strategic roles. The report challenges civic techâs efficiency-first legacy and proposes a new governance modelâALT: Adapt to anticipate needs, Listen to understand communities, and build Trust through two-way accountability.","A civic tech collaborative spent two years investigating how AI is reshaping state and local governmentâand discovered that the real opportunity isnât efficiency, but rebuilding public trust through adaptation, listening, and accountability.",{"id":2281,"filename_disk":2282},"657ee7dd-c995-40b8-aa38-cb63054995fd","657ee7dd-c995-40b8-aa38-cb63054995fd.jpg",[2284,2286,2290],{"team_id":2285},{"First_Name":1356,"Last_Name":1357},{"team_id":2287},{"First_Name":2288,"Last_Name":2289},"Mai-Ling","Garcia",{"team_id":2291},{"First_Name":2292,"Last_Name":2293},"Eric ","Gordon",{"id":2295,"title":2296,"slug":2297,"date":2298,"excerpt":2299,"one_line":2300,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2301,"image":2302,"authors":2305},28481,"How Hamburg is Turning Resident Comments into Actionable Insight","how-hamburg-is-turning-resident-comments-into-actionable-insight","2025-10-22T09:17:00","Officials in Hamburg had long struggled with the fact that while citizens submitted thous
1ands of comments on planning projects, only a fraction could realistically be read and processed. Making sense of feedback from a single engagement could once occupy five full-time employees for more than a week and chill any desire to do a follow-up conversation. Learn about how Hamburg built its own open source artificial intelligence to make sense of citizen feedback on a scale and speed that was once unimaginable.","Turning Voices into Vision: How Hamburg Uses AI to Listen Better",[13,12,14,16],{"id":2303,"filename_disk":2304},"dfdbe2f8-cc0d-4652-a941-877d5bcd439a","dfdbe2f8-cc0d-4652-a941-877d5bcd439a.avif",[2306],{"team_id":2307},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2309,"title":2310,"slug":2311,"date":2312,"excerpt":2313,"one_line":2314,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2315,"image":2316,"authors":2319},28480,"Building Democracyâs Digital Future: Lessons from Bostonâs Civic AI Experiments","building-democracys-digital-future-lessons-from-bostons-civic-ai-experiments","2025-10-20T12:00:00","Boston became a living laboratory for democratic innovation last week, as two major conveningsâthe Civic AI Summit at Northeastern and Harvardâs Digital Democracy showcaseâbrought together leaders reshaping how technology serves the public good. From new tools that open up lawmaking and procurement to partnerships that align city and state AI strategies, Bostonâs approach offers a model nationally for how AI can strengthen democracy through human-centered design, transparency, and collaboration.","As AI reshapes decision making, Boston is testing how democratic values can guide the way.",[10,12,16],{"id":2317,"filename_disk":2318},"2ae166ab-4378-48de-9a5a-2ccc48afd54f","2ae166ab-4378-48de-9a5a-2ccc48afd54f.png",[2320],{"team_id":2321},{"First_Name":2322,"Last_Name":2323},"David","Fields",{"id":2325,"title":2326,"slug":2327,"date":2328,"excerpt":2329,"one_line":2330,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2331,"image":2332,"authors":2335},28476,"New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter Reflects on the National Gathering for State AI Leaders","new-america-ceo-anne-marie-slaughter-reflects-on-the-national-gathering-for-state-ai-leaders","2025-10-15T08:00:00","\nAs states take center stage in shaping how the U.S. adapts to artificial intelligence, their choices will determine not just whether America keeps pace, but whether it thrives. This summer, Princeton Universityâs Center for Information Technology Policy convened state AI officers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists for âShaping the Future of AI: A National Gathering for State AI Leaders.â The two-day working conference focused on building practical, responsible frameworks for public-sector AI implementation. New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter closed the convening with a wide-ranging keynote that called for public AI infrastructure, trust-based governance, and co-creation across sectors. What follows is a summary of her 10 core takeaways.\n","Anne-Marie Slaughterâs closing speech at Princetonâs AI leaders convening offers ten takeaways on what states can teach us about governing transformative technology.",[16,21,18,8,13],{"id":2333,"filename_disk":2334},"3fda6d6d-522c-4014-adaa-9372c9999ea3","3fda6d6d-522c-4014-adaa-9372c9999ea3.jpg",[2336],{"team_id":2337},{"First_Name":2338,"Last_Name":2339},"Anne-Marie","Slaughter",{"id":2341,"title":2342,"slug":2343,"date":2344,"excerpt":2345,"one_line":2346,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2347,"image":2348,"authors":2351},28475,"Vibe Coding the City: How One Developer Used Open Data to Map Every Public Space in New York City","vibe-coding-the-city-how-one-developer-used-open-data-to-map-every-public-space-in-new-york-city","2025-10-14T12:00:00","New York City has thousands of parks, plazas, and public courtyards, but no easy way to find them. Using âvibe coding,â open data, and generative AI, one civic technologist built a map of every public space in the five boroughs. This is the story of NYC Public Space, an app that stitches together fragmented government datasets, AI-generated descriptions, and community-sourced updates to make the cityâs public realm more visible and usable. Itâs also a case study in how AI can help public interest technologists move faster, build smarter, and turn open data into real public value.","A story about combining AI, crowdsourcing, and open data to make the five boroughsâ public spaces more accessible, one plaza at a time.",[15,13,24,18],{"id":2349,"filename_disk":2350},"a878d393-4aac-4a7b-8552-940471e64d38","a878d393-4aac-4a7b-8552-940471e64d38.png",[2352],{"team_id":2353},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2355,"title":2356,"slug":2357,"date":2358,"excerpt":2359,"one_line":2360,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2361,"image":2362,"authors":2365},28457,"The Next UN: AI, Power, and What Global Governance Must Become","the-next-un-ai-power-and-what-global-governance-must-become","2025-10-08T08:00:00","In late September, the UN adopted a global AI resolution backed by all 193 Member States, a diplomatic milestone. But one that risks repeating old patterns of top-down governance. The new Reboot Democracy Blog Editor, Elana Banin, argues that legitimacy doesnât come from declarations, but from grounded, democratic practice. From California to Vietnam, she explores what real AI governance looks like and lays out three strategic tests the UN must pass to matter.","The UN canât govern AI from the top down, it must become infrastru
1cture for democratic action at the frontlines.",[10,21,16,7,13],{"id":2363,"filename_disk":2364},"1f00e93b-460c-4d0d-800b-9af9b4aa0fc6","1f00e93b-460c-4d0d-800b-9af9b4aa0fc6.png",[2366],{"team_id":2367},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":2369,"title":2370,"slug":2371,"date":2372,"excerpt":2373,"one_line":2374,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2375,"image":2376,"authors":2379},28456,"Silicon Sampling: When Communications Practitioners Should (and Shouldnât) use AI in the Survey Pipeline","silicon-sampling-when-communications-practitioners-should-and-shouldnt-use-ai-in-the-survey-pipeline","2025-10-07T08:00:00","Large Language Models are becoming common tools in the communications toolkit, but not all uses are created equal. In this new post from the AIMES Lab at Northeastern University, John Wihbey and Samantha DâAlonzo offer research-backed guidance on when to use LLMs in the survey pipeline and when to steer clear. \n\nThe research indicates that AI is a powerful assistant for refining survey questions and testing hypotheses, but a poor substitute for actual human respondents. Drawing on more than 30 academic studies, this piece lays out a practical, hybrid approach to âsilicon samplingâ that helps practitioners strengthen research integrity without falling for AIâs easy shortcuts.","When it comes to survey research, LLMs can help you ask better questions, but they canât answer them for you.",[24,12,19],{"id":2377,"filename_disk":2378},"1f7ed36c-a3ee-4e56-8154-839b8d8cdc93","1f7ed36c-a3ee-4e56-8154-839b8d8cdc93.png",[2380,2382],{"team_id":2381},{"First_Name":364,"Last_Name":1180},{"team_id":2383},{"First_Name":2384,"Last_Name":2385},"Samantha ","D'Alonzo",{"id":2387,"title":2388,"slug":2389,"date":2390,"excerpt":2391,"one_line":2392,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2393,"image":2394,"authors":2397},28455,"Feeding the Beast: Powering Democratic AI with Open Data","powering-ai-with-open-data","2025-10-06T08:03:00","AIâs biggest breakthroughs were built on public datasets; the next wave should be, too. If governments make data AI-ready and keep access open, we can power tools that explain laws, improve services, and widen participation. In return, companies that train on taxpayer data should give back, through open licenses, benchmarks, and capacity that strengthen public institutions.","Open, well-governed public data is the fuelâand the leverageâwe need to steer AI toward democratic ends.",[21,12,18,16],{"id":2395,"filename_disk":2396},"2f53f9d7-407c-40f1-8443-eb33ba9e8e9e","2f53f9d7-407c-40f1-8443-eb33ba9e8e9e.png",[2398],{"team_id":2399},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2401,"title":2402,"slug":2403,"date":2404,"excerpt":2405,"one_line":2406,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2407,"image":2408,"authors":2411},28454,"The Judicial Protection of Algorithmic Transparency","the-judicial-protection-of-algorithmic-transparency","2025-10-01T08:00:00","Law professor and political commentator José Luis Martà argues that Spainâs Supreme Court ruling on Bosco is a democratic milestoneâestablishing algorithmic transparency as a constitutional principle and putting AI at the service of democracy.","Spainâs Bosco ruling is a global milestone for algorithmic transparency, argues José Luis MartÃ.",[10,13,21,16,9],{"id":2409,"filename_disk":2410},"4a0b6ecf-726f-4d83-b926-aebbbbf679e0","4a0b6ecf-726f-4d83-b926-aebbbbf679e0.png",[2412],{"team_id":2413},{"First_Name":553,"Last_Name":554},{"id":2415,"title":2416,"slug":2417,"date":2418,"excerpt":2419,"one_line":2420,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":2421,"image":2422,"authors":2425},28452,"When Communities Lead, Appropriate Tech and Change Follow","when-communities-lead-appropriate-tech-and-change-follow","2025-09-30T08:00:00","Co-designed with parents, the AIEP tool is both a technical solution and a catalyst for civic power for families of children with diverse abilities. By building AI literacy through in-person training and WhatsApp-based courses, the project offers a model for community-centered technology, making education systems more navigable and equitable.\n\nAI tools can open doors to access and advocacy, but itâs human connection and support networks that give those tools meaning. That is
1where the most powerful change is taking shape, and where investment matters most.","A parent-powered AI tool is transforming special education by pairing technology with trust, training, and community leadership.",[12,15,24,5],{"id":2423,"filename_disk":2424},"0442d751-269b-48aa-a505-db1d72ae398c","0442d751-269b-48aa-a505-db1d72ae398c.jpg",[2426],{"team_id":2427},{"First_Name":1588,"Last_Name":1589},{"id":2429,"title":2430,"slug":2431,"date":2432,"excerpt":2433,"one_line":2434,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2435,"image":2436,"authors":2439},28453,"From Voice to Impact: What Weâve Learned So Far in the Reboot Democracy Workshop series: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era","from-voice-to-impact-what-weve-learned-so-far-in-the-reboot-democracy-workshop-series-designing-democratic-engagement-for-the-ai-era","2025-09-29T14:27:00","Over the first two sessions of Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era, weâve explored why participation too often falls short, and how to make it matter. From rebuilding the link between voice and implementation, to matching digital tools with public purpose, this early reflection captures key lessons so far and tees up whatâs next: a practical, nine-step framework for smarter, AI-supported engagement.","From civic voice to real impactâwhat weâve learned so far and where we are goingâin the Reboot Democracy workshop series: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era.",[19,16,10,15,12,18],{"id":2437,"filename_disk":2438},"3d2faf38-7962-4b05-aa0e-f1f89bf21938","3d2faf38-7962-4b05-aa0e-f1f89bf21938.png",[2440],{"team_id":2441},{"First_Name":186,"Last_Name":187},{"id":2443,"title":2444,"slug":2445,"date":2446,"excerpt":2447,"one_line":2448,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2449,"image":2450,"authors":2453},28451,"friend.com or foe.com?","friend-or-foe","2025-09-28T17:35:00","The New York City subway would never accept an ad for a hitman-for-hire service, or for a pill that claimed to cure depression but wasnât FDA-approved, or a social network designed exclusively to groom minors. Those would be illegal, unethicalâand obviously dangerous. So why is the MTA running a massive ad campaign for friend.com, a product that, if not already illegal, certainly should be?\n","friend.com is blanketing the New York subway with ads designed to provoke. It is wildly unethical. It may be illegal. And no responsible media platform, especially one funded by tax dollars, should promote it.",[21,19,5],{"id":2451,"filename_disk":2452},"cd6e7db3-6131-4acd-af62-adaee99a0714","cd6e7db3-6131-4acd-af62-adaee99a0714.jpeg",[2454,2456],{"team_id":2455},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":2457},{"First_Name":986,"Last_Name":987},{"id":2459,"title":2460,"slug":2461,"date":2462,"excerpt":2463,"one_line":2464,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2465,"image":2466,"authors":2469},28450,"Choosing Wisely: A New Resource for Picking the Right Participation Platform","choosing-wisely-a-new-resource-for-picking-the-right-participation-platform","2025-09-23T12:00:00","Choosing a digital participation platform is a governance choice. Dane Gambrell's latest post explores what the new Guide to Digital Participation Platforms gets right, the idea that participation only works when tools are matched to purpose, capacity, and follow-through. Join us tomorrow, September 24 at 3pm ET, for a hands-on InnovateUS workshop with Greta RÃos and Nikhil Kumar to learn how to select the right tool for the job to apply AI to advance democracy. ","Our analysis of People Poweredâs updated Guide to Digital Participation Platforms shows why participation only works when the tools match the task.",[10,24],{"id":2467,"filename_disk":2468},"b832dd84-752b-4b68-bd07-6227e7036a43","b832dd84-752b-4b68-bd07-6227e7036a43.png",[2470],{"team_id":2471},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2473,"title":2474,"slug":2475,"date":2476,"excerpt":2477,"one_line":2478,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2479,"image":2480,"authors":2483},28449,"Governing with AI: Why Albaniaâs Chatbot Minister Makes More Sense Than You Think","Diella-not-a-stunt","2025-09-22T08:0
17:21","Seoul showed 25 years ago that transparency and accountability built into digital systems can blunt corruption. Albaniaâs chatbot minister will stand or fall on the same test: whether it reduces opportunities for bribery.","Seoul proved 25 years ago that digital systems can fight corruption; Albaniaâs chatbot will be judged by the same standard.",[16],{"id":2481,"filename_disk":2482},"fcd7ca06-e368-4ee2-a675-19b36368dc1b","fcd7ca06-e368-4ee2-a675-19b36368dc1b.png",[2484],{"team_id":2485},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2487,"title":2488,"slug":2489,"date":2490,"excerpt":2491,"one_line":2492,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2493,"image":2494,"authors":2497},28448,"Public engagement matters. But governments need to learn to listen better (and faster)","public-engagement-matters-but-governments-need-to-learn-to-listen-better-and-faster","2025-09-18T12:00:00","Agueda Quiroga (InnovateUS) and Sarah Hubbard (Allen Lab) reflect on insights from the Reboot Democracy workshop series with Beth Noveck and Danielle Allen, and why 21st-century democracy needs better ways to connect citizen input to real outcomes. Their takeaway is that by repairing the broken links between voice, decision-making, and implementation, participation can shift from symbolic to systematic.","Democracy isnât just about speaking up, itâs about being heard.",[16,12,13,19],{"id":2495,"filename_disk":2496},"c4fc8ceb-d7d5-4e93-a213-dbcb8441ad74","c4fc8ceb-d7d5-4e93-a213-dbcb8441ad74.png",[2498,2500],{"team_id":2499},{"First_Name":505,"Last_Name":506},{"team_id":2501},{"First_Name":168,"Last_Name":169},{"id":2503,"title":2504,"slug":2505,"date":2506,"excerpt":2507,"one_line":2508,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2509,"image":2510,"authors":2513},28435,"The Publicâs Verdict on AI and Human Capacity: What it Means for Democracy","the-publics-verdict-on-ai-and-human-capacity-what-it-means-for-democracy","2025-09-17T08:00:00","A new national survey finds that Americans overwhelmingly believe AI will diminish key human capacities, like empathy, deep thinking, and personal agency, by 2035. Writing for the Reboot Democracy Blog, Lee Rainie, Director, Imagining the Digital Future Center, explains why this skepticism poses a threat to the foundations of democratic life and calls for AI systems that reinforce dignity, trust, and civic strength. ","A new survey by Elon Universityâs Imagining the Digital Future Center finds that more than half of American adults believe the expanded use of AI will have significant impacts on key human capacities and behaviors in the next decade. ",[24,13],{"id":2511,"filename_disk":2512},"5a0c19a1-9086-4625-b356-7d457d02faa6","5a0c19a1-9086-4625-b356-7d457d02faa6.png",[2514],{"team_id":2515},{"First_Name":1120,"Last_Name":1121},{"id":2517,"title":2518,"slug":2519,"date":2520,"excerpt":2521,"one_line":2522,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2523,"image":2524,"authors":2527},28434,"AI is a Power Tool, Not a Decision Maker: Essential Lessons for Law Enforcement","ai-is-a-power-tool-not-a-decision-maker-essential-lessons-for-law-enforcement","2025-09-16T09:40:00","Law enforcement agencies are under pressure to explore AI, but the real lesson is to treat it like any other power tool. In a recent workshop, Rutgers Senior Fellow Mark Genatempo stressed that AI should support, not replace, human decision-making. From distinguishing between machine learning, predictive analytics, and generative AI, to auditing data and building community trust, the key is preparation, oversight, and transparency. With the right training and safeguards, AI can enhance public safety without undermining accountability.","On September 4, Mark Genatempo, Senior Fellow at Rutgers University Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience, presented âAI Fundamentals for Public Safety.â ",[13,14],{"id":2525,"filename_disk":2526},"f7a6880a-27a0-4afb-960f-2bb98284f010","f7a6880a-27a0-4afb-960f-2bb98284f010.png",[2528],{"team_id":2529},{"First_Name":2530,"Last_Name":2531},"Jessica","Silverman",{"id":2533,"title":2534,"slug":2535,"date":2536,"excerpt":2537,"one_line":2538,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2539,"image":2540,"authors":2543},28433,"From Interim to Institution: New Jerseyâs Three-Pillar Strategy for Responsible AI","NJ-AI-2025","2025-09-15T08:44:00","With its new 2025 AI policy, New Jersey has advanced from interim guidance that encouraged experimentation to a framework that enables safe, large-scale use. Building on two years of training and adoption by more than 15,000 public servants, the state is now focused on using AI not just to streamline work, but to deliver better services where it matters most.","New Jerseyâs new 2025 AI policy moves from experimentation to safe, large-scale use, aiming to turn widespread adoption into better public services.",[21,16],{"id":2541,"f
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1of-new-guidance-from-global-case-studies-on-ai-for-digital-democracy","2025-08-27T01:24:00","Join People Powered on September 16 for the release of new guidance based on global case studies for AI for Digital Democracy. 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However, this transformation also presents significant challenges from bias and transparency concerns to the risk of over-reliance on algorithmic outputs. By understanding the promise and the pitfalls of AI-enabled research tools, while keeping human expertise at the center of the process, we can harness these powerful tools to serve the public interest while preserving the democratic values of transparency, accountability, and inclusive governance.",[10,13],{"id":2626,"filename_disk":2627},"cabafeba-44bc-4e26-acf1-6cd9f8912932","cabafeba-44bc-4e26-acf1-6cd9f8912932.jpg",[2629],{"team_id":2630},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2632,"title":2633,"slug":2634,"date":2635,"excerpt":2636,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2637,"image":2638,"authors":2641},28421,"New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Utah Lead States in AI Readiness, Report Finds","code-for-america-ai-readiness-report","2025-07-10T14:27:00","A new Code for America assessment looks at how states are adopting artificial intelligence to support the design, delivery, and evaluation of public services. While most states remain in early development stages, the three leading states distinguished themselves by building comprehensive governance frameworks, investing in workforce training, and establishing dedicated leadership structures to support the responsible and effective use of AI.",[15,13],{"id":2639,"filename_disk":2640},"a700e238-7083-44dd-9b76-3c3eccc6b9f0","a700e238-7083-44dd-9b76-3c3eccc6b9f0.png",[2642],{"team_id":2643},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":2645,"title":2646,"slug":2647,"date":2648,"excerpt":2649,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2650,"image":2651,"authors":2654},28420,"Highway Engineer tool created by AI for Impact students highlighted by NBC Boston","heka-tool-created-by-ai-for-impact-students-highlighted-by-nbc-boston","2025-07-07T12:00:00","HEKA, the Highway Engineer Knowledge Agent chatbot created through the AI for Impact co-op program is empowering design engineers in the MassDOT Highway Division to efficiently query department manuals and documentation, aiding in the design of quicker and safer infrastructure projects for commuters in Massachusetts. It was recently highlighted by NBC 10 Boston. \n",[21],{"id":2652,"filename_disk":2653},"25828bf9-9718-475b-b39b-ca2840fcec78","25828bf9-9718-475b-b39b-ca2840fcec78.png",[2655],{"team_id":2656},{"First_Name":135,"Last_Name":136},{"id":2658,"title":2659,"slug":2660,"date":2661,"excerpt":2662,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2663,"image":2664,"authors":2667},28419,"Research Radar: AI Speeds Up Government Consultation Analysis Without Sacrificing Quality","UK-AI-consult-Eval","2025-06-17T04:00:00","New research from the UK Gov shows how AI could make it easier for institutions to do public engagement. A new process called \"Consult\" combined AI with human oversight to analyze public consultation responses with 76% accuracy in seconds.",[13,24],{"id":2665,"filename_disk":2666},"7c1e0633-ebc6-477f-879b-73add4d692f3","7c1e0633-ebc6-477f-879b-73add4d692f3.png",[2668],{"team_id":2669},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2671,"title":2672,"slug":2673,"date":2674,"excerpt":2675,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2676,"image":2677,"authors":2680},28418,"The debate over state-level AI bans misses the point","states-build-ai-while-congress-debates","2025-06-16T06:00:00","While Washington fights over who gets to say \"no\" to AI, they're missing the bigger question: how can we actually use these tools to fix our broken institutions? States like Ohio and New Jersey are already proving AI's transformative potentialâcutting millions in bureaucratic waste, speeding up citizen services, and making government actually work for people. The real debate shouldn't be about regulation versus innovation, but about the AI we need to build, buy, and design to strengthen democracy.",[21],{"id":2678,"filename_disk":2679},"9018ad4f-39f7-431e-998b-102cc0db524a","9018ad4f-39f7-431e-998b-102cc0db524a.png",[2681],{"team_id":2682},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2684,"title":2685,"slug":2686,"date":2687,"excerpt":2688,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2689,"image":2690,"authors":2693},28417,"Research Radar: The Agentic State: A 20-Year Wish List, Finally Within Reach?","agentic-state-paper","2025-06-03T11:13:00","This weekâs Re
