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"Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses"

"Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses"

Defining Public Interest Technology: A Conversation with ChatGPT

Defining Public Interest Technology: A Conversation with ChatGPT

In the past year, ChatGPT has become the focus of intense discussion. Its inventors and advocates should consider carefully both the ways that tools like ChatGPT can be used and the guardrails that need to be constructed so that artificial intelligence (AI) is not used unfairly or inappropriately.

“Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American People”

“Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American People”

The White House

“The Case for Digital Public Infrastructure”

“The Case for Digital Public Infrastructure”

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

Digitalization and the City: Connectivity as a Tool for Identifying Systemic Gaps with Surbhi Agarwal

Digitalization and the City: Connectivity as a Tool for Identifying Systemic Gaps with Surbhi Agarwal

Surbhi Agrawal is an architect, urban designer and Master in City Planning candidate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) at MIT. She is also a part of the Senseable City Lab. Agrawal’s work lies at the intersection of urban planning and digital technologies in cities.

Transit Optimization: Technology Shaping the Future of Work and Mobility with Jim Aloisi and Jinhua Zhao

Transit Optimization: Technology Shaping the Future of Work and Mobility with Jim Aloisi and Jinhua Zhao

Fundamental changes to how we work and commute have forced public transit agencies to contend with a new normal after the Covid-19 pandemic. Jim Aloisi and Jinhua Zhao of MIT's Transit Lab propose a way forward.

What is the Public Interest Technology University Network (PITUN)?

What is the Public Interest Technology University Network (PITUN)?

The Public Interest Technology University Network (PITUN) includes sixty-three universities across the United States.[1] Each approaches Public Interest Technology (PIT) in its own way. As a group, PITUN aims to build a new field of study. With help from the New America Foundation, PITUN provides grants through network challenges

What is the Public Interest Technologist?

What is the Public Interest Technologist?

The Public Interest Technologist is a new online publication aimed at helping the MIT community think together about the social responsibilities of students, faculty, staff and alumni who design and implement technologies of various kinds.