In February 2024, unusual Facebook adverts in the UK triggered computational social scientist and open-source intelligence investigator Sohan Dsouza’s suspicions. He reached out to counter-disinformation researcher Dr. Marc Owen Jones, collaborating with him on a deep investigation into what turned out to be an immense covert influence operation. They discovered that the operation, which ran for months…

How do people create meaning, ethics, and purpose in a world without easy answers—or divine guarantees? What role do creativity, culture, and lived experience play in how people understand themselves and one another? Join the Secular Student Alliance for a conversation with Anthony B. Pinn, scholar of religion, humanism, and African American religious thought, exploring…

Everyday decisions such as hiring, content moderation, risk scoring, and credibility assessments are increasingly shaped by AI systems. The most concerning part is not just their reach, but how quickly this influence becomes routine and unquestioned. In this book talk, Chris introduces key ideas from “The Psychology of AI Decision Making” and argues that AI…

AI is showing up everywhere at once, in classrooms, workplaces, hiring systems, policing, content feeds, and the tools students use to learn and organize. The speed is real, and so is the gap between what these systems can do and what our institutions are prepared to handle when things go wrong. In this webinar, Ai…