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The authors propose Electoral Integrity Institutions that would coordinate across government, tech platforms, and civil society to scan, assess, and respond to synthetic content threats. But the paper also provokes a fundamental question: should we design institutions defensively to react to AI threats, or offensively to build better, more participatory and representative elections?",[24,6],{"id":2717,"filename_disk":2718},"ae038693-a4fa-4a0b-97eb-8916ab471c1c","ae038693-a4fa-4a0b-97eb-8916ab471c1c.png",[2720],{"team_id":2721},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2723,"title":2724,"slug":2725,"date":2726,"excerpt":2727,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2728,"image":2729,"authors":2732},28408,"Coming Soon: InnovateUS to Offer Training on Responsible AI for Public Sector Legal Professionals ","ai-training-for-public-sector-legal-professionals-course","2025-05-20T12:00:00","InnovateUS is excited to announce \"Responsible AI for Public Sector Legal Professionals,\" two free courses which equip public sector lawyers and legal support staff to safely and responsibly use AI tools and implement AI systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their work while safeguarding sensitive information. Co-created with senior legal and technical leaders from state agencies, the curriculum is designed for government attorneys, legal support staff, policymakers, and compliance officers seeking to harness AI's potential while upholding professional and ethical responsibilities.\n",[9],{"id":2730,"filename_disk":2731},"15602915-185e-4fd4-b5e7-7c64db125338","15602915-185e-4fd4-b5e7-7c64db125338.png",[2733,2735,2737],{"team_id":2734},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":2736},{"First_Name":135,"Last_Name":136},{"team_id":2738},{"First_Name":2530,"Last_Name":2531},{"id":2740,"title":2741,"slug":2742,"date":2743,"excerpt":2744,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2745,"image":2746,"authors":2749},28407,"DOGE Is Using AI To Centralize Government Power. 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Rather than centralize power, letâs use AI to distribute it.",[15],{"id":2747,"filename_disk":2748},"45367af0-d04e-46db-967a-5d675d1ad182","45367af0-d04e-46db-967a-5d675d1ad182.png",[2750,2752],{"team_id":2751},{"First_Name":1356,"Last_Name":1357},{"team_id":2753},{"First_Name":2754,"Last_Name":2293},"Eric",{"id":2756,"title":2757,"slug":2758,"date":2759,"excerpt":2760,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2761,"image":2762,"authors":2765},28401,"Leading with Purpose: Social Change in the AI Age: Delivered at the Kean University Honors Convocation","leading_with_purpose","2025-05-14T04:00:00","In our AI revolution, we face a pivotal choice between using these unprecedented cognitive tools to amplify our worst tendencies or solve humanity's greatest challenges. As New Jersey's Chief AI Strategist, I've witnessed firsthand how AI can transform public services, but becoming true \"public entrepreneurs\" requires more than technologyâit demands purpose, partnership, problem definition, and participation to create meaningful change in an increasingly fractured world. Read my effort to offer hope to honors graduates of Kean University facing the collapse of dignity, decency, and due process. 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Even if it doesn't survive markup, the intent is clear: technological accelerationism above all else",[21,9],{"id":2776,"filename_disk":2777},"bd7f07ab-8b74-46d6-a55a-c2564cb5e6e6","bd7f07ab-8b74-46d6-a55a-c2564cb5e6e6.png",[2779],{"team_id":2780},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2782,"title":2783,"slug":2784,"date":2785,"excerpt":2786,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2787,"image":2788,"authors":2791},28404,"Research Radar: Co-Designing AI Systems ","research-radar-co-designing-ai-systems","2025-05-13T07:21:00","ETH Zurich researchers introduce \"Value-Sensitive Citizen Science,\" a systematic framework combining design principles with citizen science to foster meaningful public participation in AI development. The paper provides a structured approach to embed community values directly into technical systems, critical as AI increasingly shapes societal outcomes.",[24],{"id":2789,"filename_disk":2790},"d7b6566c-802d-4f85-9ce4-984849f5e586","d7b6566c-802d-4f85-9ce4-984849f5e586.png",[2792],{"team_id":2793},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2795,"title":2796,"slug":2797,"date":2798,"excerpt":2799,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2800,"image":2801,"authors":2804},28403,"Governing AI: Fired Over Fair Use - The Bombshell AI-Training Report","AI-copyright","2025-05-12T04:00:00","President Trumpâs weekend firing of the Register of Copyrights spotlights a 113-page bombshell report that brands large-scale AI training as prima-facie infringement. The Copyright Office sides with copyright owners while offering a nuanced analysis and leaving it to the market to sort out. 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This method could help identify representation gaps in communities, though challenges with data limitations and potential misuse remain.",[24,12,16,13],{"id":2867,"filename_disk":2868},"2dbdb640-674c-4776-a7d8-77f64d057de6","2dbdb640-674c-4776-a7d8-77f64d057de6.jpg",[2870],{"team_id":2871},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2873,"title":2874,"slug":2875,"date":2876,"excerpt":2877,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2878,"image":2879,"authors":2882},28396,"AI Governance Watch: The Executive Order on AI in Education: Progress or Paradox?","ai-in-ed-order","2025-04-28T04:00:00","The White House's new executive order on AI education promises to prepare American students for an AI-driven future through challenges, partnerships, and teacher training.\nYet these initiatives come alongside dismantling the Department of Education, cutting education funding, and reducing research grants â creating a fundamental contradiction.\nFor AI education to succeed, we need consistent funding, teacher support, research investment, equity safeguards, and public AI governance â not just corporate partnerships.",[21,5],{"id":2880,"filename_disk":2881},"d573433f-92c3-4dfe-95f5-ec2388832adf","d573433f-92c3-4dfe-95f5-ec2388832adf.png",[2883],{"team_id":2884},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2886,"title":2887,"slug":2888,"date":2889,"excerpt":2890,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2891,"image":2892,"authors":2895},28395,"From Citizen to Senator: How Brazil is Reimagining Citizen Engagement in the Age of AI","ai-citizen-engagement-in-brazil","2025-04-23T09:13:00","A recent Reboot Democracy series explored how Brazilâs Federal Senate is using AI and citizen engagement to improve the lawmaking process and the opportunities and limitations of these approaches. Weâve compiled all of these posts into a collection of essays exploring Brazil's pioneering democratic innovations and how AI could be used to further improve, expand, and deepen engagement with citizens. \n\n",[10,13],{"id":2893,"filename_disk":2894},"caac7ae8-d715-4dac-85ab-3f154268780f","caac7ae8-d715-4dac-85ab-3f154268780f.png",[2896,2898],{"team_id":2897},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":2899},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":2901,"title":2902,"slug":2903,"date":2904,"excerpt":2905,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2906,"image":2907,"authors":2910},28394,"âIf Everyone Understands AI, Theyâll Find a Way to Use Itâ: How India Is Building a Future-Ready Civil Service","india-civil-service-reform-mission-karmayogi","2025-04-20T01:00:00","India is quietly rewriting the playbook for public serviceâtraining millions of officials in AI, policy, and more through Mission Karmayogi. From clerks to top officers, a digital learning revolution is underway to deliver citizen-centric and future-ready public services. Here's how they're doing it",[],{"id":2908,"filename_disk":2909},"f8c595c6-3e0c-40b3-8105-2fa505ae5993","f8c595c6-3e0c-40b3-8105-2fa505ae5993.jpg",[2911],{"team_id":2912},{"First_Name":55,"Last_Name":56},{"id":2914,"title":2915,"slug":2916,"date":2917,"excerpt":2918,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2919,"image":2920,"authors":2923},28393,"Transforming democracy from within: A Closer Look at Brazilâs Citizen Engagement Initiatives in Parliament - Part 2","transforming-democracy-from-within-part-2","2025-04-16T05:00:00","Brazilâs parliamentary democratic innovations show how nations can achieve more open, inclusive, and participatory parliaments. In this post -- the second of two parts -- Pompeu Fabra University professor José Luis Martà makes the case for worshipping citizen participation and for giving deliberation the central role it deserves in our democracies today. Martà argues that while transforming our democratic institutions from within is both necessary and urgent, it is not an easy task. \n",[10,13],{"id":2921,"filename_disk":2922},"95efbb2d-fb52-455f-a821-07302af0534f","95efbb2d-fb52-455f-a821-07302af0534f.jpg",[2924],{"team_id":2925},{"First_Name":553,"Last_Name":554},{"id":2927,"title":2928,"slug":2929,"date":2930,"excerpt":2931,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":17,"Tags":2932,"image":2933,"authors":2936},28392,"Designing AI With Communities: the AIEP Project","designing-ai-with-communities-education","2025-04-15T05:00:00","Together with hundreds of families, the Burnes Center for Social Change and Innovate Public Schools are co-designing an AI-powered tool designed to empower families to better understand and engage with their childâs individualized education plan (IEP). This free, open-source platform aims to eliminate key barriers families face when engaging with IEPs, which are often are lengthy and packed with specialized educational jargon, making them challenging to understand. By integrating community perspectives into the heart of the platform's technological design, the project aims to ensure that the AI tool reflects and serves the needs, values, and aspirations of the people who will use it.\n\n",[12,13],{"id":2934,"filename_disk":2935},"db3fd548-4a85-4f81-8024-94925b2b297d","db3fd548-4a85-4f81-8024-94925b2b297d.png",[2937],{"team_id":2938},{"First_Name":1588,"Last_Name":1589},{"id":2940,"title":2941,"slug":2942,"date":2943,"excerpt":2944,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":2945,"image":2946,"authors":2949},28391,"Transforming democracy from within: A Closer Look at Brazilâs Citizen Engagement Initiatives in Parliament - Part 1","transforming-democracy-from-within-part-1","2025-04-14T05:00:00","Brazilâs Senate stands as a powerful example of how parliaments can use technology to make citizen engagement in lawmaking more accessible and meaningful. But to truly transform democracy from within, these innovations must be guided by clear ends and an understanding that participation is a limited resource. In this post â the first in a two-part analysis â Pompeu Fabra University professor José Luis Martà identifies four pillars of democratic innovation that may provide crucial guidance in evaluating actual public initiatives, such as those implemented in Brazil.",[10,13],{"id":2947,"filename_disk":2948},"7ccbf602-5ea7-478b-8535-3c4612e09fd2","7ccbf602-5ea7-478b-8535-3c4612e09fd2.jpg",[2950],{"team_id":2951},{"First_Name":553,"Last_Name":554}
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In this blog post, the former director of the Hacker Lab in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies reflects on how artificial intelligence can deepen deliberative democracy in Brazilâand the challenges we still face. \n",[10,13],{"id":2975,"filename_disk":2976},"1de419dc-e43a-4bed-89fc-6fa880075a9b","1de419dc-e43a-4bed-89fc-6fa880075a9b.jpg",[2978],{"team_id":2979},{"First_Name":2980,"Last_Name":2981},"Cristiano","Ferri",{"id":2983,"title":2984,"slug":2985,"date":2986,"excerpt":2987,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":11,"Tags":2988,"image":2989,"authors":2992},28388,"Brazilâs Online Consultation System is Reimagining Democracy for the Digital Age","ai-lawmaking-brazil-senate-part-4","2025-04-07T05:00:00","The Brazilian Senate's Public Consultation system has gathered over 30 million yes\u002Fno votes on legislation in the past decade from 15 million registered citizens. While these inputs provide lawmakers with basic public sentiment data, AI enhancements could transform the system by creating understandable bill summaries, simulating legislation impacts, synthesizing citizen feedback beyond yes\u002Fno responses, matching bills to citizens' interests, and enabling cross-border collaboration â evolving Brazil's engagement framework into a model for participatory democracy.\n",[10,13,11],{"id":2990,"filename_disk":2991},"08882579-31ad-44b6-8f1f-f66ceaafaacf","08882579-31ad-44b6-8f1f-f66ceaafaacf.png",[2993,2995,2997,3001],{"team_id":2994},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":2996},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":2998},{"First_Name":2999,"Last_Name":3000},"Alisson Bruno Dias De","Queiroz",{"team_id":3002},{"First_Name":3003,"Last_Name":3004},"Luis","Kimaid",{"id":3006,"title":3007,"slug":3008,"date":3009,"excerpt":3010,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3011,"image":3012,"authors":3015},28387,"How New Jersey's AI Task Force Used AI Agents to Develop Evidence-Based Policy Solutions with New Jersey Residents","new-jersey-ai-task-force-policy-recommendations","2025-04-03T05:00:00","New Jersey's State AI Task Force used AI to develop more robust recommendations faster and with the benefit of large-scale community engagement. The Task Force used the online engagement tool All Our Ideas to prioritize a set of problems to focus on and used the AI-powered toolkit Policy Synth to conduct large-scale automated web research about the problems and possible solutions. As a result of this eight-week process, New Jersey is implementing free AI skills training for all public servants and developing an AI-powered labor market monitoring system to help workers navigate career trends.\n\n\n",[13,12],{"id":3013,"filename_disk":3014},"af6bb8f1-97ae-4442-a148-a87870af3679","af6bb8f1-97ae-4442-a148-a87870af3679.png",[3016],{"team_id":3017},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3019,"title":3020,"slug":3021,"date":3022,"excerpt":3023,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":11,"Tags":3024,"image":3025,"authors":3028},28386,"Brazil's Legislative Workshops: Using AI to Strengthen Youth Engagement","ai-lawmaking-brazil-senate-part-3","2025-04-02T05:00:00","The Brazilian Senate's Legislative Workshop program teaches students how to develop legislative proposals in classroom settings. In 2023, over 1,500 teachers implemented these workshops across 100 cities, with 10% of all submissions to the Senateâs e-Citizenship portal now coming from educational institutions. The Senate is exploring AI enhancements to personalize learning, facilitate collaboration between sc
1hools, create legislative simulations, provide instant feedback, and help students navigate ethical considerations â fostering a more engaged future citizenry.",[10,11],{"id":3026,"filename_disk":3027},"ccdea33d-bca3-4932-8ace-4092853354c8","ccdea33d-bca3-4932-8ace-4092853354c8.png",[3029,3031,3033,3035],{"team_id":3030},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":3032},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":3034},{"First_Name":2999,"Last_Name":3000},{"team_id":3036},{"First_Name":3003,"Last_Name":3004},{"id":3038,"title":3039,"slug":3040,"date":3041,"excerpt":3042,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3043,"image":3044,"authors":3047},28385,"Branching Out: A Third Legislative Chamber for the AI Age","third-house-government-AI","2025-04-01T05:00:00","The proliferation and collection of large amounts of citizensâ data has led to the rise of \"political machines\" â AI systems used in government to make decisions around resource allocation. Political anthropologist Eduardo Albrecht argues that establishing a \"Third House\" â a new legislative body specifically designed to oversee the deployment and operation of political machines â could enable citizens to meaningfully engage with and oversee the AI tools used by their government. ",[10],{"id":3045,"filename_disk":3046},"380577b0-3a0a-42d4-b743-b174b2756b8f","380577b0-3a0a-42d4-b743-b174b2756b8f.jpg",[3048],{"team_id":3049},{"First_Name":3050,"Last_Name":3051},"Eduardo"," Albrecht",{"id":3053,"title":3054,"slug":3055,"date":3056,"excerpt":3057,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":11,"Tags":3058,"image":3059,"authors":3062},28384,"The Interactive Event: Using AI to Improve Citizen Engagement in Legislative Hearings - Insights from Brazil","ai-lawmaking-brazil-senate-part-2","2025-03-31T05:00:00","Brazil's Senate has revolutionized citizen engagement, fielding 69,000 public questions across 440 committee hearings in 2024, with senators responding to 90%. Now deploying AI to select relevant questions, create accessible summaries, and potentially enable real-time transcription, the Senate aims to make democratic participation more efficient and inclusive while maintaining diverse representation.",[10,11],{"id":3060,"filename_disk":3061},"7f1d5d5b-0d5a-48da-b669-a4d05576b9db","7f1d5d5b-0d5a-48da-b669-a4d05576b9db.png",[3063,3065,3067,3069],{"team_id":3064},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":3066},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":3068},{"First_Name":2999,"Last_Name":3000},{"team_id":3070},{"First_Name":3003,"Last_Name":3004},{"id":3072,"title":3073,"slug":3074,"date":3075,"excerpt":3076,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3077,"image":3078,"authors":3081},28383,"News That Caught Our Eye #51","news-that-caught-our-eye-51","2025-03-27T09:00:00","In the news this week: The Reboot Blog on why state leaders are meeting at Princeton University this June to develop practical frameworks for responsible AI use. A new series with the head of citizen engagement for the Brazilian Senate explores how artificial intelligence could enhance participatory lawmaking. The struggle to shape American AI policy intensifies with the Federation of American Scientists urging the Trump administration to cement US leadership through research investments, while tech companies actively lobby against state AI regulation. Google's Jigsaw upgrades its moderation tools for online communities. Fresh research from Harvard and Wharton reveals AI excels as a team player, while Elon Universityâs Lee Rainie explores our complex love-hate relationship with emerging technologies.\n\nLearn more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3079,"filename_disk":3080},"c78a7902-cbbb-4adb-b4c1-a252b395cb24","c78a7902-cbbb-4adb-b4c1-a252b395cb24.jpg",[3082,3084],{"team_id":3083},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3085},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3087,"title":3088,"slug":3089,"date":3090,"excerpt":3091,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3092,"image":3093,"authors":3096},28382,"States Leading the Way: Why We're Convening State Leaders to Shape America's AI Future","States-Leading-the-Way","2025-03-27T05:00:00","While federal AI policy shifts toward deregulation, my fellow state AI leaders will gather in June with researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists at Princeton University under the auspices of the National Governors Association, the Center for Public Sector AI, the NJ AI Hub, InnovateUS and the Center for Information Technology Policy, to develop practical frameworks for responsible AI implementation in government. The two-day working conference will focus on: expanding equitable access, building public trust, strengthening governance, unlocking data responsibly, and driving innovation aligned with democratic principles.",[15,21,13],{"id":3094,"filename_disk":3095},"581d608d-a398-4483-8e5a-36d1caf410a1","581d608d-a398-4483-8e5a-36d1caf410a1.png",[3097],{"team_id":3098},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":3100,"title":3101,"slug":3102,"date":3103,"excerpt":3104,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":11,"Tags":3105,"image":3106,"authors":3109},28360,"From Citizen to Senator: Artificial Intelligence and the Reinvention of Citizen Lawmaking in Brazil","ai-lawmaking-brazil-senate","2025-03-26T05:00:00","Brazil's Federal Senate has pioneered four innovative citizen participation mechanisms that transform ordinary Brazilians from occasional voters into active lawmakers, with over 120,000 legislative ideas submitted and 11 million votes cast. Based on interviews with the head of the Brazilian Senate's e-Citizenship office and a leading expert on legislative innovation in Brazil, this series of four posts explores Brazil's current democratic ecosystem and future aspirations for how artificial intelligence could make citizen participation even more impactful.",[10,11],{"id":3107,"filename_disk":3108}
