Public Policy
Concern about misuse of artificial intelligence has led political leaders to consider regulating the emerging technology in ways that could limit access to AI models’ inner workings. But researchers at a group of leading universities including Princeton caution that such restriction is likely to do more harm than good.
In an…
The generations of Americans who remember fallout shelters and “duck and cover” drills are aging, and the threat of nuclear warfare is a distant concern for many young adults today.
To make that threat more resonant, artist Smriti Keshari and filmmaker Eric Schlosser ’81 produced an immersive multimedia installation, the bomb.…
Facing competition from cheap natural gas and a growing renewables market, coal-fired power plants are on the decline in the United States. But new research led by energy systems modelers at Princeton University demonstrates that traditional strategies for retiring coal plants based on minimizing costs could be leaving other climate and equity…
Princeton University welcomed more than 600 alumni and guests to campus Sept. 19-21 for “Every Voice: Honoring and Celebrating Princeton’s LGBTQ+ Alumni.” The conference — the first alumni affinity conference since 2019 — featured more than 50 sessions, along with networking opportunities and…
The Program on Science and Global Security(external link) (SGS) has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 core support grant by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This new investment will support SGS in using scientific, technical, and policy research, education, and outreach to advance effective policies for…
Every morning at sunrise, New Mexico State University student Brad Louis pays tribute to his home, the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico, the oldest continuously inhabited community in North America.
In a daily ritual practiced by many of Acoma’s citizens, "we get to give thanks to the sun and Creator for giving us life and opportunities to…
Since its implementation in 2017, China’s clean heating policy has considerably improved air quality. However, the share of non-fossil sources in China’s urban district heating systems remains low. According to a Princeton-led study (Link is external),…
AI holds the potential to help doctors find early markers of disease and policymakers to avoid decisions that lead to war. But a growing body of evidence has revealed deep flaws in how machine learning is used in science, a problem that has swept through dozens of fields and implicated thousands of erroneous papers.
Now an…
At Princeton, interdisciplinary collaborations of researchers are using artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery across the University in fields ranging from neuroscience to Near Eastern studies.
Princeton experts are also pushing the limits of AI technology to make it more accurate and efficient, to…