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AI, SEARCH AND DEMOCRACY

MULTISTAKEHOLDER ROUNDTABLE

June 13, 2024

9 a.m - 6 p.m

Human Rights Center, Berkeley School Of Law

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Search functionalities - which we define as a system that allows a user to enter a query, and receive responses and results - have become central to the online experience of Internet users. The generalization of artificial intelligence promises to bring even more practicality and accuracy to search results. In a “Post-Truth” Era, results presented could be used undermine trust in online information integrity. Measures such as content labeling, or media provenance, are perceived as potential solutions to mitigate risks of abuse.

 

Are these the only interventions possible? Whose responsibility is it to implement them? Are existing guardrails offered by Tech companies enough, or should we explore more ways forward? How can stakeholders critically support ongoing efforts by companies? Is this multistakeholder approach even appropriate to face challenges to come?

 

To provide some answers, the Content Policy & Society Lab (CPSL), will gather leading scholars, civil society organizations, and Tech companies’’ representatives, to reflect collaboratively, and craft paths for search functionalities that safeguard a trustful online information environment. Experts and industry will first participate in an invitation-only roundtables. 

AI, SEARCH AND DEMOCRACY
Schedule

June 13 2024, 9 am - 7pm
Human Rights Center | Berkeley School of Law 
Closed Door

9 - 9:15 am 

Welcome and Introduction 

9:15 - 10:15 am

Expert perspective: State of the research on AI powered search functionalities, presented by experts from academic institutions and CSO. Roundtable discussion kicked off by researchers presenting their papers, reports on the question, before we dive into the efforts of the tech industry to respond to some of the challenges identified.

10:15 - 10:30 am 

Coffee Break 

10:30 - 11:45 am

Provenance as response to information integrity challenges, the ultimate panacea?

11:45 - 1:00 pm

Involving users in search policy developments: a guarantee of legitimacy?

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Lunch Break 

2:00 - 3:15 pm

The Anti-Bias Dilemma: Optimizing for Both Diversity and Accuracy

3:15 - 4:00 pm

Read-out from discussion of the day, and next steps

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Cocktail 

AI, SEARCH AND DEMOCRACY:
attendees

Industry 

  • Google 

  • Latimer.ai

  • Anthropic 

  • Paypal

  • Meta 

  • TikTok

  • Pinterest

Academia

  • UC Berkeley Human Rights Center

  • Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University

  • Sonoma State University Center for Ethics Law and Society (CELS)

  • Stanford Law School

  • Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

  • UC Berkeley International Computer Science Institute

CSO 

  • Democracy Works

  • International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

  • Center for Trustworthy Technology

  • Human intelligence 

  • Meedan

  • Skoll Foundation

  • Omidyar Network

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