On April 10-11, 2025, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to examine the risks that advanced artificial intelligence systems pose to democratic freedoms, to discuss sociotechnical as well as technical interventions to mitigate these risks, and to identify ways in which these systems may be employed to support democracy. The symposium, “Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms,” is a collaboration between the Knight Institute and the Institute’s Senior AI Advisor Seth Lazar.

Read more about the participants and papers here. Agenda and further details to come. 

The symposium, which is co-sponsored by the Knight Institute and Columbia Engineering, will take place in person at Columbia University’s Lee C. Bollinger Forum and will be livestreamed. RSVP for in-person and/or virtual attendance for updates and more information.