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STPP releases analysis of Biden’s Executive Order on Safe AI and the EU AI Act

Jun 13, 2024

As artificial intelligence technologies proliferate in industries across the globe, governments around the world are working to regulate how and when these technologies are used.In October 2023, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Safe...

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Q&A with STPP Certificate student and FAS Policy Entrepreneur Award winner Alexa White

Mar 6, 2024

Alexa White, an STPP Certificate and Ph.D. student in ecology and evolutionary biology, was given the inaugural FAS Policy Entrepreneur Award by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) at a ceremony in Washington, DC on November 16, 2023....

Alumni spotlight

Esha Mathew (PhD, STPP '15) combines science and technology with diplomacy

Aug 18, 2021

Esha Mathew (PhD '15 - Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology) is a Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation at the U.S. State Department. Previously she was a Science and Technology Fellow with the American...

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Interview with Johanna Okerlund, STPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Mar 4, 2021

Johanna Okerlund is an STPP postdoctoral fellow working on the Rethinking Computer Science Education: Bringing Public Interest Technology into Undergraduate and Postdoctoral Training project. Dr. Okerlund, whose background is in computer science,...

Policy Brief

Regulating Drone Surveillance in Michigan

June 24, 2024

Terry Nguyen

Law enforcement agencies in Michigan are increasingly using drones as a common tool for purposes including surveillance, crime prevention, and search and rescue operations. Privacy concerns loom large as drones capture images and videos of...

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Public interest technology

STPP releases analysis of Biden’s Executive Order on Safe AI and the EU AI Act

Q&A with STPP Certificate student and FAS Policy Entrepreneur Award winner Alexa White

Esha Mathew (PhD, STPP '15) combines science and technology with diplomacy

Interview with Johanna Okerlund, STPP Postdoctoral Fellow

Regulating Drone Surveillance in Michigan

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