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Berkman Klein Center Talk on The Psychology and Liability of Chatbots
Harvard Law School

NYT Journalist Kashmir Hill Warns Emotional Reliance on AI Could Blur Boundaries Between Help and Harm

New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill warned that artificial intelligence systems, many of which are programmed to always agree with the user, could soon shape how people think, feel, and trust in a Thursday panel at the Berkman Klein Center.

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Harvard in the City

Tech Experts See Artificial Intelligence as a Key Resource Ahead of Local Elections

Schneier and Sanders, a Harvard Kennedy School lecturer, co-authored the book “Rewiring Democracy” that was released on Oct. 21. The two appeared at a Cambridge Public Library panel to share more about how citizens can use AI to get involved in politics on Wednesday evening.

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College

Web Outage Leaves Faculty, Students Without Access to Canvas for More Than 12 Hours

Canvas, Harvard’s main platform for classes, was nonoperational for more than 12 hours on Monday due to a widespread web outage, leaving students and professors unable to access class materials and submit assignments.

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Harvard Business School

HBS Professor Says AI Can Boost But Not Replace Human Creativity in HAA Webinar

Jacqueline N. Lane, a professor at the Harvard Business School, argued that artificial intelligence can meaningfully amplify human creativity, but cautioned overreliance on the technology during a webinar on Thursday evening.

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College

Harvard Students Find Okta Verify ‘More Confusing’ Than Duo Mobile

Undergraduates said since the mandatory switch to Okta Verify on Sept. 30 they have found the Okta app “more difficult” to navigate, and several said they were frustrated by the change.

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Harvard Business School

How Alumni Entrepreneurs Are Trying to Redefine Harvard’s Reputation in the Startup World

At the inaugural Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Startup World Cup regionals on Sep. 12, Harvard graduates from 12 finalist startups made pitches for the chance to be sent to the championship round in San Francisco.

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College Life

AI Startup Baffles Harvard Students With ‘Unconventional Marketing’ Tactics

Nathaneo Johnson, a co-founder of the AI-powered social network Series, has spent the past two weeks in Cambridge, employing unorthodox marketing strategies to promote his company to Ivy League students.

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Politics

Cambridge’s Biotech Industry Threatened by New H-1B Visa Fee

12,000 international workers uphold Massachusetts’s booming technology and biotech industries — including more than 1,000 workers in Cambridge. But new fees on H-1B visas could soon cripple everything from start-ups to big pharma companies in Kendall Square.

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College

Embrace AI or Go Analog? Harvard Faculty Adapt to a New Normal

Nearly three years after ChatGPT arrived on the scene, Harvard’s instructors are adjusting to the technology that has reshaped their classrooms. This fall, the changes have been more visible than ever.

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College

At Harvard Convocation, College Dean David Deming Tells Freshmen to Prepare for AI Age

In his inaugural convocation address, Harvard College Dean David J. Deming told incoming freshmen they were living through a “unique moment in history” — though not focusing on reasons members of the audience had anticipated.

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Central Administration

Trump Administration To Investigate Harvard’s Patents

The Trump administration on Friday launched an investigation into Harvard’s patents derived from federally funded research, threatening intellectual property potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Central Administration

Harvard’s Chief Technology Development Officer Steps Down After 20 Years

Isaac T. Kohlberg will step down from his role as Harvard’s chief technology development officer at the end of 2025, concluding a 20-year tenure during which he established and expanded the office that helps Harvard affiliates commercialize their research.

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College

In Harvard’s Directories, Transgender Students Navigate a Slow and Uneven Name Change System

Transgender students face a longstanding problem with at least two of Harvard's databases — they do not remove legal names for students who use preferred names instead, whether for personal preference or gender identity.

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Research

From Lab to Startup: Harvard’s Office of Technology Development Paves the Way for Research Commercialization

With their research in hand, they approached Harvard’s Office of Technology Development to license their invention for commercial use. Four years later, Schaefer and Feldhaus not only secured a patent, but also launched start-up company Rarefied Technologies to commercialize their invention.

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