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Beth Simone Noveck is Co-Founder and Director of The GovLab and its MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance. Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Google.org, the GovLab strives to improve people’s lives by changing how we govern. The GovLab designs and tests technology, policy and strategies for fostering more open and collaborative approaches to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to …

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Democracy has a listening problem. These AI tools could actually help

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By Beth Simone Noveck
| Fast Company Verified
When four-year-old Joca, a golden retriever with dark soulful eyes, died on a scorching Brazilian tarmac after an airline’s tragic mistake, the nation’s outrage could have remained just another trending hashtag. But Fernando, a young man in São Paulo, submitted an online legislative proposal for “Joca’s law.” Senators held a hearing, and eventually the Senate and the House passed legislation.
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How technology can help save democracy | The TechTank Podcast

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By Darrell M. West, Beth Simone Noveck
| Brookings Institution
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with experts and policymakers to share data, ideas, and policy solutions that address the challenges of our digital world. Technology is rapidly accelerating, altering how governments and businesses make decisions, as well as how people access information and services.
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What good AI in government actually looks like

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By Beth Simone Noveck
| Fast Company Verified
Last spring, when employees from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency arrived at the National Endowment for the Humanities, they used ChatGPT to decide which federally funded grants to eliminate. They typed one, simplistic prompt: “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’” A documentary about Jewish women forced into slave labor during the Holocaust? DEI.
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