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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…

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…

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…

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…

*The deadline has been updated to December 8, 2025 as of November 13, 2025. Applications are now open for Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) 2026-27 Fellows Program. Candidates are encouraged to apply by the start-of-review date of December 8*, 2025. The applications are open now (links are available below according to track)…

Blog Post Author: Mihir Kshirsagar Shaping the Future of AI Conference Report authored by: Mihir Kshirsagar and Sophie Luskin Photography by Sameer Khan / Fotobuddy Photography This summer, over 120 policymakers, researchers, and government leaders gathered in Princeton to wrestle with a deceptively simple question: How can artificial intelligence truly serve the public interest? Our…

This post is about a Syllabus of Actions, the result of last fall’s Building the Society We Want workshop, co-hosted by Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy and Center for Human Values. The central theme of the workshop was rejecting the premise that any new technology constitutes “progress” except insofar as it causes too many…

Apply here now to be part of the Siegel Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship! Artificial intelligence, privacy and security, social media platforms and the internet are influencing all sectors of society — from the justice system and banking, to online shopping and the way we work. Indeed, the demand for expertise is great. Each summer,…

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and CITP are accepting applications for an assistant, associate or full professor whose work aligns with CITP’s priorities areas: platforms and digital Infrastructure; data science, AI and society, and privacy and security. Please apply here. Fellows Program We are accepting applications for…