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1ctively","ai-will-completely-transform-local-government-in-the-next-10-years-if-we-embrace-it-effectively","2025-03-14T08:04:00","AI will transform local government. To ensure these changes improve service delivery, we need to invest in training and culture change in local government. ",[15],{"id":3183,"filename_disk":3184},"4c87c711-7812-4c6d-89a9-3fab136def15","4c87c711-7812-4c6d-89a9-3fab136def15.png",[3186],{"team_id":3187},{"First_Name":1356,"Last_Name":1357},{"id":3189,"title":3190,"slug":3191,"date":3192,"excerpt":3193,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3194,"image":3195,"authors":3198},28353,"Investing in You: Free Upskilling for Public Professionals Impacted by Federal Layoffs","investing-in-you-free-upskilling-for-public-professionals-impacted-by-federal-layoffs","2025-03-13T18:00:00","Impacted by the layoffs in the federal government? We're here to help. Reboot Democracy and its partner projects Power at Work and InnovateUS have curated a set of free training resources designed to help you build new skills and knowledge to prepare for re-entering the job market, whether in the public sector or elsewhere.\n",[],{"id":3196,"filename_disk":3197},"0cc63d03-dd1b-4eef-9754-fb5725dc05e9","0cc63d03-dd1b-4eef-9754-fb5725dc05e9.png",[],{"id":3200,"title":3201,"slug":3202,"date":3203,"excerpt":3204,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3205,"image":3206,"authors":3209},28352,"News That Caught Our Eye #49","news-that-caught-our-eye-49","2025-03-13T12:00:00","In the news this week: Tech groups warn that budget cuts to the National Institute of Standards and Technology could undermine US AI leadership, urging officials to preserve the agency's critical role in standards development. Meanwhile, the Brennan Center reports that while AI didn't massively disrupt 2024 elections, deepfakes and AI-generated disinformation are slowly undermining public trust, creating a landscape where truth becomes increasingly contested. Kenya's Special Envoy highlights how basic infrastructure gaps in internet and energy must be addressed before AI benefits can be equitably distributed worldwide. An Elon University study reveals AI is experiencing one of the fastest technology adoption rates in history, with Hispanic adults (66%) and Black adults (57%) more likely than White adults (47%) to use AI language tools - challenging typical tech adoption patterns. A CDT report shows workers strongly support greater transparency in workplace AI surveillance and limits on productivity monitoring that could harm mental health. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3207,"filename_disk":3208},"8c35d9bf-a9e2-48b3-81da-83398b93ac66","8c35d9bf-a9e2-48b3-81da-83398b93ac66.jpg",[3210,3212],{"team_id":3211},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3213},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3215,"title":2954,"slug":3216,"date":3217,"excerpt":3218,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3219,"image":3220,"authors":3223},28351,"a-conversation-with-ed-bice","2025-03-10T10:42:00","Join us on March 20 at 5 p.m. ET for Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against Misinformation: A Conversation with Ed Bice, CEO of Meedan and 2024 Skoll Award winner. We'll explore how AI-powered tools like Meedan's \"Check\" platform and SynDy framework are combating misinformation across 65 countries, particularly as major platforms scale back fact-checking efforts. Learn how these innovations are protecting democratic processes in our increasingly complex information ecosystem.",[],{"id":3221,"filename_disk":3222},"255367da-3367-4b80-a70d-7f4042d1c7c8","255367da-3367-4b80-a70d-7f4042d1c7c8.png",[3224],{"team_id":3225},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"id":3227,"title":3228,"slug":3229,"date":3230,"excerpt":3231,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3232,"image":3233,"authors":3236},28350,"The Federation of American Scientists Call on OMB to Maintain the Agency AI Use Case Inventories at Their Current Level of Detail","fas-omb-ai-use-case-letter","2025-03-06T09:15:00","To support continued transparency and accountability in government AI use, the Federation of American Scientists has written a letter urging OMB to maintain its detailed guidance on AI inventories. Signed by 16 organizations, the letter argues that sustained transparency is crucial to ensuring responsible AI governance, fostering public trust, and enabling industry innovation.\n",[21],{"id":3234,"filename_disk":3235},"96523ce8-6b7a-4660-a145-5ec71575c906","96523ce8-6b7a-4660-a145-5ec71575c906.jpg",[3237],{"team_id":3238},{"First_Name":3239,"Last_Name":3240},"Clara ","Langevin",{"id":3242,"title":3243,"slug":3244,"date":3245,"excerpt":3246,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3247,"image":3248,"authors":3251},28349,"News That Caught Our Eye #48","news-that-caught-our-eye-48","2025-03-05T14:29:00","In the news this week: Beth Simone Noveck raises concerns about President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy, arguing the nomination reveals a national AI strategy lacking vision beyond deregulation and failing to address AI's role in government modernization. In the UK, AI assistants are helping to provide customized educational courses for incarcerated individuals, potentially addressing skills shortages and improving job prospects for ex-offenders. Technologist Audrey Tang suggests that humor may be key to better AI governance, exploring how AI can enable citizen participation and deliberation while preserving human-centered public service. Harvard Kennedyâs Ash Center published recommendations for how AI can support pro-democracy movements, calling on the civic tech community to connect AI developers with activists and create ethical guidelines and training for integrating AI into democracy work. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3249,"filename_disk":3250}
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1cent job cuts by tech firms. Through collective action, workers are showing that AI's impact isn't predetermined by technology â it can be shaped through worker power.",[],{"id":3299,"filename_disk":3300},"dcb81346-bbee-4dfe-98ee-061d87a97d4e","dcb81346-bbee-4dfe-98ee-061d87a97d4e.jpg",[3302],{"team_id":3303},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3305,"title":3306,"slug":3307,"date":3295,"excerpt":3308,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3309,"image":3310,"authors":3313},28344,"News That Caught Our Eye #47","news-that-caught-our-eye-47","McKinsey explores the rise of AI in the workplace while Pew finds that half of workers (52%) say theyâre worried about AI at work and Dane Gambrell argues that AI is being used as an excuse for mass layoffs in the federal government. According to OpenAI, California, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York lead in student AI adoption. Governor Newsom announces \"Engaged California,\" an AI-enabled digital democracy initiative that will collect ideas from residents about how the state can support those impacted by the LA wildfires. A paper from The GovLab examines AI's potential to transform evidence-based policymaking. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3311,"filename_disk":3312},"ebc370fb-2bae-4d41-96f8-5fb0d1d91020","ebc370fb-2bae-4d41-96f8-5fb0d1d91020.jpg",[3314,3316],{"team_id":3315},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3317},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3319,"title":3320,"slug":3321,"date":3322,"excerpt":3323,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3324,"image":3325,"authors":3328},28345,"AI in the Classroom: Key Insights from the Rethinking Reading Workshop Series","ai-classroom-reading","2025-02-27T09:00:00","A workshop series shows how AI tools are helping to transform literacy education. AI tools have a power potential to democratize quality education by providing personalized learning experiences, multilingual support and culturally responsive content, and other resources that would otherwise be unavailable to students. ",[12],{"id":3326,"filename_disk":3327},"7fb1feac-1676-4107-8ece-e7bf32c62de9","7fb1feac-1676-4107-8ece-e7bf32c62de9.png",[3329],{"team_id":3330},{"First_Name":505,"Last_Name":506},{"id":3332,"title":3333,"slug":3334,"date":3335,"excerpt":3336,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3337,"image":3338,"authors":3341},28294,"Research Radar: The Peacemaking Machine? How AI can help humans find common ground in democratic deliberation","habermas-machine","2025-02-27T08:22:00","Join us in-person or online on Thursday, February 27 at 4 p.m. ET for a live conversation. https:\u002F\u002Frebootdemocracy.ai\u002Fevents about the \"Habermas Machine\" and new research from Google Deep Mind showing that AI can help groups find common ground on controversial issues. Their AI system proved more effective than human mediators at generating consensus statements while successfully preserving minority viewpoints. While this research demonstrates AI's potential to make democratic deliberation more efficient and fair and foster consensus building, it also raises questions about whether academic focus on deliberation itself, rather than practical problem-solving, best serves public needs. ",[],{"id":3339,"filename_disk":3340},"73d827b1-f2f5-4193-88b3-db9772db76fc","73d827b1-f2f5-4193-88b3-db9772db76fc.jpg",[3342],{"team_id":3343},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":3345,"title":3346,"slug":3347,"date":3348,"excerpt":3349,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3350,"image":3351,"authors":3354},28340,"Understanding the Role of GenAI in Elections: A Crucial Endeavor for 2024","understanding-the-role-of-genAI-in-elections","2025-02-21T09:00:00","With over 70 national elections held in 2024, concerns around genAIâs potential to disrupt democratic integrity were at an all-time high. A new report challenges the assumption that genAIâs impact is solely negative, revealing a more complex landscape where risks coexist with opportunities for democratic innovation.\n",[],{"id":3352,"filename_disk":3353},"b67304f2-500d-4589-ad95-7335fd863e56","b67304f2-500d-4589-ad95-7335fd863e56.jpg",[3355],{"team_id":3356},{"First_Name":3357,"Last_Name":3358},"Fernanda","Sauca",{"id":3360,"title":3361,"slug":3362,"date":3363,"excerpt":3364,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3365,"image":3366,"authors":3369},28338,"News That Caught Our Eye #45","news-that-caught-our-eye-45","2025-02-14T12:00:00","This week in the headlines: Canadaâs Justin Longo writes about governments using AI to deliver multilingual services while Elon Musk is developing a chatbot for the federal government called GSAi in an effort to reduce the federal workforce. Workday and Klarna are laying off workers because of AI. Yet Anthropic finds that more companies use AI to augment rather than replace jobs and a new Rutgers study finds that almost half of Americans trust AI. The weekâs biggest AI news: France and Omidyar Network announce Current, a $400M fund to create AI public goods. Read more about this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3367,"filename_disk":3368},"2baa13f8-7b45-4297-8cdd-207f8c6e8374","2baa13f8-7b45-4297-8cdd-207f8c6e8374.jpg",[3370,3372],{"team_id":3371},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3373},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3375,"title":3376,"slug":3377,"date":3378,"excerpt":3379,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3380,"image":3381,"authors":3384},28337,"Artificial Bilingualism, Public Service Delivery, and Democratic Pluralism ","machine-translation-multilingual-societies","2025-02-13T12:00:00","For Canada and other multilingual societies, advances in machine translation could provide great opportunities to improve service delivery and access to government. At the same time, we need to consider the deeper cultural values of multilingualism, and what could be lost when machines do our speaking for us.",[15],{"id":3382,"filename_disk":3383},"10322017-e73c-46ff-8998-353eb87124d4","10322017-e73c-46ff-8998-353eb87124d4.jpeg",[3385],{"team_id":3386},{"First_Name":3387,"Last_Name":3388},"Justin","Longo",{"id":3390,"title":3391,"slug":3392,"date":3393,"excerpt":3394,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3395,"image":3396,"authors":3399},28336,"News That Caught Our Eye #44","news-that-caught-our-eye-44","2025-02-05T13:10:00","An AEI report argues that AI isn't ready to draft regulations while the EU starts enforcing theirs. OpenAI made progress with AI Agents and New Jersey unveiled its $72M AI Hub at Princeton. Code for America published an âAI Cheat Sheetâ for government and Canada explores a Citizens Assembly on AI. Two new studies examined the promises and limitations of using AI to amplify and deepen public engagement in policy making. Read these stories and more in this edition of AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3397,"filename_disk":3398},"5d814428-08ea-4db0-ae5f-78735e2b0a42","5d814428-08ea-4db0-ae5f-78735e2b0a42.jpg",[3400,3402],{"team_id":3401},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3403},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3405,"title":3406,"slug":3407,"date":3408,"excerpt":3409,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3410,"image":3411,"authors":3414},28335,"Driving Product Model Development with the Technology Modernization Fund","driving-product-model-development-with-the-technology-modernization-fund","2025-02-04T13:10:00","The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) currently funds multiyear technology projects to help agencies improve their service delivery. However, many agencies abdicate responsibility for project outcomes to vendors, lacking the internal leadership and project development teams necessary to apply a product model approach focused on user needs, starting small, learning what works, and making adjustments as needed",[],{"id":3412,"filename_disk":3413},"eae375bc-ca1f-4e56-bd4e-837d7e4d572c","eae375bc-ca1f-4e56-bd4e-837d7e4d572c.png",[3415,3417,3420,3424],{"team_id":3416},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":3418},{"First_Name":120,"Last_Name":3419},"Bain",{"team_id":3421},{"First_Name":3422,"Last_Name":3423},"Lynn","Overmann",{"team_id":3425},{"First_Name":2021,"Last_Name":3426}
1,"Pahlka",{"id":3428,"title":3429,"slug":3430,"date":3431,"excerpt":3432,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3433,"image":3434,"authors":3437},28334,"The Peacemaking Machine: A conversation with MIT and Deepmind's Micheal Henry Tessler and Michiel A. Bakker ","the-peacemaking-machine","2025-02-03T14:38:00","Join us for a conversation with MIT and Deepmindâs Michael Henry Tessler and Michiel A. Bakker on February 27 at Northeastern University. Tessler and Bakker will unveil their groundbreaking \"Habermas Machine,\" tested with over 5,700 UK participants. 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AI-driven engagement must go beyond scaling participation and deliberation to address this challenge.",[13],{"id":3448,"filename_disk":3449},"7e9cf9b3-5352-4ab5-889f-9c03dadccf9e","7e9cf9b3-5352-4ab5-889f-9c03dadccf9e.jpg",[3451,3455],{"team_id":3452},{"First_Name":3453,"Last_Name":3454},"Fredrik M.","Sjoberg",{"team_id":3456},{"First_Name":3457,"Last_Name":3458},"Tiago C.","Peixoto",{"id":3460,"title":3461,"slug":3462,"date":3463,"excerpt":3464,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3465,"image":3466,"authors":3469},28331,"News That Caught Our Eye #43","news-that-caught-our-eye-43","2025-01-30T12:00:00","Montgomery Countyâs Michael Baskin uses AI as a disaster planning partner while the Bank of Canadaâs Stephanie Kelton uses AI as an economic simulation planning partner and Harvard Business School's Mitch Weiss uses AI agents for just about everything. James Pogue and Ezra Klein explore anti-modernist thinking and Silicon Valley power reshaping conservative politics. A hedge fund in China releases DeepSeek R1, and the very next day, OpenAI announces \"ChatGPT for Government,\" designed to provide secure AI services to public institutions to keep U.S. government agencies from turning to open-source or foreign AI systems. Meanwhile the Library of Congress is helping the US Congress test bill summarization with AI. Learn in this weekâs edition of AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3467,"filename_disk":3468},"41fec4d1-9485-4657-9ad9-0886feb9c07d","41fec4d1-9485-4657-9ad9-0886feb9c07d.jpg",[3470,3472],{"team_id":3471},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3473},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3475,"title":3476,"slug":3477,"date":3478,"excerpt":3479,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3480,"image":3481,"authors":3484},28330,"Ready for Wildfire: Using GenAI as a \"Practice Partner\" for Future-Ready Governments","ready-for-wildfire-ai-practice-partner","2025-01-29T11:05:00","To be ready for emergent futures, organizations need to shift from having planned to being prepared. Practice closes the readiness gap. Organizations and leaders that re-imagine GenAI as a \"practice partnerâ can build adaptive, resilient organizations that are ready for whatâs coming. As a âpractice partner,â GenAI can run live open-ended scenario exercises for city governments with low cost, low barrier to entry, and high effectiveness.\n",[15],{"id":3482,"filename_disk":3483},"344aa62f-797d-49c3-9cdc-143c10a8a618","344aa62f-797d-49c3-9cdc-143c10a8a618.png",[3485],{"team_id":3486},{"First_Name":3487,"Last_Name":3488},"Michael","Baskin",{"id":3490,"title":3491,"slug":3492,"date":3493,"excerpt":3494,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3495,"image":3496,"authors":3499},28329,"Innovation at the Library of Congress with Natalie Buda Smith ","innovation-at-the-library-of-congress-with-natalie-buda-smith","2025-01-24T12:00:00","Natalie Buda Smith, Director of Digital Strategy at the Library of Congress, presents her teamâs work investigating how Congress can use artificial intelligence to enhance its operations. ",[],{"id":3497,"filename_disk":3498},"ad5f1d40-a002-4780-8156-0ecd08e7351e","ad5f1d40-a002-4780-8156-0ecd08e7351e.png",[3500,3502],{"team_id":3501},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":3503},{"First_Name":2965,"Last_Name":2966},{"id":3505,"title":3506,"slug":3507,"date":3508,"excerpt":3509,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3510,"image":3511,"authors":3514},28328,"News That Caught Our Eye #42","news-that-caught-our-eye-42","2025-01-23T12:00:00","In a major shift in U.S. AI policy, President Trump has issued an executive order repealing President Biden's previous AI safety regulations and announced the \"Stargate\" initiative, a $100 billion program aimed at strengthening U.S. AI infrastru
1cture. Meanwhile, research into smart cities continues to advance, with new studies examining how Big Data analytics and âdigital twinâ technology could enhance efficiency and autonomy. The AI development landscape saw increased competition this week as Chinese tech company DeepSeek released its new open-source large language model, prompting U.S. companies to reassess their strategies to maintain their lead in the AI development race. Learn about these stories and more in this edition of AI News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":3512,"filename_disk":3513},"3ec6d945-2303-4544-9bf3-0b1034576cbd","3ec6d945-2303-4544-9bf3-0b1034576cbd.webp",[3515,3517],{"team_id":3516},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3518},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3520,"title":3521,"slug":3522,"date":3523,"excerpt":3524,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3525,"image":3526,"authors":3529},28327,"News That Caught Our Eye #41","news-that-caught-our-eye-41","2025-01-17T12:00:00","New This Week! The Biden Administration's swan song on AI policy arrived this week with two executive orders - one on AI infrastructure and another on cybersecurity. Meanwhile, New Jersey broke ground with guidance on algorithmic discrimination under state law, and InnovateUS launched a free workshop series exploring AI's role in revolutionizing reading instruction. Read on for these stories and more in our latest roundup.",[23],{"id":3527,"filename_disk":3528},"4b3d21ba-bd7c-4bc9-a045-c37681c6a29c","4b3d21ba-bd7c-4bc9-a045-c37681c6a29c.jpeg",[3530,3532],{"team_id":3531},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":3533},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"id":3535,"title":3536,"slug":3537,"date":3538,"excerpt":3539,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3540,"image":3541,"authors":3544},28326,"Beyond AI Regulation: New Executive Orders Show Government Embracing AI as Infrastructure","final_Biden_AI_Orders","2025-01-17T07:46:38","The Biden Administration's final executive orders on AI mark a shift from regulation to embracing AI as critical infrastructure, but their framing as national security imperatives misses an opportunity to champion AI's role in strengthening democratic governance. ",[],{"id":3542,"filename_disk":3543},"b4b0461a-2b98-41df-b443-b4c32d75a6f5","b4b0461a-2b98-41df-b443-b4c32d75a6f5.jpeg",[3545],{"team_id":3546},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":3548,"title":3549,"slug":3550,"date":3551,"excerpt":3552,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3553,"image":3554,"authors":3557},28325," New Jersey Issues Landmark Guidance on AI and Algorithmic Discrimination","new-jersey-issues-landmark-guidance-on-ai-and-algorithmic-discrimination","2025-01-13T07:54:57","New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights has issued clear guidance that puts organizations on notice: using AI or automated decision-making tools doesn't exempt you from anti-discrimination laws. The guidance affirms that the Law Against Discrimination applies with full force to algorithmic discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. While acknowledging AI's potential benefits in reducing bias, the guidance emphasizes that organizations remain fully accountable for discriminatory outcomes from automated tools, even if third parties developed them. The message is unambiguous - innovation must not come at the expense of civil rights.",[],{"id":3555,"filename_disk":3556},"95819a18-66df-446d-bd31-bf9d43f609be","95819a18-66df-446d-bd31-bf9d43f609be.png",[3558],{"team_id":3559},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":3561,"title":3562,"slug":3563,"date":3564,"excerpt":3565,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3566,"image":3567,"authors":3570},28324,"An AI Opportunity: California's Wildfire Detection System","AI_wildwires","2025-01-12T15:50:00","The Palisades Fire in Los Angeles reveals both the potential and limitations of AI in public safety. Extreme conditions, including high winds, led to the fires. While they might not have been preventable, AI may be able to help us spot fires faster It is worth a closer look at whether we should make a greater investment in AI for fire safety. But this devastating blaze also demonstrates that technology alone is never enough. AI can be a powerful tool, but must be part of a comprehensive approach to protect communities.",[15,12],{"id":3568,"filename_disk":3569},"53159be1-78da-4bd3-9826-3c9d2696aed4","53159be1-78da-4bd3-9826-3c9d2696aed4.png",[3571],{"team_id":3572},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":3574,"title":3575,"slug":3576,"date":3577,"excerpt":3578,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3579,"image":3580,"authors":3583},28323,"News That Caught Our Eye #40: January 10, 2025","news-that-caught-our-eye-40","2025-01-10T15:53:00","AI News This Week: Congressional rules package instructs officials in the U.S. House of Representatives to continue to integrate AI into House operations. A paper co-authored by dozens of researchers, practitioners and technologists lays out a research agenda for further developing the use of large language models to create more deliberative and healthier digital public squares. With the Trump administration poised to reshape Bidenâs AI policies, experts discuss the implications for democratic governance. Read these stories and more in this weekâs Reboot Democracy news on AI, democracy and governance.",[],{"id":3581,"filename_disk":3582},"51a13840-f5bf-4bdc-a34c-bdde888374ab","51a13840-f5bf-4bdc-a34c-bdde888374ab.jpeg",[3584,3586],{"team_id":3585},{"First_Name":2614,"Last_Name":2615},{"team_id":3587},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":3589,"title":3590,"slug":3591,"date":3592,"excerpt":3593,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3594,"image":3595,"authors":3598},28322,"AI and the Future of Lawmaking: Innovation at the Library of Congress","ai-and-the-future-of-lawmaking-innovation-at-the-library-of-congress","2025-01-09T12:00:00","Join us for a Zoom lecture with Natalie Buda Smith and Dr. Beth Simone Noveck exploring AI's role in legislative innovation and democracy. 