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DDI Fall Forum 2025: When AI Acts for Us: Who Controls the Agent?
An intimate, invitation-only convening of 30 leading scholars, policymakers, and technologists examining the governance of agentic AI systems — who holds authority, and who bears responsibility.
DDI Summer Forum 2024: The Recourse Deficit: Redress for Algorithmic Harm
Our flagship annual convening bringing together scholars, policymakers, technologists, and civil society leaders to address the most pressing digital-rights challenges of our time.
A free public forum on how artificial intelligence is reshaping employment, caregiving, and family life — and what communities can do to protect themselves.
DDI Fall Forum 2025: Riviera Maya Memorandum on Agentic AI Governance Adopted
30 invited experts convene in Mexico and produce an eight-point framework calling for legal definitions of AI agent authority, mandatory audit trails, and user-accessible override mechanisms.
DDI Summer Forum 2024: San Diego Principles on Algorithmic Accountability Adopted
160 participants from 8 countries adopt a twelve-point declaration calling for mandatory redress mechanisms, proactive harm disclosure, and civil liability for algorithmic harm.
Digital Dignity Institute Releases Framework for Posthumous AI Consent
A new policy framework addressing the governance of AI-generated replicas of deceased individuals, developed in collaboration with international legal scholars and thanatologists.
DDI Joins Global Coalition on AI Surveillance Standards
The Institute has joined a coalition of civil society organizations calling for binding international standards on AI-powered surveillance and automated profiling.
Findings from our interdisciplinary study on how children encounter and are affected by AI-driven behavioural systems in education and consumer contexts.
