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CITRIS Policy Lab

CITRIS Policy Lab co-launches Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society Project

CITRIS Policy Lab co-launches Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society Project
Posted on January 25, 2023

The project will be an independent forum to explore the best ways to support responsible development and use of AI.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

Nonnecke co-authors Gonzalez v. Google amicus brief

Nonnecke co-authors Gonzalez v. Google amicus brief
Posted on January 25, 2023

CITRIS Policy Lab Director Brandie Nonnecke is part of a group of expert technologists that filed the Gonzalez v. Google amicus brief.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS ED offers op-ed on meat industry’s effects on climate change

CITRIS ED offers op-ed on meat industry’s effects on climate change
Posted on November 29, 2022

CITRIS Executive Director Camille Crittenden points out an avenue for improving our climate impact — reassessing our menu — in a recent Berkeley Blog post.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Climate, Policy

Nonnecke weighs in on Twitter’s acquisition in SF Examiner, Washington Post

Nonnecke weighs in on Twitter’s acquisition in SF Examiner, Washington Post
Posted on November 4, 2022

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has made hundreds of headlines since he first raised the idea in April.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

Farid talks AI in US criminal justice system on PBS’s Nova

Farid talks AI in US criminal justice system on PBS’s Nova
Posted on October 31, 2022

The CITRIS PI and Policy Lab advisor discussed the results of a study that explored the use of COMPAS, case management software used in criminal courts.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

Nonnecke discusses Section 230 with NBC News

Nonnecke discusses Section 230 with NBC News
Posted on October 13, 2022

The CITRIS Policy Lab recently launched a database of legislation related to Section 230, which provides some immunity for websites hosting third-party content.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS Policy Lab acknowledged in US AI Bill of Rights

CITRIS Policy Lab acknowledged in US AI Bill of Rights
Posted on October 10, 2022

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has released its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to help protect the rights of the American public

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

Our Better Web initiative launches at UC Berkeley

Our Better Web initiative launches at UC Berkeley
Posted on September 19, 2022

UC Berkeley’s new Our Better Web initiative, led by Brandie Nonnecke, director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, is advancing efforts to study and combat online harms.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

Policy Lab partners with UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy on new initiative

Policy Lab partners with UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy on new initiative
Posted on September 14, 2022

The Tech Policy Initiative aims to strengthen multidisciplinary collaborations, foster education and innovation, and inform effective strategies across the public and private sectors.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

AI Policy Hub announces its inaugural cohort

AI Policy Hub announces its inaugural cohort
Posted on September 2, 2022

Launched in spring 2022, the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub has welcomed its first cohort of graduate student researchers.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy, Robotics

Farid talks rise of disinformation, AI in NPR, Washington Post

Farid talks rise of disinformation, AI in NPR, Washington Post
Posted on August 31, 2022

CITRIS researcher Hany Farid discussed the risks of disinformation that grow with the advent of multimedia manipulated by artificial intelligence.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy, Robotics

Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide

Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide
Posted on May 20, 2022

The CITRIS Policy Lab has released a report that outlines four recommendations UC could use to support broadband infrastructure development. 

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab
Research Interests Policy

Policy Lab launches Section 230 legislation database

Policy Lab launches Section 230 legislation database
Posted on April 20, 2022

The CITRIS Policy Lab has launched a database that tracks all U.S. federal legislation seeking to amend, repeal or reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

Nonnecke to lead UC Berkeley’s “Our Better Web”

Nonnecke to lead UC Berkeley’s “Our Better Web”
Posted on April 11, 2022

The initiative aims to examine and provide recommendations for legislation on misinformation and illegal activities on social media platforms.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS and CLTC announce launch of AI Policy Hub

CITRIS and CLTC announce launch of AI Policy Hub
Posted on March 15, 2022

Two prominent centers at the University of California have joined together to launch an interdisciplinary initiative to train forward-thinking researchers.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

Nonnecke discusses demand for data transparency in Science article

Nonnecke discusses demand for data transparency in Science article
Posted on March 2, 2022

Brandie Nonnecke and co-author Camille Carlton detailed what political oversight for large social media platforms may look like.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

Inaugural Human Rights By Design fellows publish white papers

Inaugural Human Rights By Design fellows publish white papers
Posted on December 21, 2021

Brie McLemore and Ifejesu Ogunleye, the first cohort of a fellowship program established by Taraaz and the CITRIS Policy Lab, have released papers on the human rights implications of emerging tech.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS experts discuss chatbots for student mental health support

CITRIS experts discuss chatbots for student mental health support
Posted on December 3, 2021

Can — and should — chatbots help students navigate mental health crises? As higher education tackles a worsening student mental health crisis on slim budgets, […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

NIST’s AI risk management framework should address key societal-scale risks

NIST’s AI risk management framework should address key societal-scale risks
Posted on November 5, 2021

CITRIS Policy Lab Director Brandie Nonnecke and colleagues have authored a set of recommendations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology to consider for its AI Risk Management Framework.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab
Research Interests Policy

UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence

UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence
Posted on October 19, 2021

Brandie Nonnecke, founding director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, co-chaired the University of California Presidential Working Group on AI.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News

CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good

CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good
Posted on October 13, 2021

CITRIS is accepting proposals from principal investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz for projects addressing Grand Challenges of IT.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, CITRIS Seed Funding, Sustainable Infrastructures

CITRIS Confronts Pandemic Challenges and Continues to Innovate

CITRIS Confronts Pandemic Challenges and Continues to Innovate
Posted on June 15, 2021

The 20th anniversary of CITRIS coincided with the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown of many in-person campus operations. In response, the institute pivoted key programming […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, EDGE in Tech, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests COVID-19

Morgan Ames on the Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child

Morgan Ames on the Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child
Posted on March 31, 2021

Morgan Ames researches the ideological origins of inequality in the technology world, with a focus on utopianism, childhood, and learning. The questions that drive her current […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

Brian Christian on the Challenges of Integrating Human Values into AI Systems

Brian Christian on the Challenges of Integrating Human Values into AI Systems
Posted on February 26, 2021

Brian Christian is the author of “The Most Human Human,” which was named a Wall Street Journal bestseller, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a The New Yorker favorite book of […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

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