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In California, a survey revealed diverse public opinions on AIâs impact, with optimism higher among Black and Asian Americans compared to other groups. Meanwhile, Stanford's RegLab created an AI tool to quickly find and remove racial restrictions from millions of property records. From workplace innovation to global governance efforts, this weekâs News That Caught Our Eye showcases AI's broadening role in shaping society.",[],{"id":3851,"filename_disk":3852},"808fd258-35c9-4cd9-aa4f-d52ee7e02e0d","808fd258-35c9-4cd9-aa4f-d52ee7e02e0d.webp",[3854,3856],{"team_id":3855},{"First_Name":3665,"Last_Name":3666},{"team_id":3857},{"First_Name":3661,"Last_Name":3662},{"id":3859,"title":3860,"slug":3861,"date":3862,"excerpt":3863,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3864,"image":3865,"authors":3868},28295,"The Center for Public Sector AI's Comprehensive Guide to State and Local AI Policies","The-Center-for-Public-Sector-AI's-Comprehensive-Guide-to-State-and-Local-AI-Policies","2024-10-24T07:54:42","State and local governments are quickly adopting AI, but they need clear, organized guidance for responsible implementation. The Center for Public Sector AI has created a resource to help. By compiling AI-related policies, laws, and executive orders, this tool simplifies decision-making for officials, allowing them to embrace innovation while ensuring ethical use and maintaining public accountability.",[],{"id":3866,"filename_disk":3867},"9126af82-a2cc-42b6-95e0-9843a6f65c47","9126af82-a2cc-42b6-95e0-9843a6f65c47.webp",[3869],{"team_id":3870},{"First_Name":3665,"Last_Name":3666},{"id":3872,"title":3873,"slug":3874,"date":3875,"excerpt":3876,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3877,"image":3878,"authors":3881},28293,"The Dark Side of Progress: Harari's Grim AI Predictions in Nexus","nexus","2024-10-21T14:35:00","Nexus offers a sweeping historical exploration of information networks, illustrating how technology has shaped and reinforced power dynamics. Harariâs pessimistic outlook on AI highlights its potential dangers but falls short in proposing solutions. The book's vivid historical examples engage, yet its lack of practical guidance leaves readers wanting more.",[],{"id":3879,"filename_disk":3880},"ddcfebbf-61b1-4513-9b5c-ff1b78036d86","ddcfebbf-61b1-4513-9b5c-ff1b78036d86.png",[3882],{"team_id":3883},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":3885,"title":3886,"slug":3887,"date":3888,"excerpt":3889,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3890,"image":3891,"authors":3894},28290,"How Singaporeâs Policymakers Are Experimenting With AI to Make Data-Driven Decisions","How-Singapores-Policymakers-are-Experimenting-with-AI","2024-10-08T20:04:10","Sense is a powerful AI-driven tool enabling Singapore's public service officers to make data-driven decisions effortlessly by querying complex datasets in natural language, revolutionizing the accessibility of government data.",[],{"id":3892,"filename_disk":3893},"9af8574c-4404-4041-8091-60d33ee4b186","9af8574c-4404-4041-8091-60d33ee4b186.png",[3895],{"team_id":3896},{"First_Name":1526,"Last_Name":1527},{"id":3898,"title":3899,"slug":3900,"date":3901,"excerpt":3902,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3903,"image":3904,"authors":3907},28288,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye: September 25, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-Sept-25","2024-09-25T11:44:00","Itâs UN General Assembly week and there are lots of stories in this weekâs news on international collaboration: The U.S. Department of State is collaborating with eight companies to launch a âGlobal Inclusivity Initiative on AIâ, and Rwanda and Singapore are launching a pioneering AI 'Playbook' for small states. From the OECD and UN's efforts to guide AI governance to the UAE's strategic AI partnerships amid global tensions, this weekâs edition of News That Caught Our Eye delves into the pivotal role of AI in shaping global policies, alliances, and governance.",[23],{"id":3905,"filename_disk":3906},"6dddc68e-4767-45a6-9b06-4607dad6fe05","6dddc68e-4767-45a6-9b06-4607dad6fe05.webp",[3908,3910],{"team_id":3909},{"First_Name":3665,"Last_Name":3666},{"team_id":3911},{"First_Name":3661,"Last_Name":3662},{"id":3913,"title":3914,"slug":3915,"date":3916,"excerpt":3917,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":3918,"image":3919,"authors":3922},28287,"Really Awesome Gadget: The Democracy Rebooted Chatbot and Retrieval Augmented Generation","really-awesome-gadget-the-democracy-rebooted-chatbot-and-retrieval-augmented-generation","2024-09-24T12:00:00","Interview with Róbert Bjanson and Stephan Schmidt about the Reboot Democracy Chatbot. 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1ds","2024-09-05T11:14:00","Under the proposed rules, broadcasters would be required to disclose instances where AI-generated content is used in political advertisements that appear on television and on the radio. ",[],{"id":4094,"filename_disk":4095},"fa8c8193-27fa-4804-b79d-133a3c3d4e9e","fa8c8193-27fa-4804-b79d-133a3c3d4e9e.webp",[4097],{"team_id":4098},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":4100,"title":4101,"slug":4102,"date":4103,"excerpt":4104,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4105,"image":4106,"authors":4107},28270,"News That Caught Our Eye #26: August 30, 2024","news-that-caught-our-eye-26","2024-08-30T12:00:00","Our news roundup this week explores how the California AI bill is dividing silicon valley with many tech giants calling it a threat, how police have begun using AI to write incident reports, Colorado county employing AI for emergency communications, and much more. 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Other stories look at what governments need to do to guard against the risks of AIâs applications in the UKâs healthcare system, Spainâs gender violence program, and to rein in election misinformation spread by Twitter's chatbot. Read these stories and more in our latest edition of News That Caught Our Eye.",[23],{"id":4142,"filename_disk":4143},"c7602236-ec7d-434e-8bc2-96a62d7b84ee","c7602236-ec7d-434e-8bc2-96a62d7b84ee.jpeg",[4145],{"team_id":4146},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":4148,"title":4149,"slug":4150,"date":4151,"excerpt":4152,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4153,"image":4154,"authors":4157},28266,"Philosophy can help us to understand AI's impact on democracy","philosophy-is-crucial-in-the-age-of-ai","2024-08-06T12:21:00","OpenAI anticipates âsuperintelligenceâ â AI surpassing human abilities â this decade and is dedicating resources to align AI with human values. 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1can better understand and address democratic backsliding, how scientists are using AI to improve weather forecasting and the detection of wildfires, Brazilâs $4 billion plan to build the nationâs AI industry, and much more. 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While light on novel solutions, it provides a concise overview of common concerns in AI ethics literature and calls for increased democratic input in AI design and global governance. 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1y concerns to address. 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Also, Googleâs new Overviews feature faces a rocky rollout; media organizations push back. 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Twenty-five years later, the need for slow deliberation, diverse perspectives, and inclusive participation in shaping a future in which technology serves to enhance, rather than undermine, our humanity and democratic values, still rings true.",[13],{"id":4421,"filename_disk":4422},"f453dddb-b00c-43aa-b81d-c086cff24499","f453dddb-b00c-43aa-b81d-c086cff24499.png",[4424],{"team_id":4425},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4427,"title":4428,"slug":4429,"date":4430,"excerpt":4431,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4432,"image":4433,"authors":4436},28233,"News That Caught Our Eye #18: May 28th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-18","2024-05-28T04:00:00","EU data privacy experts disagree on ChatGPT, while the VA deploys AI to better support veterans. At the city level, Colorado Springs and San Jose test out new use-cases for AI in improving constituentsâ information access. 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In our 17th edition, we continue to highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4475,"filename_disk":4476},"dc0bdf6b-793c-4b84-b00b-3caee2da1dde","dc0bdf6b-793c-4b84-b00b-3caee2da1dde.png",[4478],{"team_id":4479},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4481,"title":4482,"slug":4483,"date":4484,"excerpt":4485,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4486,"image":4487,"authors":4490},28228,"Senate Working Group Proposes $32 Billion to Spur AI Innovation: A Laundry List and Sparse Attention to Strengthening Democracy","bipartisan-senate-recommendations-AI","2024-05-16T14:13:00","This week, the Senate AI Working Group released a report calling for a wide range of AI investments in AI research to help the United States improve its competitiveness with China. 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Additionally, the U.S. and China prepare to talk AI concerns in Geneva, the UK makes one of its evaluation tools open-source, and TikTok gets transparent with creatorsâ AI-generated content.\n\nIn our 16th edition, we continue to highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4503,"filename_disk":4504},"e5a3961f-8603-4b58-b4c6-c0cf7a7fdcd3","e5a3961f-8603-4b58-b4c6-c0cf7a7fdcd3.png",[4506],{"team_id":4507},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334}
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1Catalyst","Ethan-Mollick-Co-Intelligence","2024-04-25T08:00:00","In my review of Ethan Mollick's \"Co-Intelligence,\" I delight in the author's imaginative conversations with AI personas, reminiscent of invisible childhood friends who inspire creativity. I appreciate Mollick's engaging exploration of AI as a thinking companion. Check out my review of Co-Intelligence.",[12],{"id":4583,"filename_disk":4584},"6226693f-f84f-4293-bbd2-c431f6ebfcab","6226693f-f84f-4293-bbd2-c431f6ebfcab.jpg",[4586],{"team_id":4587},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4589,"title":4590,"slug":4591,"date":4592,"excerpt":4593,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4594,"image":4595,"authors":4598},28220,"Steven Berlin Johnson on How to Use Googleâs AI-Powered Research and Writing Tools in Your Work in Government","Notebook-LM-Video","2024-04-24T17:37:00","In a live training for InnovateUS, our partner training program in AI, data and innovation skills for public professionals, best-selling author of thirteen books Steven Johnson introduces NotebookLM, Google's free AI-powered research and writing tool. Johnson explains how NotebookLM's \"source-grounding\" approach allows users to navigate and explore complex documents or archives of information and discussions uses for government.",[19],{"id":4596,"filename_disk":4597},"54b1d7e5-e5ae-4284-8655-e1eb38924e35","54b1d7e5-e5ae-4284-8655-e1eb38924e35.png",[4599],{"team_id":4600},{"First_Name":4601,"Last_Name":4602},"Hannah","Hetzer",{"id":4604,"title":4605,"slug":4606,"date":4607,"excerpt":4608,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4609,"image":4610,"authors":4613},28219,"Interview with Taiwanâs Digital Minister Audrey Tang for Reboot Democracy","Audrey-Tang-Video-TOC","2024-04-24T14:32:00","View the full conversation, including a table of contents for topics, from this interview with Audrey Tang, the first Digital Minister of Taiwan and author of Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy.",[],{"id":4611,"filename_disk":4612},"f1887949-224a-4d63-a035-47d28d336649","f1887949-224a-4d63-a035-47d28d336649.WEBP",[4614,4616],{"team_id":4615},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":4617},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4619,"title":4620,"slug":4621,"date":4622,"excerpt":4623,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4624,"image":4625,"authors":4628},28217,"News That Caught Our Eye #13: April 23rd, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-13","2024-04-23T10:17:00","From the UAE to Buffalo, New York, this weekâs news download on AI, democracy and governance covers the power grid, the copyright office, and data protection, and more. \n\nIn our 13th edition, we continue to highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4626,"filename_disk":4627},"f2ca5bc8-42c9-4f02-b9c5-0f49ac1b3f6a","f2ca5bc8-42c9-4f02-b9c5-0f49ac1b3f6a.png",[4629],{"team_id":4630},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4632,"title":4633,"slug":4634,"date":4635,"excerpt":4636,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4637,"image":4638,"authors":4641},28216,"Watch C-SPAN Book Talk with Jonathan Metzl and Beth Simone Noveck at the Harvard Book Store","Metzl-Book-Talk-Harvard","2024-04-18T12:00:00","In his new book, Metzl reckons both with the long history of distrust of public health and the larger forces that allow mass shootings to occur on a near daily basis in America. Beth Simone Noveck finds parallels to doomerist narratives about AI from tech leaders.",[],{"id":4639,"filename_disk":4640},"d5b2f63b-2314-41e6-a3d6-ce40f18c81c8","d5b2f63b-2314-41e6-a3d6-ce40f18c81c8.png",[4642],{"team_id":4643},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4645,"title":4646,"slug":4647,"date":4648,"excerpt":4649,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4650,"image":4651,"authors":4654},28215,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #12: April 17th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-12","2024-04-17T13:20:00","The Supreme Court of Singapore and Supreme Court of India hold a joint conference on technology, with fascinating speeches on AI and the rule of law. Also, everyone from the federal government to journalists to private organizations tries to figure out how to detect audio deep fakes â and public sector workers struggle to use AI in service delivery.\n\nIn the 12th edition of our weekly news download, we continue to highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4652,"filename_disk":4653},"5dec9658-2faf-430f-b7aa-004652f43701","5dec9658-2faf-430f-b7aa-004652f43701.png",[4655],{"team_id":4656},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4658,"title":4659,"slug":4660,"date":4661,"excerpt":4662,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4663,"image":4664,"authors":4667},28214,"Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tangâs âJob Descriptionâ â a guiding star for generative AI","Audrey-Tang-Job-Description","2024-04-12T12:37:00","As Taiwanâs first-ever Digital Minister, Audrey Tang was asked to write their own job description â and wrote a poem. 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1ning-to-ai-to-improve-the-job-search-process","2024-04-11T00:00:00","MyCareer.NJ.Gov exemplifies the critical role that public entities can play in harnessing AI for public good. As commercial websites and social media platforms proliferate, often spreading misinformation, it is increasingly important for trusted public institutions to provide reliable, data-driven resources. By using AI to empower informed decision-making, New Jersey is setting an example for other states to follow.",[19],{"id":4678,"filename_disk":4679},"d531d91c-4f53-4d10-866a-1026046f40bc","d531d91c-4f53-4d10-866a-1026046f40bc.jpg",[4681],{"team_id":4682},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4684,"title":4685,"slug":4686,"date":4687,"excerpt":4688,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4689,"image":4690,"authors":4693},28212,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #11: April 9th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-11","2024-04-09T11:50:00","AI use-cases in government are all over the news this week â while the UN General Assembly, the Energy Secretary, and researchers explore the positives, Israel and Elon Musk show us the dark side of AIâs potential. Plus, check out some new studies released on generative AI for policy advising, conspiracy unraveling, and issue-based debating.\n\nIn the 11th edition of our weekly news download, we continue to highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.\n",[23],{"id":4691,"filename_disk":4692},"93ae4523-9c6c-4769-a84d-1279f17e72a0","93ae4523-9c6c-4769-a84d-1279f17e72a0.png",[4694],{"team_id":4695},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4697,"title":4698,"slug":4699,"date":4700,"excerpt":4701,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4702,"image":4703,"authors":4706},28211,"Upskilling Your Workforce for the Age of AI","upskilling-workforce-age-AI","2024-04-05T17:55:00","While there is a great deal of apprehension about AI and its impact on the workforce, public servants who embrace innovation and continuous learning can use the technology to deliver more efficient and effective services that better meet the needs of the residents they serve. Read a transcript of Rick Maher, Seth Harris, and Beth Simone Noveck on this conversation.\n",[],{"id":4704,"filename_disk":4705},"405e122c-58a6-49f6-9720-b18a794e9569","405e122c-58a6-49f6-9720-b18a794e9569.jpg",[4707],{"team_id":4708},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":4710,"title":4711,"slug":4712,"date":4713,"excerpt":4714,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4715,"image":4716,"authors":4719},28210,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #10: April 2nd, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-10","2024-04-02T10:08:00","White House guidance for the use of AI by federal agencies is out! Also, new pro-democracy tools, the energy transition, and ethicizing the news ecosystem⦠Itâs the 10th (!) edition of our weekly news download, where we highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4717,"filename_disk":4718},"c20942e2-0393-468c-a827-7d6a1c37024a","c20942e2-0393-468c-a827-7d6a1c37024a.png",[4720],{"team_id":4721},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4723,"title":4724,"slug":4725,"date":4726,"excerpt":4727,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4728,"image":4729,"authors":4732},28209,"New White House Guidance on AI: Strong on Skills, Short on Public Engagement","omb-ai-guidance","2024-03-31T13:26:02","The White House Office of Management and Budget recently released final guidance on the use of AI by federal agencies, emphasizing the need to build AI skills and expertise within the government workforce. While the memo requires agencies to solicit public input on AI systems that could impact rights or safety, it misses the opportunity to provide specific guidance on how AI itself could be used to better engage citizens. Realizing the full potential of AI in government will require a more fundamental shift towards viewing public engagement as an essential tool for designing AI that serves the public interest.",[15,13],{"id":4730,"filename_disk":4731},"69669a23-0d2b-494f-86c0-2a4da2cd0506","69669a23-0d2b-494f-86c0-2a4da2cd0506.jpeg",[4733],{"team_id":4734},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4736,"title":4737,"slug":4738,"date":4739,"excerpt":4740,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4741,"image":41,"authors":4742},28253,"The Internet We Deserve with Tom Wheeler","the-internet-we-deserve-with-tom-wheeler","2024-03-26T11:40:00","Vie
1w the full conversation with Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and current fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Harvard Kennedy School, about the adoption of net neutrality, privacy protections for consumers, and increased cybersecurity. Moderated by John Battelle, Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change and a Professor of Practice of Northeasternâs College of Arts, Media and Design. ",[],[4743],{"team_id":4744},{"First_Name":4292,"Last_Name":4293},{"id":4746,"title":4747,"slug":4748,"date":4749,"excerpt":4750,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4751,"image":4752,"authors":4755},28208,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #9: March 25th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-9","2024-03-25T12:35:20","This week in the news: generative AI on the Hill, at the campaign front lines, and in higher education! Itâs our weekly news download, where we highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4753,"filename_disk":4754},"b5948ff3-a188-4b62-b891-86a40c11ab75","b5948ff3-a188-4b62-b891-86a40c11ab75.png",[4756],{"team_id":4757},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4759,"title":4760,"slug":4761,"date":4762,"excerpt":4763,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4764,"image":41,"authors":4765},28252,"AI and the Future of Lawmaking with Marci Harris of POPVOX","ai-and-the-future-of-lawmaking-with-marci-harris-of-popvox","2024-03-21T12:00:00","View the full conversation with Marci Harris, founder and CEO of POPVOX.com and the Executive Director of the nonprofit POPVOX Foundation about the future of lawmaking in the age of artificial intelligence. Moderated by Beth Simone Noveck, professor at Northeastern University, where she directs the Burnes Center for Social Change and its partner project, The GovLab.",[],[4766],{"team_id":4767},{"First_Name":4292,"Last_Name":4293},{"id":4769,"title":4770,"slug":4771,"date":4772,"excerpt":4773,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4774,"image":4775,"authors":4778},28207,"Quick Update: Singapore Trains Workers for the AI Future","skills-first-singapore","2024-03-20T21:33:00","In its latest budget, Singapore announced that it will provide a subsidy for all workers over 40 to go back to school.",[],{"id":4776,"filename_disk":4777},"c558db38-bdab-4a9d-8ab1-c9f453ecb795","c558db38-bdab-4a9d-8ab1-c9f453ecb795.png",[4779],{"team_id":4780},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4782,"title":4783,"slug":4784,"date":4785,"excerpt":4786,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4787,"image":4788,"authors":4791},28206,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #8: March 18th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-8","2024-03-18T12:01:00","This week in the news: the EU AI Act, India changes its mind (again) and Gemini wonât answer your election questions! Itâs our weekly news download, where we highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.",[23],{"id":4789,"filename_disk":4790},"fa918c5e-7bd0-4520-8ed8-6032c36d9f15","fa918c5e-7bd0-4520-8ed8-6032c36d9f15.png",[4792],{"team_id":4793},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4795,"title":4796,"slug":4797,"date":4798,"excerpt":4799,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4800,"image":4801,"authors":4804},28205," Let AI remake the whole U.S. government, with human ingenuity alongside data","let-ai-remake-the-whole-us-government-with-human-ingenuity-alongside-data","2024-03-14T09:47:00","Tyrangiel's important piece, \"Let AI remake the whole U.S. government\" in The Washington Post highlights the potential of AI to transform government services by providing efficient, cost-effective solutions for areas like veterans benefits and healthcare. While he advocates for AI's use in gaining real-time insights to improve service delivery, he fails to note the importance of human-centered design as the fundamental cornerstone of more agile governance. AI is a tool to supp
