We’re gearing up for Shared Futures 2026! Join us June 17 in NYC to hear from featured speaker including:
🔹 Natasha Lyonne
🔹 Reggie Watts
🔹 Baratunde Thurston
🔹 K Allado-McDowell
🔹 Sinead Bovell
🔹 Poppy Crum
🔹 Catie Cuan
🔹 Manon Dave
Learn more ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/s...
We are excited to announce Matt Altomare as our new Head of Cybersecurity Programs!
Matt has almost 20 years of high-level operational and policy coordination across federal, state, international, and private sector partners. We’re thrilled to have him on board.
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We are excited to sponsor the Online News Association’s Topical Reporting: Artificial Intelligence Award this year. This award recognizes clarity, accuracy, and transparency in reporting on AI.
Submit your work or apply to be a judge or screener ➡️ journalists.secure-awards.com/a
The latest issue of Signal & Trust is out now! It explores how AI is effecting reporting in war zones and features an interview with Vilas Dhar of @pjmfdn.bsky.social on why newsrooms should deepen commitments to AI.
Read this issue & sign up for more insights: www.aspendigital.org/blog/signal-...
This graphic promotes Shared Futures: The AI Forum, hosted on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Aspen Digital. Examining AI's impact on creative expression and culture.
📆 Save the date for Shared Futures: The AI Forum - June 17th in New York!
We are bringing together AI innovators in storytelling, art, music, and more.
Apply to save your spot today ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/s...
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We’re giving away 100 free copies of "Defining Technologies of Our Time" to universities, libraries, and policy offices!
This handbook examines the most influential definitions of AI in the US policy landscape.
Request a copy or nominate an institution ➡️ form.jotform.com/260566324386...
Measuring software security is vital to combatting cyber attacks. Our latest blog examines major challenges to cyber security and explores avenues to reduce threats and vulnerabilities.
Read the full blog ➡️ www.aspendigital.org/blog/measuri...
Are you interested in how AI is shaping the news industry? Sign up for Signal & Trust! 📰
Get monthly insights into how emerging tech is impacting how news is investigated, structured, and delivered.
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New research about teens’ usage of AI and chatbots was recently released by @pewresearch.org. We spoke with Research Director Monica Anderson about her key take away from this work.
Read the full report ➡️ www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
Alliance for Social Trust is working to bring together communities & national institutions to build trust from the ground up. By building connections across the US, we can cultivate trust as a shared resource.
Visit the new website for more information ⬇️
allianceforsocialtrust.org
The latest issue of Signal & Trust explores how local newsrooms are handling the adoption of AI tools and how they balance caution with inaction.
Read how industry leaders are thinking about AI's impact on news, and subscribe for monthly insights ➡️ www.aspendigital.org/blog/signal-...
📽️ We are live! Tune into Teens & Screens livestream where we will hear from Pew Research Center, youth and parents on how youth are navigating the digital world.
#TeensOnline
https://ow.ly/ey6v50YjtyP
📢 Tomorrow: Teens & Screens: Safety, Belonging, and Growing Up Online | Virtual
Tune in to our event tomorrow at 10:00am ET on how youth today are navigating a digital world. 👉 Register here: https://ow.ly/QNrG50YjseR
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⏳ The real cyber threat isn’t just new attacks—it’s old tech.
In our latest piece, Eric Wenger of @cisco.com explains why end-of-life systems create a dangerous visibility gap in our national cyber posture.
Read the full article here 👉 www.aspendigital.org/blog/end-of-...
📣We are under one week away from Teens & Screens: Safety, Belonging & Growing Up Online. Join youth, parents, researchers & tech experts on what growing up in a digital world means.
Feb 24, 2026 | 10–11:30 AM ET | Virtual
Register here -> aspendigital.org/event/teens-...
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📌 ICYMI: 2.3B people face food insecurity, yet just 3.6% of #AI-for-SDG projects target #ZeroHunger.
Our new global survey results highlight demand for #AI tools that boost transparency, accountability & participatory decision-making in food systems.
aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
Nicole Tisdale speaking at MCSC 2026.
Panel discussion with Nicole Tisdale at MCSC 2026.
At the Munich Cyber Secuiry Conference 2026, we were proud to moderate a main stage panel on #AI and cybersecurity.
Our Interim Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Nicole Tisdale, led a discussion on how #AI is reshaping how power, risk, and resilience play out in the digital age.
📈 Made To Measure - our new cyber project on developing cybersecurity metrics to align cyber policy to national security.
Check out the first piece "The Case for a National Cyber Metrics Dashboard" by J. Michael Daniel on creating national cyber metrics. https://ow.ly/Ap3A50Ye5sp
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📱Teens are growing up online, shaping how they learn and connect. Join us for Teens & Screens on Feb 24 at 10am ET for a conversation on safety, belonging, and growing up online, featuring new
@pewresearch.org
data on AI chatbots.
🔗 Register: www.aspendigital.org/event/teens-...
Happy Safer Internet Day! Stop Scams - everyone deserves to be safe online. PauseTake9.org.
Aspen Digital is celebrating Safer Internet Day with our friends at @pausetake9.bsky.social! By taking just 9 seconds to pause, you can protect yourself, your family, community and nation online.
Check out more about the #Take9 campaign 👇
📘 Defining Artificial Intelligence - a new collection of expert perspectives exploring how #AI is defined across US law and policy, and why those definitions matter.
Clear definitions shape real-world outcomes. Check out the full handbook here 👉
https://ow.ly/gi7y50YbPvJ
📢 ICYMI: Feeding the Future - our new report detailing results from a global survey of food security experts and practitioners on how #AI can better support food systems.
Check out the report 👉 www.aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
Journalism is at an inflection point. At the 2026 Local News Summit with @lenfestinstitute.org, news leaders agreed: the future of local news depends on adapting to how people access info, the public’s role in reporting, and the rise of #AI.
Read our insights- www.aspendigital.org/blog/can-loc...
Are you a STEM expert looking to impact policy?
Apply for @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social paid 2026 Science & Tech Policy Fellowship! Gain tools and mentorship to transform your knowledge into real-world policy change.
Learn more and apply by 2/5: bit.ly/4h7I7Kx
🗓️ Save the date! The 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit will be back in Washington, D.C. on November 18.
Sign up for updates on registration and speakers at https://ow.ly/vpbv50Y7mSU
📰 In an era where #AI is transforming how we create, distribute, and consume information, understanding its impact on news has never been more important.
Check out and subscribe to Signal & Trust, our new monthly newsletter, for more insights! 👉 www.aspendigital.org/project/ai-n...
What if there is a way to develop #AI in a way that focuses on basic human needs, such as combating hunger? Our Emerging Technology Director @b-cavello.bsky.social discusses this and our latest report "Feeding the Future".
Check out the report: www.aspendigital.org/report/feedi...
🎬 As we close out our 2026 Local News Summit, we reflect on the amazing conversations we have had with practitioners, journalists and experts in the field.
Sign up for our Signal and Trust newsletter to read reflections and insights about #AI and media. lnkd.in/gdjcpEzu
Photo of a podium at the 2026 Local Journalism Summit.
And we’re off! Excited to kick off our annual Local News Summit in San Antonio with @lenfestinstitute.org.
Leaders across media, philanthropy & tech will collaborate on solutions to sustain independent, high-quality local journalism.
Last year’s reflections 👇 www.aspendigital.org/blog/urgent-...
