Archon Fung – The Conversation

The phrase is often lobbed around, but what does it really mean? Frank Brennan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

February 28, 2025

What are conflicts of interest and what can be done about them?

Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School

At a time of low trust in government, conflicts of interest can further erode Americans’ confidence in officials.

Pro-Palestinian protesters face off against University of Chicago police on May 7, 2024, on the school’s campus. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

July 24, 2024

Arrest student protesters, wait or negotiate? Colleges can use ‘ladder of harm’ to determine appropriate response to Gaza protests on campus

Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School

The anti-war protests that rocked college campuses across the US in spring 2024 may well erupt again in the fall. An expert on civil disobedience sets the bar high for deploying police.

Like it or not, AI is already playing a role in the 2024 presidential election. kirstypargeter/iStock via Getty Images

March 18, 2024

AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high‑tech deception in politics

Eric Smalley, The Conversation

Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.

An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people. Eric Smalley, TCUS; Biodiversity Heritage Library/Flickr; Taymaz Valley/Flickr

June 2, 2023

How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy

Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University

Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to millions of people individually – but it could be a nightmare for democracy.

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