1ort, not substitute, human expertise in government.",[15,13,12],{"id":4802,"filename_disk":4803},"69bbf93a-9c0f-44eb-a18d-1e7d1b585c48","69bbf93a-9c0f-44eb-a18d-1e7d1b585c48.png",[4805],{"team_id":4806},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4808,"title":4809,"slug":4810,"date":4811,"excerpt":4812,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4813,"image":4814,"authors":4817},28204,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #7: March 14th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-7","2024-03-14T09:46:00","This week in the news: the Pulitzers, the State of the Union, and International Womenâs Day! Itâs our weekly news download, where we highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.\n",[23],{"id":4815,"filename_disk":4816},"6061d370-863c-44fd-8f71-7c8273abe553","6061d370-863c-44fd-8f71-7c8273abe553.png",[4818],{"team_id":4819},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4821,"title":4822,"slug":4823,"date":4824,"excerpt":4825,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4826,"image":4827,"authors":4830},28225,"Countering Election Subversion: 27 Strategies to Build a Stronger Democracy","countering-election-subversion-27-strategies-to-build-a-stronger-democracy.","2024-03-03T12:00:00","The GovLab and the Burnes Center for Social Change developed these recommendations, with the support of Democracy Fund Voice, as a roadmap for philanthropic or government organizations to make urgently-need investments to combat attempts to subvert and cast doubt on the fairness of U.S. elections",[],{"id":4828,"filename_disk":4829},"61544c79-e766-4083-84c4-9f2b5733bb34","61544c79-e766-4083-84c4-9f2b5733bb34.jpeg",[4831,4833],{"team_id":4832},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"team_id":4834},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"id":4836,"title":4837,"slug":4838,"date":4839,"excerpt":41,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4840,"image":4841,"authors":4844},28316,"YOUR FUTURE OF AI: Insights on Generative Artificial Intelligence from 5,000 New Jersey Public Professionals","your-future-of-ai-insights-on-generative-artificial-intelligence-from-5000-new-jersey-public-professionals","2024-03-01T20:00:00",[],{"id":4842,"filename_disk":4843},"2c709b77-d7a0-46e8-9e7b-ce5d2606032f","2c709b77-d7a0-46e8-9e7b-ce5d2606032f.png",[],{"id":4846,"title":4847,"slug":4848,"date":4839,"excerpt":4849,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4850,"image":41,"authors":4851},28199,"Launching InnovateMA: Partnering with Government to Build AI for Good and the AI Talent Pipeline","launching-innovatema-partnering-with-government-to-build-ai-for-good-and-the-ai-talent-pipeline"," ",[],[4852],{"team_id":4853},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4855,"title":4856,"slug":4857,"date":4858,"excerpt":4859,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4860,"image":4861,"authors":4864},28202,"Digital Mirror to Our Deliberation","AI-transcription","2024-02-28T11:05:12","The ability for AI transcription to lay bare how we talk to one another can help us to democratize formal as well as informal conversations, creating new opportunities to reveal biases and bad behavior and, when used well, create incentives for better deliberation. The self-reflection enabled by AI has the potential to revolutionize all forms of group conversation from parliaments to town halls to boardrooms with AI serving as a mirror to our interactions, helping us to instill deliberative processes that are fairer, more inclusive and more productive.",[10,19,13],{"id":4862,"filename_disk":4863},"424795a9-1428-49f2-8155-0c0c42fc6b4d","424795a9-1428-49f2-8155-0c0c42fc6b4d.webp",[4865],{"team_id":4866},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4868,"title":4869,"slug":4870,"date":4871,"excerpt":4872,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4873,"image":4874,"authors":4877},28203,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #6: February 27th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-6","2024-02-27T06:00:00","An interesting week in the news: Gemini stumbles, Reddit makes waves, India confronts Google, and Sal Khan confronts his own obsolescence. Itâs our weekly news download, where we highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.\n",[23],{"id":4875,"filename_disk":4876},"7624027e-929a-4dd0-9541-bd8c64ef55d1","7624027e-929a-4dd0-9541-bd8c64ef55d1.png",[4878],{"team_id":4879},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4881,"title":4882,"slug":4883,"date":4884,"excerpt":4885,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4886,"image":4887,"authors":4890},28201,"Guns, Narratives, and AI","guns-narratives-ai","2024-02-26T08:00:00","In this post, I explore how the same government-is-the-problem-not-the-solution narrative about guns has direct parallels to the conversation unfolding about artificial intelligence. To reduce gun violence, advocates need to take on the liberty argument, argues Jonathan Metzl in What We've Become. Similarly, if we want to realize the benefits of AI, we have to address and debunk the increasingly pervasive and pernicious doomerist narrative that is creating a false antinomy between AI risks and AI ethics.",[],{"id":4888,"filename_disk":4889},"64af4aa9-f321-4c2a-aefb-f751392912d3","64af4aa9-f321-4c2a-aefb-f751392912d3.jpeg",[4891],{"team_id":4892},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4894,"title":4895,"slug":4896,"date":4897,"excerpt":4898,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4899,"image":4900,"authors":4901},28200,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #5: February 20th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-5","2024-02-20T12:00:00","This week in the news: Soraâs launch, gun control deep fakes, and AI updates from Estonia to Singapore. 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Can advanced AI provide the nuanced, scalable defense our digital communities desperately need against the tide of extremism and disinformation?",[19],{"id":4912,"filename_disk":4913},"9197e265-1b1b-42d8-bc2c-7886fdb75207","9197e265-1b1b-42d8-bc2c-7886fdb75207.webp",[4915],{"team_id":4916},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4918,"title":4919,"slug":4920,"date":4908,"excerpt":4921,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4922,"image":41,"authors":4923},28251,"AI and Democracyâs First Principles with Danielle Allen and A.C. Grayling","ai-and-democracys-first-principles-with-danielle-allen-and-ac-grayling","View the full conversation with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at Harvard Kennedy Schoolâs Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and A.C. Grayling CBE is the Principal of Northeastern
1University London, and its Professor of Philosophy. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, including the forthcoming Who Owns the Moon?: In Defence of Humanityâs Common Interests in Space.",[],[4924],{"team_id":4925},{"First_Name":4292,"Last_Name":4293},{"id":4927,"title":4928,"slug":4929,"date":4930,"excerpt":4931,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4932,"image":4933,"authors":4936},28196,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #4: February 13th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-4","2024-02-13T12:00:00","This week in the news: semiconductor chips, Pakistani elections, and a lot of updates from the federal space. Itâs our weekly news download, where we highlight the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.\n",[23],{"id":4934,"filename_disk":4935},"26bb2aa2-65c7-436b-842d-d5dbbea1d2ac","26bb2aa2-65c7-436b-842d-d5dbbea1d2ac.png",[4937],{"team_id":4938},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":4940,"title":4941,"slug":4942,"date":4943,"excerpt":4944,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4945,"image":4946,"authors":4949},28195,"The Arms Race in Assistive AI","techreview-ai-law","2024-02-08T11:41:02","The advice \"Write the first draft you want someone to send\" is now being applied to legislative processes, where the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) drafts model bills benefiting corporations. Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders highlight in the MIT Tech Review how AI could amplify this practice, allowing lobbyists to analyze US law comprehensively, draft legislation more efficiently, and potentially infiltrate law-making at various levels. While AI presents opportunities for both exploitation and improvement in legislative processes, the need for investment in these technologies to support quality lawmaking and public accountability is critical, facing the challenge of misuse by those seeking to manipulate legislative outcomes for private gain.",[10],{"id":4947,"filename_disk":4948},"a50f5d7c-0775-418c-b9de-e385fe523446","a50f5d7c-0775-418c-b9de-e385fe523446.png",[4950],{"team_id":4951},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4953,"title":4954,"slug":4955,"date":4956,"excerpt":4957,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4958,"image":4959,"authors":4962},28194,"NEW REPORT: Brennan Center on AI and Congress","brennan-ai-congress","2024-02-08T11:00:00","As part of its series on AI and Democracy, the Brennan Center for Justice published a new essay on AI and Congress, covering both the risks and, importantly, illustrating the opportunities to leverage AI to \"make legislatures more effective, more representative, more efficient, and more transparent.\" The time to act is now. ",[10],{"id":4960,"filename_disk":4961},"f2ec21e0-15a2-4e47-84e3-c0deecfc3bcf","f2ec21e0-15a2-4e47-84e3-c0deecfc3bcf.jpeg",[4963],{"team_id":4964},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4966,"title":4967,"slug":4968,"date":4969,"excerpt":4970,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4971,"image":4972,"authors":4975},28191,"How AI can help reshape Congress","AI-in-Congress","2024-02-06T14:37:56","By embracing responsible use of AI and safeguarding security and privacy, Congress has the opportunity both to modernize and speed up its operations but also to deepen its connection with the American people, ensuring that the legislative process becomes more transparent, efficient, and, above all, responsive to the people Congress serves.",[10],{"id":4973,"filename_disk":4974},"4128900f-f95b-4a37-883b-082a53065625","4128900f-f95b-4a37-883b-082a53065625.webp",[4976],{"team_id":4977},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":4979,"title":4980,"slug":4981,"date":4982,"excerpt":4983,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4984,"image":41,"authors":4985},28250,"The Internet We Deserve with Professor Larry Lessig of Harvard Law School","the-internet-we-deserve-with-professor-larry-lessig-of-harvard-law-school","2024-02-06T12:00:00","Vie
1w the full conversation with Larry Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, founder of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and Equal Citizens and a founding board member of Creative Commons, about intellectual property in the Internet era. Moderated by John Battelle, Senior Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change and a Professor of Practice of Northeasternâs College of Arts, Media and Design. ",[],[4986],{"team_id":4987},{"First_Name":4292,"Last_Name":4293},{"id":4989,"title":4990,"slug":4991,"date":4982,"excerpt":4992,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":4993,"image":4994,"authors":4997},28193,"Rebooting Democracy - News That Caught Our Eye #3: February 6th, 2024","News-That-Caught-Our-Eye-3","A big week in the news! Read further for this week on the stories, research, and innovations that illuminate how AI is impacting governance and democracy.\n",[23],{"id":4995,"filename_disk":4996},"13ef5f7a-f38a-49b8-990c-0b2e721bec61","13ef5f7a-f38a-49b8-990c-0b2e721bec61.png",[4998],{"team_id":4999},{"First_Name":4333,"Last_Name":4334},{"id":5001,"title":5002,"slug":5003,"date":5004,"excerpt":5005,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":5006,"image":5007,"authors":5010},28190,"Scandal at the Post Office: Technology on Tap, Justice on Top","Post-Office-Scandal","2024-01-30T12:02:00","Is human oversight the antidote to technology overreliance that it's made out to be? 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1,28158,"Was vTaiwan such a big flop, after all?","was-vtaiwan-such-a-big-flop-after-all","2023-11-20T12:00:00","A recent issue of the Daily Beast featured an article about vTaiwan, Taiwanâs flagship crowdlaw project to engage the public in the legislative process, reporting what I long suspected and feared: early success has not translated into lasting impact or institutionalization of public participation in policymaking. ",[],{"id":5196,"filename_disk":5197},"829a327b-dd3f-4f56-80d5-dc3249755aaa","829a327b-dd3f-4f56-80d5-dc3249755aaa.png",[5199],{"team_id":5200},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":5202,"title":5203,"slug":5204,"date":5205,"excerpt":5206,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":5207,"image":5208,"authors":5211},28157,"Using Artificial Intelligence to Tackle the Literacy Challenge","announcing-the-unlocking-literacy-project","2023-11-17T12:02:00","The Unlocking Literacy project using artificial intelligence to tap our collective intelligence. We are engaging diverse communities to ask why change is so hard, what's working, and how we can increase reading proficiency.",[],{"id":5209,"filename_disk":5210},"3dcbe46f-0728-4c82-bf47-5d505f4ba8b7","3dcbe46f-0728-4c82-bf47-5d505f4ba8b7.jpg",[5212,5214],{"team_id":5213},{"First_Name":164,"Last_Name":165},{"team_id":5215},{"First_Name":75,"Last_Name":76},{"id":5217,"title":5218,"slug":5219,"date":5220,"excerpt":5221,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":5222,"image":5223,"authors":5226},28156,"Artificial Intelligence can help us create a more efficient government ","artificial-intelligence-can-help-us-create-a-more-efficient-government","2023-11-16T12:00:00","In the rapidly evolving technological landscape of the 21st century, the role of government in serving its citizens is undergoing a profou
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1w the full conversation with Brook Manville, author and independent consultant, and Josiah Ober, The Markos & Eleni Kounalakis Chair in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University about their book âThe Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survivesâ. Moderated by Beth Simone Noveck, professor at Northeastern University, where she directs the Burnes Center for Social Change and its partner project, The GovLab.",[],[5300],{"team_id":5301},{"First_Name":4292,"Last_Name":4293},{"id":5303,"title":5304,"slug":5305,"date":5306,"excerpt":5307,"one_line":41,"external_link":41,"status":45,"primary_tag":41,"Tags":5308,"image":5309,"authors":5312},28153,"Preparing for an AI-driven Future: The Government of Indiaâs free AI for All Course","preparing-for-an-ai-driven-future-the-government-of-indias-free-ai-for-all-course","2023-06-22T12:00:00","In August 2021, Indiaâs Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) partnered with Intel to launch âAI for Allâ - a free, online, self-paced course to introduce the basic concepts of Artificial Intelligence to the Indian public. ",[],{"id":5310,"filename_disk":5311},"08760bbb-142a-455a-bc64-ae0f88be72e5","08760bbb-142a-455a-bc64-ae0f88be72e5.png",[5313],{"team_id":5314},{"First_Name":55,"Last_Name":56},[5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25],[5317,5318,5319,5320,5321,5322,5323,5324,5325,5326,5327,5328,5329,5330,5331,5332,5333,5334,5335,5336,5337,5338,5339,5340,5341,5342,5343,5344,5345,5346,5347,5348,5349,5350,5351,5352,5353,5354,5355,5356,5357,5358,5359,5360,5361,5362,5363,5364,5365,5366,5367,5368,5369,5370,5371,5372,5373,5374,5375,5376,5377,5378,5379,5380,5381,5382,5383,5384,5385,5386,5387,5388,5389,5390,5391,5392,5393,5394,5395,5396,5397,5398,5399,5400,5401,5402,5403,5404,5405,5406,5407,5408,5409,5410,5411,5412,5413,5414,5415,5416,5417,5418,5419,5420,5421,5422,5423,5424,5425,5426,5427,5428,5429,5430,5431,5432,5433,5434,5435,5436,5437,5438,5439,5440,5441,5442,5443,5444,5445,5446,5447,5448,5449,5450,5451,5452,5453,5454,5455,5456,5457,5458,5459]," David Eaves"," Elif Davutoglu"," Nate Edwards"," Reeve T. Bull","Adam Zable","Agueda Quiroga ","Albert Cañigueral","Alberto Rodriguez Alvarez","Alejandro Cortés-Arbeláez","Alek Tarkowski","Alex Fischer","Alisson Bruno Dias De Queiroz","Alister Martin","Allison Wan","Amanda Welsh","Amedeo Bettauer","Angelique Casem","Anirudh Dinesh","Anita McGahan","Anjith Prakash Chathan Kandy","Anne-Marie Slaughter","April Yoder","ArâSheill Monsanto","Atif Javed","Aubrey Burgess","Audrey Tang","Austin Tsai","Autumn Sloboda","Ayush Khanvilkar","Aziza Umarova","B Cavello","Belén Farmer Martinez","Ben Bain","Ben Peterson","Beth Simone Noveck","Bonnie McGilpin","Cassandra Madison","Celia Zafra","Cevdet Batuhan Isik","Christiana Freitas","Cindy Phan","Clara Langevin","Cristiano Ferri","Curtis McCord","Dane Gambrell","Dane Gambrellx","Dave Cole","David Fields","Dhruv Kamlesh Kumar","Domenick Gaita","Dr. Deborah Stine","Dr. Friederike Schüür","Dr. Kollin Napier","Dr. Stefaan Verhulst","Eduardo Albrecht","Eileen Twiggs","Elana Banin","Emily Parker","Eric Gordon","Eric Gordon","Felix Sieker","Fernanda Sauca","Fredrik M. Sjoberg","Gavin Freeguard","Giorgia Christiansen","Giorgia Christiansen","Giulio Quaggiotto","Grace Thomson","Gregory Porumbescu","Guillem Bas","Gulnaz Kordanova","Hannah Hetzer","Hector Mujica","Janna Anderson","Jarrett Krumrei","Jay Kemp","Jeffery Marino","Jennifer Pahlka","Jennifer Sellitti","Jess Silverman","Jessica Silverman","Jill Abramson","Joanna French","John Lande","John Wihbey","Jorge Cesar Ramirez Mata","José Luis Marti","Jose M. Martinez-Sierra","Joseph Brant","Júlia Devin Altès","Justin Longo","Keith Wilson","Kushal Pendekanti","Lee Rainie","Lorelei Kelly","Luca Cominassi","Luis Kimaid","Luke Jordan","Lynn Overmann","Mai-Ling Garcia","Manan Gangwani","Marco Tello","Mariana Becerra","Matt Prewitt","Matt Ryan","Matthew Victor","Max Stier","Merve Hickok ","Michael Baskin","Mihir Kshirsagar","Mona Sloane","Neil Kleiman","Nhial Deng","Nicholas Biddle","Nico Campbell","Pablo MartÃn","Parul Wadhawan","Patricia Mangeol","Peter Vartanian","Ricardo Poppi","Robert Asaro-Angelo","Rodrigo Cetina-Presuel","Sai Punith Kolla","Sam DeJohn","Samantha D'Alonzo","Sara Bazoobandi","Sarah Hubbard","Sarah Sachs","Sarosh Nagar","Seth Harris","SofÃa Bosch Gómez","Stephan Schmidt","Summer Mothwood","Sunnie Gong","Swaapnika Chowdary Cherukuru","Tal Roded","Ted Dintersmith","Tiago C. Peixoto","Timothy Scheinert","Wietse Van Ransbeeck","Xabier Barandiaran","Yan Zhu","Zachary Florman",[5461,5471,5481,5491,5501,5511,5521,5531,5541,5552,5562,5572,5582,5592,5602,5612,5622,5632,5642,5652,5662,5672,5682,5692,5702,5713,5724,5735,5
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1ic input. Schools are rethinking assessment in the age of generative AI, and Italian regulators have ordered Amazon to halt the collection of sensitive worker data tied to AI-enabled workplace surveillance.","2026-03-05T12:00:00","97",{"id":5488,"filename_disk":5489},"564de7da-20d2-4c94-9b3d-03c576fc5df4","564de7da-20d2-4c94-9b3d-03c576fc5df4.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5492,"title":5493,"excerpt":5494,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5495,"edition":5496,"slug":41,"image":5497,"status":45,"Tags":5500,"category":23},125,"Reboot Weekly: Controlling the Stack, Governing Sovereignty, and Training the State","This week on Reboot Democracy, Beth Simone Noveck explores how governments can provide safe, affordable access to AI at scale, arguing that the real question is not buy versus build, but who controls the infrastructure. In Research Radar, she examines academic warnings about uncritical adoption and reframes the challenge as one of power and oversight. Luca Cominassi and Beth Simone Noveck then argue that sovereignty and regulation mean little without institutional capacity. Beyond Reboot, Washington, DC, ties AI training to procurement; Colorado debates data center safeguards, Stanford HAI researchers clarify what AI sovereignty requires, and new evidence shows little electoral penalty for AI-enabled deception. NPR examines bot swarms and the U.S. Department of Labor releases a national AI literacy framework.","2026-02-26T12:00:00","96",{"id":5498,"filename_disk":5499},"ff460942-8266-42ab-b6a8-dd61b7ee9d88","ff460942-8266-42ab-b6a8-dd61b7ee9d88.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5502,"title":5503,"excerpt":5504,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5505,"edition":5506,"slug":41,"image":5507,"status":45,"Tags":5510,"category":23},124,"Reboot Weekly: Building a Culture of Recognition, AI Safety by Local Rule, and Argentinaâs Strategy Reset","This week on Reboot Democracy, Max Stier explores how AI can strengthen internal government culture by building real-time recognition systems for civil servants. Elana Banin examines the UbuntuGuard benchmark, arguing that AI safety must be tested against locally defined public-sector rules rather than inferred from English-language standards. Giulio Quaggiotto reflects on Argentinaâs AI-supported âQuestions Treeâ experiment to rethink how governments build strategy. Beyond Reboot, Colombiaâs AI-presented candidate Gaitana enters an Indigenous election, the Pentagon pressures Anthropic to loosen military guardrails, global experts release the 2026 International AI Safety Report, governments expand AI-assisted legislative drafting, and India convenes the first major Global South AI summit.","2026-02-19T08:00:00","95",{"id":5508,"filename_disk":5509},"05e66418-b3fa-435c-b2df-5e087ac24367","05e66418-b3fa-435c-b2df-5e087ac24367.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5512,"title":5513,"excerpt":5514,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5515,"edition":5516,"slug":41,"image":5517,"status":45,"Tags":5520,"category":23},123,"Reboot Weekly: Designing Democratic Engagement, Community-Built AI for IEPs, and Koreaâs $73B Sovereignty Bet","This week on Reboot Democracy, Beth Simone Noveck and Dane Gambrell explain why more people need to learn how to \"do engagement\" in the AI era and invite co-creation of a new online course. SofÃa Bosch Gómez, Joanna French, and Belén Farmer Martinez reflect on co-designing AI with families in San Francisco. Merve Hickok examines South Koreaâs investments in small models. Beyond Reboot, federal AI deployments have nearly doubled, with the DOT planning to use AI to write regulations; labor leaders are pressing for stronger worker protections; and fights over data centers and digital public infrastructure highlight how power and accountability are being negotiated in real time.","2026-02-12T08:00:00","94",{"id":5518,"filename_disk":5519},"de2fd2ab-2cca-45cd-b305-d375d3e14bda","de2fd2ab-2cca-45cd-b305-d375d3e14bda.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5522,"title":5523,"excerpt":5524,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5525,"edition":5526,"slug":41,"image":5527,"status":45,"Tags":5530,"category":23},122,"Reboot Weekly: Testing Before Scale, Families Writing the Rules, Cities Fixing Permits","This week on Reboot Democracy, Cassandra Madison argues that governments cannot responsibly adopt new tools without safe, shared spaces to test them before procurement locks in risk. Dhruv Kamlesh Kumar shows how that principle worked in practice on the AIEP project, where families shaped a special education tool by defining what information matters, how privacy is protected, and how meaning is preserved across languages. Beth Simone Noveck reports from Boston, drawing on lessons from Spain to help launch a citizen-enabled permitting overhaul. These efforts stand in contrast to re
