AI Ethics

AI Ethics

Bias, safety, alignment, and the philosophy of AI.

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Operationalizing FDT

This post is an attempt to better operationalize FDT (functional decision theory). It answers the following questions:given a logical causal graph, how do we define the logical do-operator?what is logical causality and h…

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CDT Joins Allies Objecting to the Department of Treasury’s Attempt to Consolidate Personal Information
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined two comments objecting to the Treasury Department’s recent System of Records Notice (SORN) that would dra…
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EU AI Act Brief – Pt. 5, General-Purpose AI Models
AI ACT SERIES: CDT Europe has been publishing a series of blog posts and briefing papers on the…
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Countdown to the Midterms: Reexamining Foreign Influence in 2020 Elections
In the months before and after the 2020 election, the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and other age…
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Governor DeSantis Directs Florida State Agencies to Partner with Future of Life Institute to Shield Families from AI Harm
The collaboration will produce a Crisis Counselor Training Curriculum and a statewide AI Harms Reporting Form targeting dangerous AI companion
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From Risk Mitigation to App Bans: Assessing EU Legislation’s Potential to Combat AI-generated Image Abuse
In late December 2025, X rolled out a new AI-based picture-editing feature in its interface. Users could now edit pictures posted to the website by simply addre…
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CDT Testimony before Pennsylvania Joint Hearing on Dynamic Pricing
George Slover, competition policy counsel for CDT, testified at a joint hearing before the Pennsylvania Assembly’s House Majority Policy Co…
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Op-ed: Congress’ Child Safety Bills Sound Good. Families Suggest They Won’t Work.
This op-ed, authored by CDT’s Aliya Bhatia and Michal Luria, first appeared in Tech Policy Press on March 5, 2026. A portion of the text has been pasted below. …
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Privacy Protections Should Be Both Strong and Constitutional if They are to Protect Anyone. In House Kids’ Safety Bills, Many Are Neither
In advance of the House Energy and Commerce markup of bills intended to protect children online, CDT sent a letter explaining some of the privacy and free expre…
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Defense and AI Leaders on Pentagon’s Attack on Anthropic
[ PDF version ] The Honorable Roger WickerSenate Armed Services Committee425 Russell Senate Office B…
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CDT Calls for SCOTUS to Reject Overbroad Geofence Warrant in New Amicus Brief
CDT, along with the Brennan Center for Justice, Defending Rights & Dissent, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, is calling on the Supreme Cou…
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CDT Welcomes 2026 Advisory Council Members
Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is proud to announce the newest members of its Advisory Council. This distinguished group of leaders brin…
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Statement from Max Tegmark on the Department of War’s ultimatum
"Our safety and basic rights must not be at the mercy of a company's internal policy; lawmakers must work to codify these overwhelmingly popular red lines into
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The U.S. Public Wants Regulation (or Prohibition) of Expert‑Level and Superhuman AI
Three‑quarters of U.S. adults want strong regulations on AI development, preferring oversight akin t…
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Michael Kleinman reacts to breakthrough AI safety legislation
FLI celebrates a landmark moment for the AI safety movement and highlights its growing
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Are we close to an intelligence explosion?
AIs are inching ever-closer to a critical threshold. Beyond this threshold lie great risks—but cross…
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The Impact of AI in Education: Navigating the Imminent Future
What must be considered to build a safe but effective future for AI in education, and for children t…
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Context and Agenda for the 2025 AI Action Summit
The AI Action Summit will take place in Paris from 10-11 February 2025. Here we list the agenda and key
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A Buddhist Perspective on AI: Cultivating freedom of attention and true diversity in an AI future
The AI-facilitated intelligence revolution is claimed by some to be setting humanity on a glidepath into utopian futures of nearly effortless satisfaction and f…
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Could we switch off a dangerous AI?
New research validates age-old concerns about the difficulty of constraining powerful AI
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Paris AI Safety Breakfast #4: Rumman Chowdhury
The fourth of our 'AI Safety Breakfasts' event series, featuring Dr. Rumman Chowdhury on algorithmic auditing, "right to repair" AI systems, and the AI Safety a…
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AI Safety Index Released
The Future of Life Institute has released its first safety scorecard of leading AI companies, findin…
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Why You Should Care About AI Agents
Powerful AI agents are about to hit the market. Here we explore the
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Max Tegmark on AGI Manhattan Project
A new report for Congress recommends that the US start a "Manhattan Project" to build Artificial General Intelligence. To do so would be a suicide
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FLI Statement on White House National Security Memorandum
Last week the White House released a National Security Memorandum concerning AI governance and risk management. The NSM issues guidance
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Paris AI Safety Breakfast #3: Yoshua Bengio
The third of our 'AI Safety Breakfasts' event series, featuring Yoshua Bengio on the evolution of AI capabilities, loss-of-control scenarios, and proactive vs r…
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