David Evan Harris

@nytimes.com: "Mr. Harris said the challenges of A.I. are real: It could increase inequality and degrade public information and trust, fatally eroding democracy. But, he said, those challenges are not insurmountable..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

From the Daily Mail (!): “Maybe there’s broad agreement that being on the street is public,” [I] said. “But when you are on a train, is that public? Is the inside of a pub – literally short for public house – public?” #AI #Privacy #Surveillance

Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵 (1/19)

Hot off Tech Policy Press! While fed inaction leaves ppl—including children—exposed to deepfakes, data abuse & bias, California is stepping up, write Drew Liebert & David Evan Harris from the Calif. Initiative for Tech and Democracy (CITED). More work ahead... www.techpolicy.press/california-i...

Congratulations to @yoshuabengio.bsky.social and team for appropriately moving to keep this critical report up to date at a brisk cadence!

I testified on the California AI Transparency Act of 2025 with @buffywicks.bsky.social and @mouniribrahim.bsky.social in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill passed out of committee 11-0! Here's the video: youtu.be/vYQmG7QWSHk

My latest piece is live!

Good news for content authenticity and AI transparency from the California State Assembly! AB 853 passed 9-0 out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee this week! Here are some highlights from the hearings where I testified alongside Assemblymember Buffy Wicks! #AI #AIPolicy #AB853

“‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State“ Brilliant and very disturbing article from @juliaangwin.com of the @nytimes.com with quotes from @bankston.bsky.social & @paulohm.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

The problem of tariffs goes beyond stock market decline. They open the door to lobbying, favoritism, and graft.

Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited. sherwood.news/power/shop-t...

He still doesn't know who started the war. Or pretends not to know

“Protecting individuals—especially minors—from exploitative algorithms, harmful content, and many of the other dangers stemming from the devices in our hands starts with speaking up.” Madi Parsons is bravely speaking up to curb the amplification of online harms. Read more👇 buff.ly/fPEtiCL

Just released! "Generative AI, Democracy and Human Rights." Ever heard of the "freedom of thought"? Well now you have! This is a central topic of my latest work w/ Aaron Shull of the Centre for International Governance Innovation. #AI #FreedomOfThought #HumanRights www.cigionline.org/publications...

Defending Trump’s power grab with the “unitary executive theory” is just a fancy way of claiming the president can rule the executive branch like a monarch. This argument has no basis in history or the Constitution.

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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

My reflections on the Paris AI Action Summit: www.linkedin.com/pulse/rememb... #AI #AIActionSummit

Thanks so much @alexreevegivens.bsky.social for your continued work on this and for calling attention to our report!

Just leaked! Disappointing alleged draft declaration from Paris AI “Action” Summit is focused on everything but action. My thoughts here: www.linkedin.com/posts/davide... also, hello from Paris! #AIActionSummit

Yep. Last year we published this opinion article from @davidevanharris.com who argues that open-source #AI is a bag of worms. spectrum.ieee.org/open-source-... #deepseek

If the US wants to “win” the AI race, maybe we shouldn’t give away cutting edge models to the rest of the world, and instead treat them the way we treat other sensitive dual-use technologies, limiting access as done with nuclear, biomedical & chemical research. See www.cigionline.org/articles/not...

🚨 The Department of Justice, in more normal times, provided updates on Jan. 6 cases — total number of charges, guilty pleas, convictions and so forth. Here’s what happens now. Literally an attempt to erase history.

Will Meta's retreat from proactive/automated enforcement of its community standards lead to Instagram and Facebook becoming deeper cess pools? Well, it's complicated and the devil will be in the details. Let's look at the data and see what questions we should be asking... 🧵 1/12

Excellent take on Meta's announcement today from one of the most qualified people on the planet to assess it. Glad to see you using your voice here @samidh.bsky.social!

I sat down for a wide-ranging interview with the The Ethical Tech Digest, a publication from Stanford University community members in the Ethics, Technology + Public Policy for Practitioners class, which I took ~3 years ago. Enjoy! www.theethicaltechdigest.org/q-a-with-dav...

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Disappointing - but not surprising - to read this @nytimes.com report detailing several justices' opposition to an enforceable ethics code. Gorsuch & others express concern re: weakening the Court, but miss the basic point that public trust needs to be earned. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...

Is Creativity Dead? Great opinion video from @kirbyferguson.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...

Yesterday I accidentally tagged @salesforce.bsky.social thinking it was an official account. It’s not. It directs people to @asksalesforce.bsky.social which is also an impersonating account. I reported both of these accounts. @safety.bsky.app do you have a verification/deletion process for this?

At the opening reception for the inaugural meeting of the Network of International AI Safety Institutes, hosted by @carnegieendow.bsky.social & @salesforce.bsky.social . Great welcome talks from US AISI head, Elizabeth Kelly; French Digital Minister, Clara Chappaz; Tino Cuellar & Ian Klaus, Carnegie

IMHO, the European AI Office is the most important AI governance body on the planet. This is why I’m thrilled to share that I am now officially a member of the Working Group to create the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. More here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #AI #AIPolicy #EUAIAct

#photography (taken of a cool science exhibit at the @exploratorium.bsky.social)

Is this place going to become fun like pre-Elon Twitter? I tried using it about a year ago for a while and it felt too lonely to come back to…

Very excited to see where this goes…

Excited to share that I'm featured in "Game Changer: AI & You," a new documentary hosted by Anne-Marie Tomchak (RTÉ, previously BBC, Mashable and Vogue). Hasn't been released globally yet, but producers generously gave permission to share an excerpt w/ my interview. Enjoy! youtu.be/I2uOccpIcgw?...

New piece in the Guardian today about the EU AI Act. Comments section is getting heated! Enjoy! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Thought y'all might enjoy this: @mmasnick.bsky.social @zittrain.bsky.social @chrismessina.me @mchrisriley.com @sayhar.bsky.social @davidkaye.bsky.social

It's hard to understand the #EUAIAct when there's no Act to read. Could be weeks+ before text is finalized. So I put all my resources here. Edit suggests welcome. Thx to @thierrybreton.bsky.social for the late nights and @euractiv.com for covering! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Based on a comprehensive policy brief from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley say additional policies are needed to better manage the risks of GPAIS and foundation models. They outline them in Tech Policy Press:

Public Statement on the EU AI Act t.co/OlgO1NXYYB

Feeling cautiously optimistic… Foundation models said to be included in the #EUAIAct, according to Bloomberg! www.bloomberg.com/news/article... cc: @thierrybreton.bsky.social #AI