1cent failures, from New York City shutting down a misleading chatbot to immigration surveillance systems and exposed childrenâs chat records that show how weak governance turns tools into harm.","2026-02-05T08:00:00","93",{"id":5528,"filename_disk":5529},"9111ec83-0bd8-422f-b436-42b7cce067ef","9111ec83-0bd8-422f-b436-42b7cce067ef.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5532,"title":5533,"excerpt":5534,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5535,"edition":5536,"slug":41,"image":5537,"status":45,"Tags":5540,"category":23},121,"Reboot Weekly: Measuring Workforce Capacity, Governing Prediction, and Mapping Public Systems","InnovateUS launches the Observatory of Public Sector AI to examine the impact of AI training and use. Princeton's Arvind Narayanan and State of Hawaii Chief Data Officer Rebecca Cai dig into the pros and cons of predictive AI use in government, explains Stephan Schmidt. Anita McGahan discusses Christian Bason on how AI can help public institutions move beyond rigid hierarchies toward more humane, trust-based ways of working; and Aziza Umarova shows how Uzbekistan and Bhutan are mapping schools with AI and crowdsourcing. States continue expanding public-sector AI laws despite looming federal preemption battles. South Korea advances a comprehensive AI regulatory framework, and a new report traces how data-center expansion is shifting environmental, labor, and community-level governance decisions.","2026-01-29T08:00:00","92",{"id":5538,"filename_disk":5539},"af3946b9-ea50-4d22-a068-835e0782a1a6","af3946b9-ea50-4d22-a068-835e0782a1a6.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5542,"title":5543,"excerpt":5544,"authors":5545,"author":5545,"date":5546,"edition":5547,"slug":41,"image":5548,"status":45,"Tags":5551,"category":23},120,"Reboot Weekly: Modernizing Regulation, Making Services Multilingual, and Listening First","Reeve Bull shows how Virginia is using AI to improve regulatory review, from analyzing statutes to streamlining outdated rules. Anirudh Dinesh looks to India, where the Bhashini platform expands democratic participation by enabling people to engage with government in the languages they actually speak. At the state level, New York advances one of the most comprehensive AI governance agendas yet, while new research from Brookings and the ACLU explains where AI policy takes root and how lawmakers can better understand the growing body of AI legislation. Finally, a viral vibecoded tool from Estonia shows how simple civic AI can quickly catch and fix legislative errors. Check out the the Reboot News along with the latest workshops from InnovateUS.","Elana Banin and Dane Gambrellx","2026-01-22T08:00:00","91",{"id":5549,"filename_disk":5550},"8da33ddd-8f02-4c0a-aed0-f71ce0e340c0","8da33ddd-8f02-4c0a-aed0-f71ce0e340c0.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5553,"title":5554,"excerpt":5555,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5556,"edition":5557,"slug":41,"image":5558,"status":45,"Tags":5561,"category":23},118,"Reboot Weekly: Fixing Benefit Backlogs, Making Labor Law Searchable, and Listening to Residents","This week on Reboot Democracy, Beth Simone Noveck speaks with Dave Cole, New Jerseyâs Chief Innovation Officer, about how the newly codified New Jersey Innovation Authority is using AI to reduce delays in Medicaid, SNAP, unemployment insurance, and Summer EBT while keeping human judgment central; Dane Gambrellâs latest Research Radar examines how AI is making decades of National Labor Relations Board decisions searchable and usable for workers and advocates navigating a fragmented labor law system; and in Global AI Watch, Nico Campbell shares an InnovateUS case study from Hillerød, Denmark, where AI-supported public engagement helped city leaders treat participation itself as civic infrastructure. Beyond Reboot, governments continue to test AI in high-stakes settings. From Utahâs AI-assisted prescription renewals and Englandâs use of AI to manage emergency care demand, to debates over AI surveillance in New Yorkâs transit system. New policy briefs from India and Europe argue for treating AI infrastructure as a public good even as budget uncertainty threatens digital skills and inclusion efforts.","2026-01-15T08:00:00","90",{"id":5559,"filename_disk":5560},"56fb2603-a4c7-45db-9cd8-c798f4616204","56fb2603-a4c7-45db-9cd8-c798f4616204.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5563,"title":5564,"excerpt":5565,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5566,"edition":5567,"slug":41,"image":5568,"status":45,"Tags":5571,"category":23},117,"Reboot Weekly: Regulatory Decluttering and New Ways of Organizing Government","This week at Reboot Democracy, Beth Simone Noveck argues that regulatory reform fails when AI-driven efficie
1ncy is decoupled from collective intelligence, drawing lessons from the Green Tape Challenge in the UK, Texas, and U.S. states, and in a new Research Radar she reviews The City as Mesh, pushing the framework further by treating AI as a coordination layer, skills as design choices, and public engagement as operational intelligence. In Global AI Watch, Elana Banin highlights an OECD.AI analysis on whether mid-sized economies can cooperate to build frontier AI outside the U.S.âChina duopoly. Also in the news: courts grapple with a surge of AI-hallucinated legal citations, European Council leaders warn that AI-driven information manipulation is outpacing democratic oversight, and free trade agreements emerge as testing grounds for AI governance.","2026-01-08T08:00:00","89",{"id":5569,"filename_disk":5570},"299cafc9-e52e-4796-91a4-9d4ca6728a86","299cafc9-e52e-4796-91a4-9d4ca6728a86.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5573,"title":5574,"excerpt":5575,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5576,"edition":5577,"slug":41,"image":5578,"status":45,"Tags":5581,"category":23},116,"Reboot Weekly: Testimony, Training, and the Infrastructure of Democracy","Beth Simone Noveck testifies before Congress on how AI can help lawmakers move beyond performative public engagement to use constituent input at scale meaningfully. Agueda Quiroga announces the launch of InnovateUSâs Spring semester, focused on helping public servants apply AI responsibly amid real constraints of trust, equity, and capacity. A Reboot repost of OECD.AI blog lays out a practical blueprint for building democratic, sustainable AI infrastructure. Also in the news: the Trump administration moves to override state AI laws; Congress advances the National Defense Authorization Act with uneven AI safeguards; Washington state releases AI policy recommendations for 2026; Elon Musk brings Grok to El Salvadorâs public schools; and the U.K. deepens its AI strategy with Google DeepMindâs first automated research lab.","2025-12-18T08:00:00","88",{"id":5579,"filename_disk":5580},"36e586ff-4866-48e2-87e0-628cd0acee97","36e586ff-4866-48e2-87e0-628cd0acee97.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5583,"title":5584,"excerpt":5585,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5586,"edition":5587,"slug":41,"image":5588,"status":45,"Tags":5591,"category":23},115," Reboot Weekly: Inside Italyâs AI Law, NJâs Public Defender's Office, and the Dilemnas of Synthetic Publics","This weekâs highlights include three new Reboot Democracy originals: from New Jerseyâs Public Defender on using AI to building tools for under-resourced government lawyers; an essay from Luca Cominassi at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Beth Noveck on what makes Italyâs new AI law unique and where it falls short; and a piece from Elana Banin showcasing the Collective Intelligence Projectâs new research on synthetic publics. Also in the news this week: fights over whether federal rules should override state AI laws shape the policy landscape; Utah and HHS unveil new AI strategies; and new evidence of AI-driven persuasion and misinformation round out the News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-12-11T08:00:00","87",{"id":5589,"filename_disk":5590},"56363728-2f63-420a-8078-a29beb825303","56363728-2f63-420a-8078-a29beb825303.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5593,"title":5594,"excerpt":5595,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5596,"edition":5597,"slug":41,"image":5598,"status":45,"Tags":5601,"category":23},114,"Reboot Weekly: From Data Governance to the Genesis MissionâAIâs Democratic Tests","This week, our new Research Radar warns that the White Houseâs Genesis Mission to merge federal AI, data, and supercomputing power could sideline universities, communities, and public oversight. In a companion piece, Beth Noveck and Dane Gambrell argue that meaningful algorithmic accountability must go beyond individual rights to include collective oversight through public registers and system-level audits. A new anal
1ysis by Stefaan Verhulst and Friederike Schüür highlights why most AI governance still neglects the upstream data layer, where stewardship and protections are weakest. In Spain, Political Watchâs QHLD project shows how transforming parliamentary activity into usable data can expose political blind spots and reconnect citizens with their representatives. Beyond Reboot, we track Congressâs fight over state AI laws, the geopolitics of chips, emerging super PAC influence, Australiaâs National AI Plan, and the broader struggle to govern AI as deployment accelerates.","2025-12-04T12:00:00","86",{"id":5599,"filename_disk":5600},"47f3a023-4ee5-4937-98c1-ef7586faeb0a","47f3a023-4ee5-4937-98c1-ef7586faeb0a.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5603,"title":5604,"excerpt":5605,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5606,"edition":5607,"slug":41,"image":5608,"status":45,"Tags":5611,"category":23},113,"News That Caught Our Eye #85","Princeton's Mihir Kshirsagar breaks down why predictive-policing algorithms fail and how to distinguish meaningful diagnostic tools from misguided prediction products. Congress renews its push to block state AI laws, while Matt Prewitt and Matthew Victor highlight new institutional approaches to digital participation. The GovLabâs Stefaan Verhulst warns of an emerging âdata winter,â and The Frisc profiles the GovLabâs growing community-centered AI work in California. Plus, a new Research Radar from Elana Banin examines why todayâs large language models still canât reason like economists.","2025-11-20T08:00:00","85",{"id":5609,"filename_disk":5610},"07617b63-2071-4958-a094-74784d8906e4","07617b63-2071-4958-a094-74784d8906e4.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5613,"title":5614,"excerpt":5615,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5616,"edition":5617,"slug":41,"image":5618,"status":45,"Tags":5621,"category":23},112,"News That Caught Our Eye #84","In the news this week, we examine the U.S. Air Force's plan to lease 3,000+ acres across five active bases to private data centers, raising questions about public oversight, security, and who benefits. We also hear from Tarjimly, which provides low-cost translation for refugees, on why trust, not automation, is guiding AI in humanitarian settings, and from the former CEO of Google about why algorithmic efficiency doesnât solve the crises of democracy. Elsewhere, New York is enforcing safety rules for chatbot \"companions,\" Europe is weighing regulatory concessions to big tech, and researchers are testing AI agents to vote on shareholder proxies. The weekâs headlines remind us that the question isnât whether AI can serve the public good, but whether our institutions can move fast enough to ensure it does.","2025-11-13T08:00:00","84",{"id":5619,"filename_disk":5620},"dd9ad436-fbe6-46ff-b004-e608fc7090ed","dd9ad436-fbe6-46ff-b004-e608fc7090ed.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5623,"title":5624,"excerpt":5625,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5626,"edition":5627,"slug":41,"image":5628,"status":45,"Tags":5631,"category":23},111,"News That Caught Our Eye #83","Brazil is pioneering AI-powered participatory governance at scale, processing input from 1.4 million citizens and turning public proposals into policy reports. From Maineâs 33 recommendations for responsible AI to Brookingsâ call for shared data infrastructure to unlock housing supply in 50 cities, we showcase how leaders are solving problems in new ways with the help of AI. We spotlight new research cataloging 70+ LLM tools aimed at improving online discourse, examine the surge of deepfakes in European elections, and share lessons from 20+ InnovateUS workshops. Plus: two essays from Beth Simone Noveck on why augmentation beats automation and why AI agents canât fix broken institutions.","2025-11-06T08:00:00","83",{"id":5629,"filename_disk":5630},"76c752d2-0417-4603-b7de-0a8acbc6cf7d","76c752d2-0417-4603-b7de-0a8acbc6cf7d.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5633,"title":5634,"excerpt":5635,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5636,"edition":5637,"slug":41,"image":5638,"status":45,"Tags":5641,"category":23},107,"News That Caught Our Eye #82","Rethink AI finds that the 1,600+ AI-related state bills introduced emphasize guardrails over strategy. New Jersey releases practical guidance for building tools to simplify permits and answer resident questions. The UK launched AI-powered drug safety programs to predict harmful interactions before they happen, and NYC installed AI cameras in parks to detect brush fires in real time. Yet risks remain starkâa Virginia candidate staged a deepfake debate with his opponent, while speculative \"superintelligence\" manifestos distract from urgent governance challenges like surveillance and corporate accountability. Read more in the News that Caught Our Eye on AI and Democracy. ","2025-10-30T08:00:00","82",{"id":5639,"filename_disk":5640},"cc756b4c-74de-4b95-9c08-6b94a89ac3cc","cc756b4c-74de-4b95-9c08-6b94a89ac3cc.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5643,"title":5644,"excerpt":5645,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5646,"edition":5647,"slug":41,"image":5648,"status":45,"Tags":5651,"category":23},106,"News That Caught Our Eye #81","Hamburg uses AI to turn citizen feedback into urban policy, Boston showcases tools that improve public trust, and tribal nations are piloting AI for governance while protecting sovereignty. New York banned AI rent price-fixing after algorithmic collusion
1inflated costs, federal agencies quietly accessed mass surveillance camera networks, and unions sued over AI-enabled social media monitoring. As Andrew Sorota warns, the real threat isn't dramatic AI failures but our growing habit of letting opaque systems make civic choices without public oversight.","2025-10-23T08:00:00","81",{"id":5649,"filename_disk":5650},"d67a8d45-f2c9-4462-bb02-abe07e9e0d9b","d67a8d45-f2c9-4462-bb02-abe07e9e0d9b.avif",[23],{"type":84,"id":5653,"title":5654,"excerpt":5655,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5656,"edition":5657,"slug":41,"image":5658,"status":45,"Tags":5661,"category":23},103,"News That Caught Our Eye #80","New Americaâs Anne-Marie Slaughter says states are becoming the laboratories of democratic AIâbuilding âpublic AIâ that is open, trustworthy, and rooted in the public good. This weekâs stories bring that vision to life. New York launches a hands-on AI training pilot for state employees; Spain embeds algorithms into procurement audits; and federal agencies release new compliance plans under the Trump administration. A new Reboot feature by Dane Gambrell explores how one civic technologist used AI and crowdsourcing to map every public space in New York City, showing how artificial and collective intelligence can work together to serve democracy. ","2025-10-16T08:00:00","80",{"id":5659,"filename_disk":5660},"039d5b8f-a9f7-4437-88fa-6aad358aeb04","039d5b8f-a9f7-4437-88fa-6aad358aeb04.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5663,"title":5664,"excerpt":5665,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5666,"edition":5667,"slug":41,"image":5668,"status":45,"Tags":5671,"category":23},97,"News That Caught Our Eye #79","This weekâs reporting captures a widening gap between AI adoption and the structures meant to guide it, from multilateral arenas to frontline agencies. The World Bank outlines readiness tools for public institutions; the ITU warns of deepening asymmetries in standards, compute, and global voice. National tensions emerge over worker displacement, law enforcement surveillance, and opaque procurement, while researchers and civic actors are experimenting with new participatory frameworks from Mexico to the Basque Country to Northeasternâs âsilicon samplingâ lab. Together, they sketch a messy yet essential evolution toward accountable, civic-aligned AI.","2025-10-09T08:00:00","79",{"id":5669,"filename_disk":5670},"67964e3e-40ad-4dda-80a4-91a968750636","67964e3e-40ad-4dda-80a4-91a968750636.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5673,"title":5674,"excerpt":5675,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5676,"edition":5677,"slug":41,"image":5678,"status":45,"Tags":5681,"category":23},94,"News That Caught Our Eye #78","California enacted the first U.S. AI safety law, setting a national precedent with new requirements for transparency, incident reporting, and whistleblower protections. States, cities, and researchers are testing new governance models: from public-sector AI implementation frameworks and civic procurement strategies, to peace dialogue toolkits and legitimacy experiments. Families are co-designing AI tools for education, while expert commentary reflects on Spainâs landmark ruling establishing algorithmic transparency as a constitutional right. New warnings also surfaced about predatory âAI companions.â Across sectors, AI governance is shifting toward public trust, accountability, and inclusive design","2025-10-02T08:00:00","78",{"id":5679,"filename_disk":5680},"0b22dcad-3d2b-4d67-8726-f135b29d25a2","0b22dcad-3d2b-4d67-8726-f135b29d25a2.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5683,"title":5684,"excerpt":5685,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5686,"edition":5687,"slug":41,"image":5688,"status":45,"Tags":5691,"category":23},93,"News that Caught Our Eye #77","Congress will roll out Microsoft Copilot for 6,000 House staffers. Ohio launches an AI-powered public safety app while Albaniaâs AI âministerâ echoes a South Korean experiment. A Supreme Court ruling in Spain affirms the publicâs right to algorithmic transparency, and a Times investigation reveals that Trump promised advanced U.S. AI chips to the UAEâeven amid fears they could reach Chinaâas $2 billion flowed into a Trump-linked crypto firm. Meanwhile, a new People Powered guide reminds policymakers that choosing a participation platform is a structural decision, not a technical one. This and more in this weekâs News that Caught Our Eye.","2025-09-25T04:00:00","77",{"id":5689,"filename_disk":5690},"ad413c71-8f39-4fbc-83a5-91290b5c171e","ad413c71-8f39-4fbc-83a5-91290b5c171e.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5693,"title":5694,"excerpt":5695,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5696,"edition":5697,"slug":41,"image":5698,"status":45,"Tags":5701,"category":23},91,"News that Caught Our Eye #76","From New Jerseyâs second-generation AI strategy to Albaniaâs appointment of an AI âminister,â governments are moving from experimentation to institutionalization. This weekâs roundup captures that shiftâspanning the U.S. NDAAâs bipartisan push to integrate AI across defense, the UKâs use of AI to supercharge public sector coding, and new tools to help courts and civic actors govern AI responsibly. Agueda Quiroga (InnovateUS) and Sarah Hubbard (Allen Lab) share the learnings on why engagement with AI matters, and how reconnecting voice, decision-making, and implementation can help shift participation from symbolic to systematic. Newsguardâs investigation into the Kirk assassination shows how AI chatbots distorted breaking news, while another report critiques EU citizen panels that risk legitimizing AI policy without real accountability.","2025-09-18T08:00:00","76",{"id":5699,"filename_disk":5700},"bf6da844-233c-4c23-8cbb-05097c268418","bf6da844-233c-4c23-8cbb-05097c268418.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5703,"title":5704,"excerpt":5705,"authors":5706,"author":5706,"date":5707,"edition":5708,"slug":41,"image":5709,"status":45,"Tags":5712,"category":23},88,"News That Caught Our Eye #75","Giulio Quaggiotto reports on Vietnamâs pioneering use of âApplied AIâ to build a learning culture among civil servants. We highlight a new workshop series on the how-to's of AI-enabled democratic engagement and why we should use AI to produce more meaningful participation. A RAND-led analysis probes the opportunities for AI-enabled policymaking, and New Jersey launches a generative AI tool to simplify permits. The UN calls for global AI guardrails beyond market forces, and Senator Cruz introduces a deregulation-first âSANDBOX Act.â Meanwhile, debates heat up on public AI infrastru
