Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide
An article for The Guardian telling four stories of AI being used to support democratic functions in Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, and California.
Nathan E. Sanders
New book: Rewiring Democracy
Announcing the book Rewiring Democracy written with Bruce Schneier
How public AI can strengthen democracy.
An article for Brookings laying out the case for Public AI as a tool to strengthen democracy.
How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI.
An article for Jacobin about how the 'frontier' analogy is a dangerous metaphor for AI.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Aid Democracy
An article for Slate about the potential to build Public AI that advances rather than harms democracy.
How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy
An article for The New York Times about the potential for AI to supercharge lobbying.
Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
An article for The Conversation about the increasing role of advertising revenue streams in corporate AI.
Rewiring Democracy Now: Japan
An article for The Renovator about Takahiro Anno and the digital democracy politcal party in Japan, Team Mirai.
AI + Humans: Making the Relationship Work
An article for Rotman Management Magazine (University of Toronto) explaining research into how to make agentic AI systems work in terms of traditional human management principles.
Are We Ready to Be Governed by Artificial Intelligence?
An article for Merion West exploring examples of how AI is already changing governmental functions around the world.
Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI
An article for Gizmodo arguing against the Trump administration's proposed federal moratorium on state regulation of AI.
Like Social Media, AI Requires Difficult Choices
An article for Lawfare laying out four key governance choices presented by AI.
Who Will Be the First American Candidate To Harness AI
An article for The Fulcrum analogizing to how a breakthrough American politician could harness AI in the 2026 midterms like the Obama campaign capitalized on social media in 2008.
Scientists Need a Positive Vision for AI: It’s time to lead reform, block harm, and advance the public good
An article for IEEE Spectrum laying out the landscape of political actors leveraging AI in the runup to the 2026 midterms.
Will AI Strengthen or Undermine Democracy?
An article for Next Big Idea Club / Fast Company articulating the emerging partisan gap in political usage of AI in the runup to the 2026 midterms.
AI Is Changing How Politics Is Practiced in America
An article for The American Prospect laying out the landscape of political actors leveraging AI in the runup to the 2026 midterms.
How AI Could Drive the 2026 Midterm Elections
An article for Time Magazine articulating the emerging partisan gap in political usage of AI in the runup to the 2026 midterms.
DOGE’s Flops Shouldn’t Spell Doom for AI In Government
An article for Tech Policy Press outlining the potential for another administration to use AI more responsibly in governance.
Public Media is Under Assault. Here's a Way to Fight Back
An article for The Boston Globe about how we can respond to the federal defunding of public media by putting an attention extraction tax on tech companies to support civic technology.
Mass. must resist Congress’s proposed moratorium on state AI regulation
An article for CommonWealth Beacon about Massachusetts' potentials role in resisting the proposed Congressional moratorium on state-level AI policy.