Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
The Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) is a nexus of expertise in technology, engineering, public policy, & the social sciences. Our researchers work to better understand and improve the relationship between technology & society. Princeton U.
- 2/3 Tuesday Seminar with @princeton.edu professor of anthropology Jamie Wong presenting her talk on the political economy of venture capital as context for “technological innovation". Join us a few minutes early for lunch; seminar at 12:15pm. Note: No recording/livestream will be available.
- Tuesday Seminars begin again for the semester tomorrow 1/27 with Max Springer's (@maxspringer.bsky.social) talk entitled "A Geometric Perspective on LLM Behavior". citp.princeton.edu/events/2026/... Get here early for a sandwich & a chat. Begins promptly at 12:15. Sherrerd 306. Livestreamed.
- Free @simonsinstitute.bsky.social workshop livestream available 📣 >> Join the "Bridging Prediction & Intervention Problems in Social Systems" happening all week long (Jan 12 - 15): simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/br... Register to join 🔻
- There's still time to apply! The application deadline for CITP's Emerging Scholars Program is this Friday, 1/9/26. Full details about this 2-year post-bacc position at @princeton.edu is available on our website: citp.princeton.edu/programs/eme...
- Apply by tonight for full consideration to the CITP Fellows Program.
- Reminder: The CITP Fellows Program application has been extended until next Monday, December 8, 2025. -Postdocs -Visiting Researcher / Professional -Visiting Professor Apply online or share with your networks: citp.princeton.edu/programs/fel...
- A brand new Meet the Researcher with Jane Castleman is now up on the CITP Blog 💡 Castleman is a 2025 Siebel Scholars Program awardee for her exceptional academic work in computer science. Read the full interview on the Blog: blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/12/03/m... @princeton.edu
- CITP postdoc Inyoung Cheong (@inyoungcheong.bsky.social) recently discussed emerging chatbot emotional intimacy that humans are feeling & expressing on an episode of @npr.org's @whyy.org @thepulse.whyy.org. Listen online for free to learn why: whyy.org/episodes/how...
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- Reminder: The CITP Fellows Program application has been extended until next Monday, December 8, 2025. -Postdocs -Visiting Researcher / Professional -Visiting Professor Apply online or share with your networks: citp.princeton.edu/programs/fel...
- While there wasn't a Tuesday Seminar today due to Thanksgiving break, you can now catch up on past seminars from this semester on the CITP YouTube channel that you may have missed 👉 www.youtube.com/user/citppri...
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- Read the new essay written by Mihir Kshirsagar about predictive policing tech: "For policing, it means nearly 24,000 predictions sent officers to locations where no predicted crime occurred - adding police presence based on algorithmic guesswork that proved wrong more than 99 times out of 100."
- 📢 Updated deadline: CITP will accept applications until Monday, December 8, 2025. citp.princeton.edu/programs/fel...
- CITP is hiring for the 2026 academic year. The list of advisors is now available on the CITP Blog: blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/11/06/c... ▶️ Postdocs ▶️ Visiting Professor ▶️ Visiting Professional ▶️ Emerging Scholars
- CITP is hiring for the 2026 academic year. The list of advisors is now available on the CITP Blog: blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/11/06/c... ▶️ Postdocs ▶️ Visiting Professor ▶️ Visiting Professional ▶️ Emerging Scholars
- Join us 11/6 with the Princeton AI Lab (@princetonainews.bsky.social) at 2-4 pm for the Policy Fellows Seminar. Learn from the researchers of the AI Lab who work closely with governmental agencies at the state & federal level to advance the responsible development and utilization of AI. Info 👇
- November 4th Tuesday Seminar will be with Joseph Bak-Coleman presenting his talk "Scientific Barriers to Evidence-Based Tech Policy" at 12:15pm. Bak-Coleman is a collective behavior scientist at UW and a fellow at the Santa Fe Institute (@sfiscience.bsky.social) Livestream available 🔗👇
- Part of the AI Lab’s Policy Fellows Program, these researchers work closely with governmental agencies at the state & federal level to advance the responsible development and utilization of AI. Registration is available online: ai.princeton.edu/events/2025/...
- Arvind Narayanan @randomwalker.bsky.social & Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social are Senior Advisors to the International AI Safety Report, a follow-up the first Jan '25 Report. The new report covers major breakthroughs in AI capabilities since the first publication. Read the report in full online👇
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- @princetoncitp.bsky.social is accepting applications for interested researchers to join! Applications now open for the Emerging Scholars Program, as well as the Fellows Program. Deadlines vary, check out the CITP website: citp.princeton.edu/programs
- CITP is now accepting applications for the 2026–27 Fellows Program. We're looking for the following: ➡️ Postdoctoral Research Associate ➡️ Visiting Research Scholar (Visiting Professional) ➡️ Microsoft Visiting Research Scholar (Visiting Professor) Apply online: citp.princeton.edu/news/2025/no...
- 🧠 What happens if AI could give you the roadmap to build a nuclear weapon? Now up on the CITP Blog: "AI 'Born Secret'? The Atomic Energy Act, AI, & Federalism" authored by computer science PhD student Kylie Zhang + Prof @peterhenderson.bsky.social blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/02/a...
