AI Ethics & Policy

In new research, Filippo Lancieri, Laura Edelson, and Stefan Bechtold explore how the political economy of artificial intelligence regulation is shaped by the strategic behavior of governments, technology companies, and other agents. As the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) systems continue to grow—particularly those based on large language models (LLMs)—there are increasing international discussions on […]

Responsible AI is getting a lot of buzz. With policy conversations around the deregulation of AI, we’ve been led to believe that ethical practices are falling on enterprises, as they largely have since the inception of the technology. This, however, is wrong. The days of “AI washing” are coming to an end. And while we

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – JUNE 29: People walk through the gate on Harvard Yard at the Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admission policies used by Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution, bringing an end to affirmative action in higher education.

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law—a budget reconciliation bill enacting several signature policies of the President’s second-term agenda. Left on the cutting-room floor, however, was an ambitious attempt to prohibit nearly all state and local regulation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) for the foreseeable future. The version

Every day, millions of people input prompts (whether questions or instructions) into AI tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, DALL-E, or Meta AI. Recently, media coverage highlighted what seemed to be a gap in awareness for many users of the latter: people could read the “conversations” that strangers were having with Meta’s chatbot—including both the

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as large language models and chatbots has considerably changed the academic landscape. Teachers have had to adapt on the fly, straddling the line behind harnessing these tools for their own educational gain in the classroom while preventing their potential misuse. In its wake, AI’s rapid ascendence has

New York state lawmakers on June 12, 2025 passed the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (the RAISE Act), which aims to safeguard against artificial intelligence (AI)-driven disaster scenarios by focusing on the largest AI model developers; the bill now heads to the governor’s desk for final approval. The RAISE Act is the latest legislative

Austin, Texas—The interior dome of the Texas State Capitol. Justin Hendrix/Tech Policy Press Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) last month signed into law the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, or TRAIGA (HB 149), joining Colorado as only the second state to adopt a comprehensive AI governance law. TRAIGA brings forth a new approach to

This story is part of our summer storytelling series, which follows Hoyas’ adventures near and far. Wisdom Obinna (G’29) has long admired the United Nations’ work for the public good. The Ph.D. student in computer science hoped to work with the intergovernmental organization one day. This summer, he took one step toward that goal as