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NEW FALL BOOKS FROM CPC AUTHORS

Regulating Under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI

The two years since the release of ChatGPT have been marked by an exponential rise in development and attention to the technology. Unsurprisingly, governmental policy and regulation have lagged behind the fast pace of technological development.

The Digitalist Papers

Inspired by the Federalist Papers, the Digitalist Papers seeks to inspire a new era of governance, informed by the transformative power of technology to address the significant challenges and opportunities posed by AI and other digital technologies.

The Tech Coup

In The Tech Coup, Marietje Schaake, Fellow at the CPC and at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) offers a behind-the-scenes account of how technology companies crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments.

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Poland Presidential Election 2020: Disinformation Strikes the Military

Blogs May 8, 2020

Poland Presidential Election 2020: Disinformation Strikes the Military

Blogs May 8, 2020

Amid increasing political turmoil and a potential constitutional crisis, Poland was recently targeted by an elaborate disinformation operation. We studied the tactics used by the attackers and discovered a previously unknown connection to the website Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny, which has previously been accused of having ties to Russian intelligence.

Coordinated behavior across 18 pro-Saif Gaddafi Facebook Pages

Blogs April 27, 2020

Coordinated behavior across 18 pro-Saif Gaddafi Facebook Pages

Blogs April 27, 2020

A cluster of pro-Saif Gaddafi Facebook Pages suspended for inauthentic behavior worked to create the impression that Saif has broad support among Libyans, and tried to undermine the recognized government, including by pushing COVID-19 conspiracies.

Stanford Internet Observatory launches attribution.news with First Draft

Blogs April 20, 2020

Stanford Internet Observatory launches attribution.news with First Draft

Blogs April 20, 2020

Attribution.news provides journalists with tools to effectively cover the origins of both cyber incidents and information operations online. It unpacks some of these complexities through case studies and recommended best practices for covering this topic.

WARSAW, POLAND - OCTOBER 13: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the governing, right-wing Law and Justice political party (PiS), speaks to supporters following the announcement of first results in Polish parliamentary elections on October 13, 2019 in Warsaw, P

Poland Presidential Election 2020: The Pandemic Sows Chaos

Blogs April 10, 2020

Poland Presidential Election 2020: The Pandemic Sows Chaos

Blogs April 10, 2020

With a month to go until the planned election date, neither the final date of the election nor the mechanism for voting has been established. To comply with social distancing, the campaign has moved almost entirely to social media. The government also announced further shelter-in place restrictions thereby making traditional voting impossible.