- Federal employees: Regardless of the government shutdown, we are still moving ahead with the AI Precepts. Final deadline to apply is this Friday, October 3rd. Experts include @randomwalker.bsky.social, Mihir Kshirsagar, @peterhenderson.bsky.social, & @sayash.bsky.social 🔗 mailchi.mp/princeton.ed...
- Tomorrow 12:15pm: Tuesday Seminar with investigative journalist & professor at NYU & CITP visiting fellow Hilke Schellmann w/ her talk "The Power of Journalistic-Academic Collaborations". Come early to get a seat, lunch, & chat. Sherrerd Hall, Room 306. Open to P-Uni. 🚫No livestream available.
- 📢📢 Call for federal employees for the AI Precepts in Washington, DC. Learn from experts Arvind Narayanan (@randomwalker.bsky.social), Mihir Kshirsagar, Peter Henderson (@peterhenderson.bsky.social, & Sayash Kapoor (@sayash.bsky.social). Deadline to apply: Fri, Oct. 3 mailchi.mp/princeton.ed...
- Congratulations to CITP's Jane Castleman & Sayash Kapoor (@sayash.bsky.social) for being named 2026 Siebel Scholars, which annually recognizes outstanding students from grad schools of energy science, computer science, business, & bioengineering 🎉 www.cs.princeton.edu/news/five-co...
- Tomorrow @ 12:15pm: Tuesday Seminar w/ Chloé Bakalar discussing AI ethics functions in practice & examining real tensions - eg openness v misuse, global norms v local harms. Formerly at Meta, now at OpenAI. 🚫 No live streaming available. Get here early for a seat. Open to all PrincetonU community
- 📣 📣 Calling all federal gov't employees Apply to join the AI Policy Precepts in DC this fall. These are non-partisan programs designed to explore core concepts, opportunities, + risks underlying the #AI systems that will shape federal policymaking. Application deadline is October 3, 2025 🔻
- Tomorrow's CITP Seminar at 12:15pm is with HannahBloch-Webha; her talk entitled "How Tech Took Over" centers the idea of the tech-industrial complex in governance. Professor Bloch-Wehba is legal scholar from Texas A&M School of Law & a visiting fellow at CITP this fall. Sherrerd Hall, Room 306
- CITP is hosting a zoom info session this Friday 9/12 @ 12:30p ET for the Technology Fellows program launching this fall. The fellowship is designed to connect experienced technologists with government experience to critical public interest challenges. Applications are open. Zoom link 🔗👇
- 💡New on the CITP Blog: "Statutory Construction & Interpretation for AI" > What if an LLM concludes a user's behavior is “egregiously immoral" -- & contacts authorities? CITP researchers with Prof @peterhenderson.bsky.social's POLARIS Lab provide a possible explanation.🔗👇
- 📣 Prof Arvind Narayanan (@randomwalker.bsky.social) is hiring a Princeton University undergrad for a Video Editor & Production Assistant this semester to help with his brand new YouTube channel @ArvindOnAI Getting started right away so feel free to comment + share with students! Link to apply 👇
- NEW! CITP Technology Fellows program > a new initiative that connects experienced technologists with government experience to critical public interest challenges. Our fellows form a diverse expert network addressing the shortage of technical expertise in state & local regulatory bodies nationwide 🔻
- CITP is looking for 3 Princeton graduate students to join our team for the upcoming academic year for fellowship positions in research & communications. Grad students can login to the portal to explore professional development opportunities on campus ⬇️ gradfutures.princeton.edu/gain-experie...
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- Today, July 30th, is National Whistleblower Day. CITP's Emerging Scholar, Sophie Luskin, is in the US Senate today to moderate a panel on the importance of protecting tech #whistleblowers
- 🧠 New on the #CITP Blog from #PhD student Boyi Wei (@boyiwei.bsky.social) of the #Princeton POLARIS Lab: "The 'Bubble' of Risk: Improving Assessments for Offensive Cybersecurity Agents" Read about how adversaries can adapt and modify open-source models to bypass safeguards. 👇
- New on the CITP #Blog: "Aligned Generative Models Exhibit Adultification Bias" by computer science professor Aleksandra Korolova & grad student Jane Castleman. Read about what happens when #AI is prompted to generate images of women & girls across race🔻 blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/06/23/a...
- CITP is hiring an Associate Professional Specialist that will work directly with profs @randomwalker.bsky.social + @zey.bsky.social on a number of AI & society projects; includes conducting research addressing questions on AI, policy + society and more. Application & full details below 👇🔽
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- Meet the 2025 Siegel Public Interest Technology Summer Fellowship (PIT-SF) cohort 👏 The cohort began their internships this week across the US + London to get real-world experience working on cutting edge public interest technology issues at the federal, state, & local level.
- The Integrated #Ethics program will officially launch in Princeton Computer Science this fall led by Steven Kelts. Kelts is a lecturer in SPIA & Princeton Computer Science. He's also CITP's Integrated Ethics #CS Lead. Read more about the program on our site: citp.princeton.edu/programs/int...
