In recent months, the tide of expert opinion about semiconductor export controls has been shifting. There is growing skepticism about their effectiveness and impact on national security. Export controls seem to have strengthened China’s commitment to self-reliance and import substitution policies. US attempts to leverage “chokepoints” on compute do not...
On October 8, the AI in Geopolitics Network held its inaugural meeting at the Tufts University Fletcher School in Medford, Massachusetts. The network was formed by researchers at MIT's Future Tech project, the University of Illinois I-School, and the Fletcher School and includes IGP as a member. The purpose of...
There is something touching about the AI engineer who quits a frontier lab because he believes the machines are going to kill us all within ten years. One imagines him striding out of the office with the solemnity of a monk leaving Rome, not because the church is too corrupt,...
From December 2024 to March 2025, users of the Reddit community r/ChangeMyView encountered people who seemed unusually articulate and persuasive. They engaged in heated discussions with these individuals, and many users developed a sense of familiarity and rapport with them, sometimes finding themselves persuaded by their arguments. But these people...
For the past 4 years, public policy toward “AI” has been driven by two competing narratives. In the past two weeks, the clash between them has blown up in the faces of policy makers and AI service providers, especially Anthropic and Open AI. Narrative 1 One camp told us that...
The intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity has rapidly ascended to the top of the Washington policy agenda. Following the administration’s June 2, 2026, Executive Order on AI cybersecurity, the Congressional Internet Caucus recently convened a panel of industry experts, policy analysts, and former officials to discuss the shifting threat...
Back in 2023, the Future of Life Institute issued a open letter calling to “pause giant AI experiments” before runaway AI destroyed humanity. Three years later, machine learning applications have expanded in use and capability, yet humans are still around. Most AI doomers have retreated from saying that AI...
On February 27th, President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology after the company refused the Pentagon's demand to allow lawful use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Much of the current media coverage frames this dispute as a straightforward ethical...
There is a battle over the reputation of advanced AI applications going on in the news. Two worldviews conflict: Are we unleashing dangerous forces that threaten humanity? Or are we just making computers and software do a lot of new things? Two Wall Street Journal reporters fired a shot in...
An Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 As artificial intelligence reshapes economies worldwide, critical questions emerge: Who benefits from AI development? How do export controls and geopolitical barriers affect global collaboration? What balance can we strike between innovation and creators' rights? The Internet Governance Project at Georgia...
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace tells the story of the struggle between governments and the global Internet community over control of the Internet registries (IANA). It offers new insights into a pressing question with profound implications: is state sovereignty the immutable foundation of global governance, or can new technological capabilities change the model?
“This is a book that needed to be written, and no one is better placed to write it than Milton Mueller. This full, rigorous account provides researchers and policymakers with a precious resource on global internet governance.”
