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BridgingBot Uses AI Mediation to Turn Toxic Online Spaces Into Common Ground
Jeffrey Fossett
Plurality Institute
5/4/25


How Glen Weyl, Audrey Tang, and others propose cultivating prosocial behavior online
Glen Weyl et al.
Microsoft Research
3/14/25


California to launch first-in-the-nation digital democracy effort
Governor Gavin Newsom
The State of California
2/28/25


The 'Digitalist Papers' presents possible futures the AI revolution might produce
Audrey Tang et al.
Stanford's Digital Economy Lab
9/24/24
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6.11.25
Funding the Commons: Berlin Forum 2025
Funding The Commons
As digital, social, and institutional systems face increasing stress, the need for infrastructure that can adapt and be shaped by those that rely on it has never been clearer. 🌐 Infrastructures of Resilience is a two-day forum bringing together technologists, researchers, artists, and organizers to explore how we design systems that hold up under pressure and serve the public over time. The focus is on how coordination happens at scale, how trust is built into systems, and how public tools—digital and otherwise—can be governed and sustained by the communities that rely on them.
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6.18.25
ETHICS AND TECH CONFERENCE 2025: GOVERNING AI
Seattle University
Join Seattle University’s Technology Ethics Initiative at the third annual Ethics & Tech Conference to explore the evolving legal and policy landscape governing AI.
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6.18.25
Reimagining the Economy in the Age of AI
Golden Gate Institute for AI
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