1cture. Read more in this weekâs News That Caught Our Eye.","Dane Gambrell and Elana Banin ","2025-09-11T07:55:00","75",{"id":5710,"filename_disk":5711},"3b2406a2-f56b-45ca-982b-991e9ea32175","3b2406a2-f56b-45ca-982b-991e9ea32175.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5714,"title":5715,"excerpt":5716,"authors":5717,"author":5717,"date":5718,"edition":5719,"slug":41,"image":5720,"status":45,"Tags":5723,"category":23},87,"News That Caught Our Eye #74","In the news on AI, governance and democracy this week, sign up for Danielle Allen and Beth Noveck's new workshop series on public engagement in the AI age. Ohio is the first state to require AI policies in K-12 schools, while Michigan bans non-consensual AI imagery. The AI industry pumps $100M into a super PAC. The Pentagon seeks to acquire AI to wage info-war while Stanford researchers show that commercial LLM models show a tendency to escalate conflict. And on the labor front: Irene Tung and Paul Sonn argue that reforming the at-will employment system could help to protect workers from AI-powered surveillance. TikTok replaces hundreds of moderators with AIâdays before a union vote.Read more in this week's News That Caught Our Eye.","Dane Gambrell and Angelique Casem ","2025-09-04T08:30:00","74",{"id":5721,"filename_disk":5722},"a5488e9e-f3ee-4402-85a3-01ed6b43bf8e","a5488e9e-f3ee-4402-85a3-01ed6b43bf8e.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5725,"title":5726,"excerpt":5727,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5729,"edition":5730,"slug":41,"image":5731,"status":45,"Tags":5734,"category":23},86,"News That Caught Our Eye #73","Google reports the median Gemini text prompt consumes less energy than watching nine seconds of TV and only five drops of water â though experts stress AIâs environmental footprint still needs oversight. In governance news, the Cherokee Nation passed an AI policy to safeguard its language and culture, NIST is seeking public input on AI security frameworks, and Colorado lawmakers voted to delay implementing the stateâs AI law. Dozens of state attorneys general also warned tech companies theyâll be held accountable if AI harms children. Abroad, the UK announced plans for an AI-powered crime map to predict and prevent violent incidents by 2030, while the UAE is pitching its AI infrastructure as an alternative to the US and China. Read more in this weekâs News That Caught Our Eye.","Dane Gambrell and Angelique Casem","2025-08-28T12:19:48","73",{"id":5732,"filename_disk":5733},"041c7be1-1877-4386-8f2c-50e41776983b","041c7be1-1877-4386-8f2c-50e41776983b.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5736,"title":5737,"excerpt":5738,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5739,"edition":5740,"slug":41,"image":5741,"status":45,"Tags":5744,"category":23},85,"News That Caught Our Eye on AI and Democracy #72","Sen. Josh Hawley probes whether Metaâs AI bots endanger children, as Americaâs largest landlord drops AI rent-setting under a DOJ settlement. New research shows LLMs boosting participatory budgeting, while a report faults cloud giants for stifling innovation and an op-ed urges governments to use AI to strengthen democracy. Kenyan data labelers demand better conditions, and the Legal Resources Center warns of AI deepfakes and spyware fueling online attacks on migrants, women, and LGBTQIA+ communities in Africa. Plus dozens of free InnovateUS workshops on AI, democracy, governance and more. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-08-19T12:00:00","72",{"id":5742,"filename_disk":5743},"b5e489c2-1f26-4ecb-abdb-bc9eff4c515c","b5e489c2-1f26-4ecb-abdb-bc9eff4c515c.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5746,"title":5747,"excerpt":5748,"authors":5749,"author":5749,"date":5750,"edition":5751,"slug":41,"image":5752,"status":45,"Tags":5755,"category":23},84,"News That Caught Our Eye #71","The UAE is turning petroleum profits into digital influence, offering its advanced Falcon AI completely freeâseeking to position itself as the neutral alternative in U.S.-China tech competition. Meanwhile, America's own AI strategy faces sharp criticism. Former Biden officials call Trump's Action Plan internally contradictory even as AEI experts praise its geopolitical ambition but question implementation feasibility and ambiguity. Hundreds of hardware store parking lots have quietly become surveillance nodes, with Home Depot and Lowe's AI cameras feeding license plate data directly to law enforcement. InnovateUS debuts free expert-curated fall workshop series: 1) AI for law enforcement (hosted by New Jersey and Rutgers), 2) democratic engagement design (Reboot and the GovLab with Harvard's Allen Lab), and 3) public communication in the AI age (led by former NYT Executive Editor Jill Abramson and Northeastern's John Wihbey). Government Technology also debuts its inaugural AI 50 recognition program. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","Dane Gambrell & Angelique Casem","2025-08-14T10:10:04","71",{"id":5753,"filename_disk":5754},"00a8c194-c9fa-4ccb-b91c-46f80910b26d","00a8c194-c9fa-4ccb-b91c-46f80910b26d.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5757,"title":5758,"excerpt":5759,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5760,"edition":5761,"slug":41,"image":5762,"status":45,"Tags":5765,"category":23},83,"News That Caught Our Eye #70","OpenAI will provide U.S. federal agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise next year for $1. California approves regulations restricting how employers use AI tools in hiring while Illinois bans AI therapists. The UC Berkeley Labor Center publishes a database of unionsâ collective bargaining agreements governing workplace use of AI while Gizmodo investigates how automation is deepening worker exploitation. Two federal judges withdraw rulings containing serious errors suspected to be caused by unauthorized use of AI. Henry Farrell and Hahrie Han argue that scholarship on AI and democracy focuses too much on deliberation and sortition, missing how democratic politics really work. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-08-06T12:00:00","70",{"id":5763,"filename_disk":5764},"5c36b0e6-246e-428c-871f-16e1da2d54cf","5c36b0e6-246e-428c-871f-16e1da2d54cf.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5767,"title":5768,"excerpt":5769,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5770,"edition":5771,"slug":41,"image":5772,"status":45,"Tags":5775,"category":23},82,"News That Caught Our Eye #69","China releases its AI action plan calling for more global cooperation to support governance and use of the technology. A Roosevelt Institute report examines how governmentsâ adoption of AI impacts public administrators. A new AI Safety Index highlights critical gaps in risk management and safety planning among the leading AI developers. Carnegie Endowment research shows how AI can enhance democratic governance through improved public engagement. While the White House moves forward with further deregulating the AI industry, a survey shows that Americans â and people worldwide â support robust guardrails to guide AI development. Meanwhile, DOGE develops an AI tool aimed at eliminating 50% of federal regulations within Trump's first year. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-07-30T12:00:00","69",{"id":5773,"filename_disk":5774}
1,"3107949e-8e5d-4328-90a4-1b4219467b95","3107949e-8e5d-4328-90a4-1b4219467b95.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5777,"title":5778,"excerpt":5779,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5780,"edition":5781,"slug":41,"image":5782,"status":45,"Tags":5785,"category":23},81," News That Caught Our Eye #68","The White House unveils its âAI Action Planâ aimed at supporting the nationâs infrastructure, innovation, and global influence over the technology; critics say the plan prioritizes corporate interests over the public. California co-creates a recovery action plan with communities impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires while Ohio lawmakers propose an AI regulation framework to attract business to the state. Swiss researchers release a publicly-developed large language model that supports more than 1,000 languages. A National Employment Law Project report outlines a policy agenda to rein in AI-powered workplace surveillance software. Delta uses AI to ramp up dynamic flight pricing â attracting the attention of lawmakers. Researchers at The GovLab propose a framework for empowering communities to shape how AI systems are designed and used. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-07-23T12:00:00","68",{"id":5783,"filename_disk":5784},"ce508cf0-b3e0-4b59-b218-219d58649977","ce508cf0-b3e0-4b59-b218-219d58649977.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5787,"title":5788,"excerpt":5789,"authors":5790,"author":5790,"date":5791,"edition":5792,"slug":41,"image":5793,"status":45,"Tags":5796,"category":23},80,"News That Caught Our Eye #67","Virginia launches an AI-powered regulatory review system to simplify and update regulations while San Francisco partners with Microsoft to provide city employees access to Copilot. The Pentagon will provide Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI up to $200 million to design and implement AI tools that advance national security. The EU publishes a code of practice designed to reduce the administrative burden on companies that comply with the AI Act. After an 11-month strike, SAG-AFTRA approves a deal with video game companies that gives actors more power over how AI is used to replicate their voice, face, or movement. A University of Cambridge report argues that Britainâs environmental policies need to be updated for the nation to meet its AI infrastructure plans while also sticking to its climate goals. Dane Gambrell argues that AI-powered research tools can transform evidence-based policymaking â but only if implemented responsibly. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","Dane Gambrell and Jess Silverman","2025-07-17T07:00:00","67",{"id":5794,"filename_disk":5795},"8a685cff-8d5b-4f4f-99f7-4d25577e1f7a","8a685cff-8d5b-4f4f-99f7-4d25577e1f7a.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5798,"title":5799,"excerpt":5800,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5801,"edition":5802,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5803,"category":23},79,"News That Caught Our Eye #66","President Trumpâs budget funds AI-powered surveillance, raising concerns about expanded monitoring of immigrants and student protestors. Massachusetts DOT uses AI to speed up infrastructure planning by streamlining manual searches. A New York Times investigation finds AI-generated disinformation is undermining elections worldwide. Code for America releases new AI Landscape assessment of state governments' readiness for responsible AI adoption. Anthropic releases a transparency framework for governing large AI models. Microsoft quietly lays off 9,000 employees as it replaces developers with AI agents. Tiago Peixoto urges building institutional capacity to harness GenAI, while Ethan Mollick debunks the myth of âAI brain damage.â Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-07-09T17:30:00","66",[23],{"type":84,"id":5805,"title":5806,"excerpt":5807,"authors":5717,"author":5717,"date":5808,"edition":5809,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5810,"category":23},78,"News That Caught Our Eye #65","In the news this week: The Senate removes the controversial 10-year moratorium on state AI laws from the budget proposal, while a new bill would ban all AI systems controlled by foreign adversaries from use by federal agencies. A federal judge rules that Anthropic's use of books to train its Claude AI model is legal fair use â but the company's storage of millions of pirated books violates copyright law. Denmark considers a change to copyright law to give residents legal rights over their own body and voice to prevent unauthorized digital imitations, while ICE deploys new software that can recognize individuals based on fingerprints or facial features to assist in mass deportations. A report finds that UK entry-level job postings have dropped 32% since ChatGPT's launch. Political scientist Henry Farrell argues that AI should be viewed not just as a technology to be governed, but as a technology that transforms how we govern. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-07-02T12:00:00","65",[23],{"type":84,"id":5812,"title":5813,"excerpt":5814,"authors":5815,"author":5815,"date":5816,"edition":5817,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5818,"category":23},77,"News That Caught Our Eye #64","In the news this week: New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy leads a panel with John Bailey, Afua Bruce and Matin Svensson of AI Swede
1n on âWhat Could Go Right with Our AI Future.â Research from Apple reveals that advanced AI models suffer \"complete accuracy collapse.â India seeks public input for the 2026 AI Impact Summit. The Newsroom AI Lab funds smaller newsrooms to adopt AI tools, and more on federal efforts to ban states from regulating AI. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","Beth Simone Noveck and Angelique Casem ","2025-06-25T12:00:00","64",[23],{"type":84,"id":5820,"title":5821,"excerpt":5822,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5823,"edition":5824,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5825,"category":23},76,"News that Caught Our Eye #63","In the news this week: Immigrant communities are using AI-powered apps to navigate the Trump administrationâs surge in deportations. Amsterdamâs experiment developing an algorithmic welfare fraud detection system sparks a debate about whether AI can ever be bias-free. Gallup finds that the share of Americans using AI at work has doubled in two years. African democracies are using AI to strengthen civic engagement, while cities around the world deploy AI-powered systems to adapt to extreme heat. OpenAI wins a $200 million defense contract for national security AI tools. While New York advances legislation to guard against AI-fueled disasters, Beth Simone Noveck argues that the debate about the moratorium on state AI laws obscures the question of how we actually use these tools to fix our broken institutions. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-06-18T12:00:00","63",[23],{"type":84,"id":5827,"title":5828,"excerpt":5829,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5830,"edition":5831,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5832,"category":23},75,"News That Caught Our Eye #62","In the news this week: San Franciscoâs City Attorney announced plans to use AI to streamline municipal codes. A position paper argues that collective bargaining rights for information producers could help to balance their power against AI product builders. Saudi Arabia aims to use AI-powered surveillance technology to improve safety during this yearâs Hajj pilgrimage, while a new tool that uses AI tools to track body features and accessories could allow law enforcement agencies to circumvent bans on facial recognition technology. OpenAI is being ordered to store ChatGPT conversations indefinitely. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-06-11T12:00:00","62",[23],{"type":84,"id":5834,"title":5835,"excerpt":5836,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5837,"edition":5838,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5839,"category":23},71,"News That Caught Our Eye #61","In the news this week: The GovLab wants your feedback on our new \"Civic and Democratic AI\" course which teaches people how to use AI to organize for community action. A Berlin Global Gov Tech Center whitepaper â \"The Agentic State\" â lays out an ambitious vision for how AI agents can reshape the core functions of government, while an AI Now report identifies strategies for how community organizers, policymakers, and the public can shape AIâs development and use. While Anthropicâs CEO warns that AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within five years, data from the Global AI Jobs Barometer shows that AI is making humans more valuable, not less. Contractors who work on Googleâs AI products continue their campaign to organize a union, while a report finds that tech firms are exploiting workers in the Global South to develop AI models. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-06-05T10:03:00","61",[23],{"type":84,"id":5841,"title":5842,"excerpt":5843,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5844,"edition":5845,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5846,"category":23},70,"News That Caught Our Eye #60","In the news this week: A new whitepaper on Public AI outlines how open approaches to AI can be developed and institutionalized in the public interest. The EFF argues that new federal legislation intended to combat sexual deepfakes could open the door to censorship of political speech, while Sir Geoff Mulgan and researchers at UCL explain how well-designed institutions could effectively combat deepfakes in elections. An ILO study warns that automation may threaten womenâs jobs more than men, while research from the Federal Reserve shows that demand for AI skills is greatest in highly-educated professions. Gideon
1Lichfield argues for a narrower version of Republicans' proposed ban on state AI laws, while an investigation finds that local police are providing ICE access to an AI-powered surveillance network. Read more in AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-05-29T09:00:00","60",[23],{"type":84,"id":5848,"title":5849,"excerpt":5850,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5851,"edition":5852,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5853,"category":23},69,"News That Caught Our Eye #59","In the news this week: With AI transforming the legal landscape, InnovateUS announces new training programs to equip public sector legal professionals with responsible AI skills. Miami-Dade schools embrace AI, deploying chatbots to 105,000 students, although U.S. schools were broadly unprepared for ChatGPTâs classroom impact. Meanwhile, The Center for Law and Social Policy warns that AI surveillance tools are disproportionately targeting Black students. AI should decentralize power, not entrench itâechoed by a new framework from The GovLab and Agence Française de Développement. In Washington, a new budget amendment seeks to block states from regulating AI for a decade. And in Kigali, Rwanda, the government is launching an AI-powered app to make legal texts more accessible to the public. Read more in this weekâs AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-05-22T05:00:00","59",[23],{"type":84,"id":5855,"title":5856,"excerpt":5857,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5858,"edition":5859,"slug":41,"image":5860,"status":45,"Tags":5863,"category":23},67,"News That Caught Our Eye #58","HAPPY GRADUATION! In this special issue, we lead with the latest in AI and education. Beth Simone Noveck challenges Kean University honors graduates to find purpose in the AI age, offering concrete advice on how to solve public problems with AI, while more than 250 U.S. CEOs sign an open letter advocating for mandatory AI education, China issues guidelines for how students and teachers should and shouldnât use AI. A meta-study in Nature suggests ChatGPT significantly improves student learning performance. On the governance front, House Republicans want to ban state-level AI regulation. The Copyright Office says AI training might infringe and Trump fires its director, signaling full speed ahead for AI. Read more and sign up for the latest free workshops from InnovateUS in this special Graduation Edition of AI News That Caught Our Eye!","2025-05-15T07:02:00","58",{"id":5861,"filename_disk":5862},"f92b25ef-25b2-4918-9e4e-3c25a2160ea0","f92b25ef-25b2-4918-9e4e-3c25a2160ea0.jpeg",[23],{"type":84,"id":5865,"title":5866,"excerpt":5867,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5868,"edition":5869,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5870,"category":23},66,"News That Caught Our Eye #57","In the news this week: Engagements with public professionals on AI â one from Dubai, one from New Jersey â showcase why to use AI to do more public listening. The White House's AI directives lack essential training provisions. While DOGE controversially hires an undergraduate to rewrite HUD regulations with AI, the Institute for Progress uses AI to summarize over ten thousand public comments about AI in government. Palantir's \"ImmigrationOS\" database for ICE raises mass surveillance concerns. Researchers warn that replacing federal workers with hallucination-prone AI could be \"catastrophic,\" while innovative startups are distributing the building of advanced language models without energy-intensive data centers. AI errors are increasing with new \"reasoning systems,\" Meanwhile, the UAE is making AI education mandatory across its K-12 public schools. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-05-08T12:00:00","57",[23],{"type":84,"id":5872,"title":5873,"excerpt":5874,"authors":5728,"author":5728,"date":5875,"edition":5876,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5877,"category":23},65,"News That Caught Our Eye #56","In the news this week: Miami-Dade County released its AI strategy update, showcasing progress in implementing public-facing AI pilots while preparing for broader deployment across transportation, emergency services, and environmental management. The House passed the bipartisan \"Take It Down Act\" to protect victims of deepfake and revenge pornography. Trump pushes out over 200 Biden-era AI experts creating what former officials call \"a waste of federal resources.\" California's Governor Newsom announced GenAI initiatives to reduce highway congestion and improve call centers, while Brazil's AI-powered social security app wrongly rejects legitimate claims. The UAE launches an \"AI-Powered Legislative Office\" as researchers propose \"Digital Twin\" technology to test democratic designs. Climate justice advocates raise alarms about X's Grok AI energy consumption in Memphis. New tools like StaffLink assist Congressional staffers, while reports emerge of police departments using \"AI-powered undercover bots\" to monitor college protesters. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-05-01T12:00:00","56",[23],{"type":84,"id":5879,"title":5880,"excerpt":5881,"authors":5749,"author":5749,"date":5882,"edition":5883,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5884,"category":23}
