Thought leadership on ethical AI, peacebuilding technology, and democratic innovation
Ai Governance Oversight
National control of AI raises questions no single framework answers, as states balance sovereignty, transparency and accountability against divergent legal traditions. Sovereignty settles who holds the controls, but says nothing about whether those controls are any good in practice.
Ai Governance Oversight
Sovereign AI is often framed as a question of where models and data physically sit, but location on its own guarantees nothing. Systems earn trust by being locally governed, independently accountable and honest about their limits, which is a considerably harder standard than domestic hosting.
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How false information spreads and why it works on us - and the critical thinking, prebunking and resilience strategies that help individuals, organisations and democracies push back.
19 articles
How platforms shape public discourse through algorithms and moderation, and how liability rules and regulation like the Digital Services Act are trying to hold them to account.
4 articles
AI regulation and digital policy across the UK, EU and beyond - what the emerging frameworks demand of organisations, and the rights they exist to protect.
4 articles
Technology in humanitarian contexts: protecting vulnerable people, supporting crisis response, and confronting the harms AI can inflict on refugees and marginalised communities.
1 article
Defending democratic processes from influence operations, voter suppression narratives and synthetic media in an AI-shaped information environment.
4 articles
Practical AI governance: oversight frameworks, audit trails, drift monitoring and risk management that keep deployed AI systems accountable from design through to live operation.
23 articles
Deepfakes and generative AI content - what synthetic media means for consent, trust, law and culture, and the struggle to preserve authenticity online.
33 articles
Intelligent systems in war and peacebuilding: early warning, machine-mediated reconciliation, autonomous weapons, and AI's role in societies rebuilding after conflict.
27 articles