A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, SIPA professor of professional practice.

"Framing risk as a model property or 'advanced capabilities' implicitly treats technology as the subject, but technology cannot be held accountable," writes IGP researcher Jen Weedon.

A warning has gone viral, writes IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Audrey Tang. In early September, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who just resigned from Anthropic, said: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."

A new initiative brings mental health experts and AI safety professionals to the same table, with a focus on teen mental health while working in the open for the public interest.

“A.I. is a creativity tool at the end of the day, and multifaceted, and platforms that handle [AI slop] in a poor way will see people walk and go to other places,” says Camille François, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs.

As policymakers grapple with the future of open AI, defining “openness” has become more important than ever. This post highlights a new paper that provides a shared framework for understanding openness in foundation models and reflects several years of collaborative work led by Columbia IGP and its partners.

There is an urgent need for a more nuanced and informed understanding of openness in AI systems, says Professor Camille François.

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.

Camille François participated in the Inaugural high-level dialogue of the Faith-AI covenant of the Interfaith Alliance, gathering religious and spiritual leaders along with technology leaders to bridge the gap between the “Builders” and the “Stewards” (moral and spiritual leaders), presenting IGP's Technology & Democracy Initiative work on child safety safeguards.