The Stanford Cyber Policy Center is an interdisciplinary research center jointly affiliated with Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Law School. It works on the policy and governance questions raised by digital technology, platforms, AI, and cyber conflict, organized across several programs.
Programs and activities
The Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies is directed by Florence G'sell and managed by Ben Rosenthal. It produced Regulating Under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (December 2024), a comparative study of AI-regulation approaches.
Platforms work at the Center is led by Nate Persily, whose activities overlap with his co-editing of The Digitalist Papers.
Related institutions
The Cyber Policy Center is distinct from but collaborates with two other Stanford centers on AI-governance work:
- Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) (Center for Research on Foundation Models) — foundation-model technical research and transparency indices.
- Stanford HAI (Human-Centered AI) — a broader AI-policy coordinating entity that publishes the AI Index.
Together the three centers constitute Stanford's main AI-policy research infrastructure.
Funding and governance
The Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies is funded by the Project Liberty Institute.
Relationships
- houses: Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies (directed by Florence G'sell)
- collaborates-with: Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM), Stanford HAI
- funded-by-program: Project Liberty Institute (for G'sell's program)
- published: Regulating Under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell, 2024) (December 2024)