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The conversation around AI often assumes one outcome: more power for dictators. But what if AI could instead become one of the most powerful tools for those resisting them?

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Human Rights Foundation (HRF)

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22 July

In a new article for the Journal of Democracy, HRF Chief Strategy Officer @gladstein.bsky.social argues that privacy-preserving, open-source AI has the potential to fundamentally shift the balance of power (...)

Human Rights Foundation (HRF)

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22 July

(...) by giving human rights defenders the tools to organize, research, build, and communicate at unprecedented scale.

Human Rights Foundation (HRF)

@hrf.org

22 July

The future of AI isn't just about who builds the smartest models. It's about who controls them. Read the full article: hrf.org/latest/how-a...

hrf.orgHow AI Agents Are Empowering Human-Rights DefendersJust two years ago, AI seemed like an inevitable upgrade for dictators and a downgrade for dissidents. Human-rights activists feared a centralizing technology that would boost state powers of surveill...