1,64,"News That Caught Our Eye #55","In the news this week: Anirudh Dinesh documents how India is quietly rewriting the playbook for public service by training millions of officials in AI, policy, and more with the goal of delivering more citizen-centric and future-ready public services.A collection of blog posts from Reboot Democracy explores Brazil's pioneering democratic innovations and how AI could be used to further improve, expand, and deepen engagement with citizens. The United Arab Emirates plans to use AI to aid in writing, amending, and tracking the impact of legislation; officials say that technology could make the lawmaking process faster and more precise, while skeptics question whether existing tools can deliver on the UAEâs ambitions. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-04-23T12:00:00","55",[23],{"type":84,"id":5886,"title":5887,"excerpt":5888,"authors":5749,"author":5749,"date":5889,"edition":5890,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5891,"category":23},63,"News That Caught Our Eye #54","In the news this week: Bowling Green, Kentucky used an AI-enabled platform to gather nearly 4,000 ideas from residents about priorities to include in the cityâs long-term plan; the platformâs AI tools helped to surface new areas of agreement among community members, while having a human in the loop ensured that the engagement had an understanding of the local context. José Luis Martà identifies four key considerations for transforming democratic institutions from within, while a UN report looks at how AI is transforming international development. Sofia Bosch Gomez describes how the Burnes Center for Social Change and Innovate Public Schools are co-designing an AI-powered tool with hundreds of families to make individualized education plans more accessible and understandable. Read more in this week's AI News That Caught Our Eye.","2025-04-16T12:00:00","54",[23],{"type":84,"id":5893,"title":5894,"excerpt":5895,"authors":5749,"author":5749,"date":5896,"edition":5897,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5898,"category":23},62,"News That Caught Our Eye #53","In the news this week: Trump administration guidelines for federal agenciesâ use and procurement of AI tools calls for âmaximizingâ US-made AI but otherwise doesnât stray far from Biden-era guardrails. Controversy erupts over Musk's DOGE team allegedly using AI to monitor federal workers for disloyalty. A New York State court reprimanded a plaintiff for using an AI avatar to make his oral argument. Stanford HAI releases its new AI Index Report showing that AI tools are becoming more efficient and accessible while a study from Elon Universityâs Imagining the Digital Future Center finds that many experts are concerned about AIâs potential to diminish empathy, independent thinking, identity, and moral judgment in the near future. Read more about AI, governance and democracy.","2025-04-10T12:00:00","53",[23],{"type":84,"id":5900,"title":5901,"excerpt":5902,"authors":5717,"author":5717,"date":5903,"edition":5904,"slug":41,"image":41,"status":45,"Tags":5905,"category":23},61,"News That Caught Our Eye #52","In the news: New Jersey's AI Task Force has pioneered a new approach to using AI to develop policy recommendations with public input, demonstrating how AI can enhance democratic participation in policymaking. An article from Spencer Overton examines how AI might advance racially inclusive democracy while acknowledging that proper legal frameworks are essential to prevent exacerbating inequalities. A survey from the Imagining the Digital Future Center reveals Americans' complex relationship with AI â with 52% of U.S. adults already using large language models despite having deep concerns about privacy and societal impacts. Meanwhile, a Luminate survey highlights Indonesia's unique vulnerability to AI-driven manipulation, with 75% of citizens believing AI-generated content can influence political views. This edition of AI News That Caught Our Eye covers news from this week while also taking a look back at some of the key stories weâve written about at Reboot Democracy so far this year. ","2025-04-03T09:00:00","52",[23],{"type":84,"id":85,"title":86,"excerpt":88,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":90,"edition":91,"slug":41,"image":5907,"status":45,"Tags":5908,"category":23},{"id":93,"filename_disk":94},[23],{"type":84,"id":5910,"title":5911,"excerpt":5912,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5913,"edition":5914,"
1slug":41,"image":5915,"status":45,"Tags":5918,"category":23},175,"Reboot Weekly: Mississippi's Framework Test, What Wars Are Fought Over, and Building UX Capacity","Mississippi has a statewide AI framework, but Dr. Kollin Napier argues that the real test starts the next day. In a new Reboot Democracy piece, he reflects on what it takes to move from published policy to actual adoption: sustained investment in workforce training, governance, staffing, and implementation capacity. From the AI Risk Explorer SPAR project, Elana Banin and colleagues argue that AI is pulling commercial tech firms into military operations and making cloud infrastructure, data centers, subsea cables, and AI models strategic targets. And a new piece from U.S. Digital Response and InnovateUS outlines what it takes to build UX capacity in government: not more technology, but leadership, cross-agency collaboration, and starting with residents","2026-07-09T12:00:00","114",{"id":5916,"filename_disk":5917},"b800193d-d4c7-499d-ba3c-1430ecdcdfde","b800193d-d4c7-499d-ba3c-1430ecdcdfde.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5920,"title":5921,"excerpt":5922,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":511,"edition":5923,"slug":41,"image":5924,"status":45,"Tags":5925,"category":23},174,"Reboot Weekly: 85% Cloud Lock-In, an AI Coach for Public Servants, and Why AI Shouldn't Vote","Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 85% of Canada's cloud market. In a new Reboot Democracy piece, David Eaves and Curtis McCord argue this concentration is a democracy problem, not just a competition one, because public institutions lose leverage over the infrastructure they depend on. The GovLab and InnovateUS launch an AI Coach for Public Engagement that helps public servants move from training to real project planning. And in Part II of their Habermolt response, José Luis Martà and Beth Simone Noveck argue that delegating political judgment to AI agents risks replacing democratic self-government with algorithmic authority.","113",{"id":5468,"filename_disk":5469},[23],{"type":84,"id":5927,"title":5928,"excerpt":5929,"authors":5373,"author":5373,"date":5930,"edition":5931,"slug":41,"image":5932,"status":45,"Tags":5935,"category":23},141,"Reboot Weekly Special: Beth Noveck's Reboot Launches Next Week â A Blueprint for Democratic AI","Democracy needs a moonshot â and Beth Noveck's new book offers the blueprint. Launching next week from Yale University Press, Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy makes the case that AI can strengthen democratic institutions when designed for public purpose, governed responsibly, and built to help governments listen, decide, and act more effectively. This special edition gathers the pre-launch conversation: Brookings TechTank with Darrell West, the Tavis Smiley Show, and Rick Flynn Presents, with feature interviews in Route Fifty and The Herald â alongside her new Reboot Democracy essay with José L. MartÃ, which critiques Habermolt, an experimental project that uses AI agents to deliberate and vote. Elana Banin sits down with Anya Kamenetz to ask why families have been largely absent from AI policy debates, and the Barcelona Public-Interest AI Accelerator team reflects on what it takes to train the next generation of AI-and-democracy leaders.","2026-06-18T12:00:00","112",{"id":5933,"filename_disk":5934},"6ba137e3-f851-44f9-b715-66d181c3cdf7","6ba137e3-f851-44f9-b715-66d181c3cdf7.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5937,"title":5938,"excerpt":5939,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5940,"edition":5941,"slug":41,"image":5942,"status":45,"Tags":5945,"category":23},140,"Reboot Weekly: The World Cup Edition","What can the World Cup's controversial VAR replay system teach us about deploying AI in government? In a new Reboot Democracy piece, Anirudh Dinesh argues that VAR's failures, such as addressing the wrong problem, ignoring stakeholder input, and eroding the human experience, are the same failures civic AI keeps making. Sarah Sachs and Tal Roded describe how the Block Party team turned 20 years of Manhattan Community Board 3 resolutions into a searchable public archive: democratic AI in practice. And in t
1wo new conversations, Beth Simone Noveck argues that universities should become laboratories for democratic problem-solving, and that AI should be judged not by efficiency alone but by whether it improves lives, expands participation, and helps institutions solve public problems.","2026-06-11T23:08:00","111",{"id":5943,"filename_disk":5944},"f668d343-f5f7-473a-81ce-b877d00dd27c","f668d343-f5f7-473a-81ce-b877d00dd27c.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5947,"title":5948,"excerpt":5949,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5950,"edition":5951,"slug":41,"image":5952,"status":45,"Tags":5953,"category":23},139,"Reboot Weekly: 10 Data Center Questions, Kazakhstan's AI Frontier, and Reimagining Universities","Deborah Stine outlines 10 questions about electricity demand, water use, workforce impacts, and community benefit agreements that communities should ask before construction begins. Gulnaz Kordanova examines Kazakhstan's rapid expansion from digital government into sovereign AI infrastructure, warning that gaps in connectivity, devices, and digital literacy could deepen inequality in the AI era. Anita McGahan argues that the most urgent AI-era leadership challenges in government are deeply human ones â psychological safety, honest feedback, and helping people perform under uncertainty. Debates over tech infrastructure continue, with David Eaves calling for interoperable cloud markets and the European Commission unveiling a digital autonomy package.","2026-06-04T12:00:00","110",{"id":5933,"filename_disk":5934},[23],{"type":84,"id":5955,"title":5956,"excerpt":5957,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5958,"edition":5959,"slug":41,"image":5960,"status":45,"Tags":5961,"category":23},138,"Reboot Weekly: Justice Systems, the Six-Word Problem, and 16 Members of Congress","When an AI system harms someone, who decides what justice looks like? In a new Reboot Democracy piece, Nate Edwards argues that AI governance frameworks routinely overlook this question, leaving courts, ombudsmen, and legal aid offices to determine whether AI accountability actually means anything in practice. AI for Impact Fellows Sai Punith Kolla and Swaapnika Chowdary Cherukuru introduce Public Voice, a piloted InnovateUS voice-based tool designed to measure whether AI learning is changing how public professionals actually work. And from a closed-door Bellagio convening with 16 members of Congress, Mariana Becerra reflects on what an unusually candid bipartisan conversation about AI revealed about the gap between policy and frontline practice.","2026-05-28T12:00:00","109",{"id":5468,"filename_disk":5469},[23],{"type":84,"id":5963,"title":5964,"excerpt":5965,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5966,"edition":5967,"slug":41,"image":5968,"status":45,"Tags":5971,"category":23},137,"Reboot Weekly: Decluttering San Francisco, AI in Turkish Schools, and Hope at Code for America","How do you find the rules a city no longer needs? In San Francisco, AI helped, scanning 16 million words of municipal code to surface 174 outdated reporting requirements. In a new Reboot Democracy piece, Dane Gambrell walks through how the city partnered with Stanford's RegLab to draft a 351-page cleanup ordinance. Beth Simone Noveck makes the case in the Times - Scottish Edition that AI's most important democratic role may be helping governments listen at scale, drawing on Camden and Scotland. Elif Davutoglu examines Türkiye's new YAZEK system, which requires educators to formally declare every AI tool they use in classrooms, and the gap between procedural compliance and substantive oversight. And from the Code for America Summit, Robert Asaro-Angelo argues that hope in public service becomes credible when civil servants have the authority and tools to fix systems from within.","2026-05-21T12:00:00","108",{"id":5969,"filename_disk":5970},"bf43f7c2-be79-468f-8ad5-272a094802ac","bf43f7c2-be79-468f-8ad5-272a094802ac.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5973,"title":5974,"excerpt":5975,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":876,"edition":5976,"slug":41,"image":5977,"status":45,"Tags":5978,"category":23},136,"Reboot Weekly: Zero-Click Government, the Capitol Wire, and AI's Kichwa Problem","What if the State acted on what it already knows about you, rather than waiting for you to fill out a form? In a new commentary, Beth Simone Noveck previews Gustavo Maio's new book and argues that moving toward zero-click government requires a double-click on participation. Zachary Florman shows how The Capitol Wire turns scattered congressional documents into real-time legislative intelligence. Pompeu Fabra's Rodrigo Cetina-Presuel, Marco Tello, and Jose Martinez-Sierra examine why Ecuador's judiciary paused the use of AI in Indigenous-language cases. This and more from this week's Reboot News That Caught Our Eye.","107",{"id":5916,"filename_disk":5917},[23],{"type":84,"id":5980,"title":5981,"excerpt":5982,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5983,"edition":5984,"slug":41,"image":5985,"status":45,"Tags":5988,"category":23},135,"Reboot Weekly: Testing Whether AI Can Deliver Public Value","This week on Reboot Democracy, Elana Banin examines World Health Organization research on how AI could transform evidence-informed policymaking, while warning that the harder challenge is whether ministries can build the capacity to align with frontline realities. Amedeo Bettauer argues that the public conversation on AI is being shaped by a narrow âmessenger class,â leaving students, workers, and families already using these tools largely absent from the debate. And the Center for AI and Digital Policy's AI Index finds that, across 90 countries, governments increasingly legislate AI governance principles such as fairness and transparency; the gaps lie in implementation, oversight, and public-sector capacity. Elsewhere, states experiment with AI in benefits systems and child welfare, the Labor Department prepares a workforce data hub to track AIâs economic effects, and South Africa withdraws its national AI policy after fabricated AI-generated citations expose the risks of weak institutional review. This and more in this weekâs News That Caught Our Eye.","2026-05-07T12:00:00","106",{"id":5986,"filename_disk":5987},"1d4192df-9045-426e-a9cc-316c448d75f5","1d4192df-9045-426e-a9cc-316c448d75f5.png",[23],{"type":84,"id":5990,"title":5991,"excerpt":5992,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":5993,"edition":5994,"slug":41,"image":5995,"status":45,"Tags":5996,"category":23},134,"Reboot Weekly: Governments Use AI to Simplify Rules and Strengthen Participation","Dane Gambrell interviews Reeve Bull on how Virginia used AI to analyze hundreds of thousands of regulatory requirements, cutting 35.7% of them and saving an estimated $1.4 billion annually, but only after years of human groundwork. Wietse Van Ransbeeck shows how AI is making large-scale listening usable, helping governments process tens of thousands of public inputs by matching participation to the policy cycle. And Basque MP Xabier Barandiaran de
1scribes how the Basque Country is embedding participation directly into law, making collaboration traceable and enforceable, not optional. Elsewhere, a congressional staffer builds his own AI tools in the absence of institutional support, and the FDA pilots real-time monitoring of clinical trials. This and more in this week's News that Caught Our Eye","2026-04-30T12:00:00","105",{"id":5943,"filename_disk":5944},[23],{"type":84,"id":5998,"title":5999,"excerpt":6000,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":6001,"edition":6002,"slug":41,"image":6003,"status":45,"Tags":6004,"category":23},133,"Reboot Weekly: 100 Interns, 1,000 Policies, 1,500 Workers, 100,000 LearnersâAI, Government, and Democracy by the Numbers","Lots of numbers in this week's News that Caught Our Eye: Beth Simone Noveck interviews Matti Schneider of OpenFisca about why we may be over-investing in \"100 interns on cocaine\" aka GenAI when what we need are more computational legal systems. Yan Zhu maps over 1,000 AI governance documents, revealing proliferating policies but major gaps. Summer Mothwood explains how California used AI to make sense of suggestions from 1500 state workers about how to improve government. Beyond Reboot, Brookings finds federal AI use rising but uneven across agencies, while New York scales AI training to over 100,000 workers. Elsewhere, reporting on ICEâs geotracking system and proposed limits on license plate data underscores growing scrutiny of surveillance, while research on AI âpersonalitiesâ and worker pushback in China points to emerging risks in decision-making and labor. ","2026-04-23T12:00:00","104",{"id":5933,"filename_disk":5934},[23],{"type":84,"id":6006,"title":6007,"excerpt":6008,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":6009,"edition":6010,"slug":41,"image":6011,"status":45,"Tags":6012,"category":23},132,"Reboot Weekly: Building Resilient Systems, Designing Public-Interest AI, and Confronting Generative Polarization","This week on Reboot Democracy, Beth Simone Noveck shows how tools like GrantWell can expand access to public funding and model public-interest AI. Lee Rainie and Janna Anderson warn that AI is becoming societyâs operating system, requiring resilience as shared infrastructure. Anirudh Dinesh examines how generative AI fuels âecho chambers,â reinforcing existing beliefs. Beyond Reboot, MIT Risk Review, and CEST maps gaps in governance frameworks, while the Center for AI and Digital Policy tracks global progress toward democratic AI. Partnership on AI examines how Pennsylvania and SEIU Local 668 negotiated protections for nearly 10,000 state employees, and the European Commission Joint Research Centre outlines a framework for scaling public-sector AI. Emerging tools from New Jersey Innovation Authorityâs NJ EASE to DARPAâs agent communication initiative show AI moving from experimentation to infrastructure, as Anthropic highlights rising cybersecurity risks.","2026-04-16T12:00:00","103",{"id":5986,"filename_disk":5987},[23],{"type":84,"id":6014,"title":6015,"excerpt":6016,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":6017,"edition":6018,"slug":41,"image":6019,"status":45,"Tags":6020,"category":23},131,"Reboot Weekly: Making Data Usable, Navigating Policy Overload, and Reimagining Public Communication","This week on Reboot Democracy, John Wihbey and Jill Abramson draw on a year of workshops with 1,400 public-sector communicators to show how AI can accelerate research and storytelling, but in a context of declining trust, it raises the stakes. Stefaan Verhulst, PhD, and Adam Zable chart a âFourth Waveâ of open data where AI serves as an interface to authoritative data. Jorge Cesar Ramirez Mata demonstrates how #ReguLens helps organizations navigate policy overload and engage earlier in the policymaking process. Beyond Reboot, Janna Quitney Anderson and Lee Rainie warn that AI is becoming societyâs invisible operating system and that resilience requires collective infrastru
1cture. Jennifer Pahlka argues philanthropy should help governments build AI capacity and reduce vendor dependence. Research mapping eight European countries finds strong use of AI in agenda-setting but gaps in accountability. Nava Labs shows AI can improve benefits navigation accuracy, but only with sustained support. OpenAIâs blueprint proposes taxes on automated labor and public wealth mechanisms. A World Health Organization-backed effort calls for treating AI as a public mental health issue as risks grow.","2026-04-09T12:00:00","102",{"id":5468,"filename_disk":5469},[23],{"type":84,"id":6022,"title":6023,"excerpt":6024,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":6025,"edition":6026,"slug":41,"image":6027,"status":45,"Tags":6028,"category":23},130,"Reboot Weekly: Governing Agents, Expanding Evidence, and Making Hard Choices","This week on Reboot Democracy, Sarosh Nagar and David Eaves examine what it will take for governments to govern AI agents already operating in open environments, from building trust infrastructure to managing multi-agent risks. Alister Martin and the Link Health team show how pairing AI with human navigators can help close the public benefits gap, underscoring the need for stronger evidence to guide investment. Beth Simone Noveck reflects on the challenges of teaching democratic engagement in the age of AI, highlighting the tradeoffs behind course design. Beyond Reboot, the White House announced new appointments to the Presidentâs Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, as emerging work in AI ethics and political theory argues that AI systems need ânormative competenceâ to function in democratic contexts. California is moving to limit AI workplace surveillance, New York City schools have introduced guidance, and the National Science Foundation has launched a nationwide effort to build AI readiness. Evidence of chatbot dependency is prompting calls for safeguards, a wrongful arrest tied to facial recognition underscores persistent challenges, and globally, export controls continue to struggle to contain AI proliferation.","2026-04-02T12:00:00","101",{"id":5969,"filename_disk":5970},[23],{"type":84,"id":6030,"title":6031,"excerpt":6032,"authors":89,"author":89,"date":6033,"edition":6034,"slug":41,"image":6035,"status":45,"Tags":6038,"category":23},129," Reboot Weekly: AI Expanding Access to Funding, Opportunity, and Public Systems","This week on Reboot Democracy, Eileen Twiggs explores how storytelling can rebuild trust in government through more human-centered communication. Anjith Prakash reflects on Massachusettsâ launch of the GrantWell tool to help municipalities access $17.5 billion in federal funding by reducing application complexity. Nhial Deng examines how AI is already functioning as an economic opportunity layer in places like Kakuma refugee camp. Beyond Reboot, research supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation shows AI shifting power across markets and public institutions. A global Anthropic study of 81,000 users in 159 countries finds people want AI to reduce cognitive burden and expand access to learning and work. Concerns about reliability and job loss persist. The White House advanced a federal AI policy blueprint prioritizing national consistency. Russia moved to restrict the use of foreign AI tools. New deployments in Brazil are enabling climate risk mapping, while projects in Saudi Arabiaâs Dammam region are using AI to support participatory urban planning.","2026-03-26T12:00:00","100",{"id":6036,"filename_disk":6037},"f72e4b72-567d-4606-92c1-6ca0f16028eb","f72e4b72-567d-4606-92c1-6ca0f16028eb.avif",[23],["Reactive",6040],{"$srouteLoading":6041},false,["Set"],["ShallowReactive",6044],{"topic-tags":-1,"homepage-all-data":-1},true,"\u002F"]</script>
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