The Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, cowritten by IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Maria Ressa, is a first-of-its-kind independent scientific assessment of the capabilities, emerging opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. It’s central warning: current safeguards cannot keep pace with the growth of AI’s capabilities.

Read the new report from the IGP's Technology & Democracy Initiative, AI Slop and the Information Ecosystem, by Jen Weedon, Camille François, and Jeremie Ponak.

Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and Co-Chair of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI accepts the Champion of Global Leadership Award from Annalena Baerbock, President of the UN General Assembly, on April 8, 2026.

The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) Technology & Democracy Initiative and the Columbia Journalism School convened a public discussion on the collapse of the information environment and the frameworks needed to restore transparency and trust online.

Researcher Jen Weedon of IGP’s Tech and Democracy Initiative spoke on how families can navigate children’s online and offline safety challenges during a Rowan Center panel.

IGP and the Hewlett Foundation recently convened the Slop Salon, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of researchers, investigative journalists, technologists, and platform representatives to explore the boundaries and implications of AI slop.

"The Panel will help the world separate fact from fakes, and science from slop," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

IGP's Technology & Democracy Initiative and IGP's Women's Initiative convened an expert panel to discuss how governments, multilateral institutions, and technology companies can take action to address online violence, abuse, and harassment.

A new study co-written by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa documents the systematic importation of the authoritarian playbook and how the 'Deconstruction Model' turned narrative warfare into kinetic reality.

Camille François, Professor of Practice at Columbia SIPA, and Mark Surman, president of Mozilla Foundation, examine generative AI’s potential to foster or stifle diverse artistic expression