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CDE’s Yoshi Kohno co-authors new study on AI-generated summaries and human memory

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September 29, 2026

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Inaugural Fritz Digital Ethics Forum: “Social Media, Children, and the Constitution” explores how to protect children while protecting freedom of expression and privacy [video recording]

The Fritz Digital Ethics Forum at Georgetown University’s Center for Digital Ethics brings leading scholars and practitioners together to address urgent ethical questions in…

September 25, 2026

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CDE’s Cal Newport guest essay on the rhetoric around AI featured in the NYT

In a Sept. 5 2026 guest essay for The New York Times titled “How Scared Should We Be of AI Right Now?”, best-selling author, Georgetown computer science professor,…

September 10, 2026

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Georgetown “Ask a Professor” series features DeNardis/Sheehan collaboration on AI ethics and health care

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September 1, 2026

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Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna speak on their book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

On Monday, April 27, authors Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna gave a book talk to an appreciative audience gathered in the CCT Lounge of the Car Barn. The AI Con: How to Fight Big…

April 22, 2026

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Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn speaks on her new book “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance”

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April 1, 2026

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2026 Emergent Ethics Network Distinguished Lecture to feature Cristina Richie, scholar of green bioethics and the ethics of technology

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March 31, 2026

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Cal Newport publishes essay in the New York Times on “the negative impact of digital technology on our ability to think”

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March 28, 2026

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2026 Tech & Society Week: CDE hosts events on robotics, AI from March 23-27

The Center for Digital Ethics and partner organizations in the Tech & Society initiative for Tech & Society Week 2026: hosted an annual event showcasing faculty research,…

February 19, 2026

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CDE Book Talk on “Rewiring Democracy” now featured on C-SPAN

In the latest installment of their series “What Makes Us Human in the Age of AI,” the Center for Digital Ethics and the Georgetown Humanities Initiative hosted a…

January 30, 2026