Author: Center for Information Technology Policy
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Does the Current AI Buildout Depend on an Automation Agenda?
Authors: Mihir Kshirsagar (Princeton University) Data centers in Ashburn, VA. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Arvind Narayanan kicked off CITP’s seminar series for the academic year by arguing that we should invest in augmentation rather than automation for AI development. I find that call inspiring. But with the enormous amounts of money that are flowing into…
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Making Community Governance Legible: A Semester with Bonfire
By Sohyeon Hwang Authors: Sohyeon Hwang (Princeton University), Andrés Monroy-Hernández (Princeton University) Most of us have spent the last two decades living inside platforms we have little control over. A handful of companies tune algorithms, moderate content, and set policies. Operating at “unfathomable” scales, this comes at a cost: it constrains diverse communities to a…
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After Math
By Eamon Duede Authors: Silvia De Toffoli (University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia), Eamon Duede (Princeton University and Purdue University) Note: This post was originally shared on Terry Tao’s blog, linked here for further reading. On September 8th, 2026, OpenAI announced that it had produced an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness…
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CITP Welcomes 2026-27 Fellows
The Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) welcomes our incoming Visiting Faculty, Postdoctoral Associates, and Emerging Scholars for the 2026-27 academic year! Graduate student bios will be shared on the blog shortly. 2026 CITP Visiting Faculty Eamon Duede Eamon Duede is assistant professor of philosophy at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the Data…
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Newsroom Guide for Authentication and Verification in the AI Age
By Felix Chen At our June workshop, organized jointly by Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) and NYU Journalism, participants shared a desire for a practical, short-form resource to help newsrooms understand the current landscape of authentication and verification tools for addressing AI-generated content. To complement our full report, we have translated the workshop…
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An Algorithmic Failure Beneath the Secret Ballot
Authored by Max Springer The secret ballot is one of the load-bearing walls of democracy. In Georgia, as in most states, this allows you to know whether your neighbor voted, but never who they voted for. This simple guarantee allows for transparent elections while deterring voter intimidation. Yet, in multiple states including Georgia, that guarantee…
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Princeton’s CITP and the NJ Office of the Public Defender Launch an AI-powered Resource Library
Authors: Dominik Stammbach, Peter Henderson In a speech at the NJ AI Summit on April 11, 2024, Phil Murphy, then-Governor of New Jersey, announced his support for a new partnership between Princeton University and New Jersey’s Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD). “Together, they are working to build an AI-powered resource that will help our…
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Facts & Fictions: Is AI-Assisted Oral Argument Preparation Worth the Hype?
Authored by Kylie Zhang, Nimra Nadeem, Lucia Zheng, Dominik Stammbach, Peter HendersonIn a recent TED Talk, Supreme Court attorney Neal Katyal describes how he prepared for his Supreme Court oral arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, the 2025 tariffs case. Katyal says that he was guided in his journey by four mentors: sports coach Bob,…
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AI Is Already Giving Medical Conclusions. Are They Any Good?
Authored by: Hayoung Jung Recently, I was talking with some family members from South Korea who mentioned their back pain. My immediate question: “What did the doctor say?” Healthcare is highly accessible and affordable in South Korea, so I assumed they had already seen one. Nope. They asked ChatGPT. In all honesty, this was not…
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Meet the Researcher: Miranda Wei
Miranda Wei studies online abuse and societal factors in sociotechnical safety, especially concerning social media, gender, and interpersonal relationships. Their research interests lie at the intersections of computer security and privacy (S&P), human-computer interaction (HCI), and feminist science and technology studies (STS). Wei recently sat down with Princeton undergraduate Grace Ding ’29 to discuss their…