Truth, Trust, and Democracy: Leadership in the Information Ecosystem

A conversation about the future of information and the ways that government, academia, private companies and civil society can each take a role in preserving and rebuilding trust in our institutions.

Experts estimate that within a year the internet as we’ve known it will have been supplanted by one where the vast majority of content comes from bots. If there’s one thing we’ve learned as generative AI struts out of the lab and into our feeds and phones and lives, it is how confidently and flamboyantly it lies. With a lack of ethical oversight, AI’s inability to tell lies from truth, and its impacts on the economy of information creation, we are at a clear inflection point in how people create, access, and trust information. 

Moderator: 

• Nancy Gibbs, Director, Shorenstein Center, Edward R. Murrow Professor at Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists: 

• Jessica Rosenworcel, FCC Chairwoman
• Martha Minow, former Dean and 300th Anniversary University Professor of Harvard Law School
• Tracy Chou, CEO of Block Party