Over half of Americans believe the risks of AI outweigh the benefits. Tristan Harris went on One Nation with Brian Kilmeade to discuss why people aren't buying the vision of AI they're being sold today — and what a different path might look like.

AI has been reshaping what it means to be human, and this week Pope Leo gave much-needed voice to what many of us have been struggling to articulate. We're grateful for his clarity, and for the moral weight he's bringing to a conversation that so deeply needs it.

Our co-founder, Tristan Harris, is honored to have been invited to The Vatican ahead of Pope Leo's first encyclical, which warned against AI's erosion of human dignity, identity, and agency. We're hopeful that this will help the world recognize the urgent need to change course.

Camille Carlton, CHT’s Senior Director of Strategy and Impact, laid out for the TEDxMiami audience last week how AI is eroding critical pillars of our humanity — and what can be done to protect the things we cherish as humans. Stay tuned for a full video of Camille's talk in the coming weeks.

The wait is over! Starting today, May 15, you can stream The AI Doc on Peacock. The film takes the dizzying complexity of AI — its promise, its perils, the competing ideologies, the economic incentives shaping it all — and turns it into a shared experience we can watch and respond to together.

Modern life depends on digital security. So what happens when an AI can find thousands of new vulnerabilities in the software that runs the world in just hours? Tristan asks two experts to talk through the meaning of Claude Mythos. Watch - https://bit.ly/49MvKlM Listen - https://bit.ly/49MvJOK

AI companies have promised that superintelligent AI will cure cancer. Dr. Emilia Javorsky argues that this promise is not only false — it's taking resources from what could actually help. Read our producer Julia Scott's key takeaways from our conversation with Dr. Javorsky: https://bit.ly/48KRy0T

To mark America's 250th birthday, Time Magazine asked 25 tech insiders — including CHT co-founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin — to name a technology that's "defining American life today." Read the full piece to see what they picked: https://bit.ly/3P6sDOG

CHT Executive Director Julie Guirado has a new op-ed for the Persuasion substack today on what the Mythos story reveals about the dangerous, broken incentives of the AI race: https://bit.ly/3QECo7h

On this week's episode of Your Undivided Attention, Dr. Emilia Javorsky explains why superintelligence won't get us to a cancer cure. And how AI could revolutionize medicine, if we choose a different path. Check it out at the links in the replies:

ikhan.bky.social has a new article on our Substack that explains why we need better AI benchmarks that focus not on raw capability but on how AI is impacting users. You can read his full piece here: https://bit.ly/4czfuqj

"This is not to scare you. It's to be crystal clear about where this is heading: This is heading towards an anti-human future." Watch Tristan Harris give Bill an eye-opening A.I. update. 😮🤖 Join #TheHumanMovement @ human.mov @humanetech.bsky.social @realbillmaher.bsky.social

"The AI Doc" opens this Friday. In this week’s episode of YUA, Tristan and Aza talk to the team behind it about how they condensed AI's complexities into a single film that anyone can understand. Listen to the episode. Then go see the film with your friends and family. Links in the replies.

That's a wrap on @sxsw.com 2026! Tristan and Aza had a packed week full of premieres, panels, and podcasts. The movement for a better technological future is here — together, we can shape the direction of AI. See you next time, Austin!

Earlier this week, Anthropic announced it would substantially scale back its commitments to safety. This what we've been warning about for years: when AI labs are incentivized for competitive advantage, voluntary safety commitments aren't enough. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4cwwzBN

Our policy team has put together their annual policy forecast for 2026. From midterm election dynamics to the fate of state AI laws under threat of federal preemption, you can see what we're tracking here: https://bit.ly/4rlXHYB

This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re bringing you a discussion between Tristan and Yoshua Bengio about the necessity and challenges of building a truly safe AI system, and why the current incentives are taking us in the opposite direction. Check it out at the links in the replies.

This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re bringing you Aza Raskin’s conversation with Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger on their podcast “Possible” Link in the replies.

Center for Humane Technology has launched a new work area: “AI and What Makes Us Human” How is AI eroding the things we hold dear in our lives? And what new norms, rights, and protections do we need in order to preserve our humanity in the age of AI? Read more on our Substack, link in replies.

Dr. Zak Stein has been studying AI psychosis. He sees the emergence of the attachment economy: AI systems designed to exploit our psychological vulnerabilities at scale. Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: https://bit.ly/3NN9m3K

CHT co-founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin last night at the premiere of "The AI Doc" at #Sundance. We are so excited to celebrate the incredible collaborative effort that went into this milestone project! For more info, check out: https://bit.ly/45olxdj (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

Tonight is the premiere of The AI Doc at the #Sundance Film Festival. This doc explores the promise and peril of the most powerful technology humanity has ever wielded. For more information on screenings, go to: https://bit.ly/45olxdj

We’re thrilled that CHT co-founders, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, will be at the #SundanceFilmFestival for the premiere of "The AI Doc" from Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. If you want to connect while we’re in Park City, we’d love to hear from you. For more info: https://bit.ly/45olxdj

At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, CHT co-founder Tristan Harris sat down with @yoshuabengio.bsky.social for a discussion on the critically important question of how to align AI with human thriving. For more information on Human Change, go to: https://humanchange.com/

OpenAI just announced their plans to include ads in ChatGPT. Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote in @techpolicypress.bsky.social last year about how much of a disaster that's going to be. Read his diagnosis of the broken incentives behind advertising in AI: https://bit.ly/4b8maeL

In this week's episode of YUA, Dr. Zak Stein, founder of the AI Psychological Harms Research Coalition, explores the mechanisms behind AI psychosis, the incentives of the attachment economy, and the path to a future where AI enhances relationships instead of replacing them. Link in the replies.

Our partners at Encode have just launched planforai.org, the go-to website for young people entering the workforce. This is a critical resource to prepare students as they navigate the new uncertainty AI poses for work.

We're living in the world game theory built — where every interaction feels strategic and trust feels naive. AI threatens to lock that logic in place forever. How do we escape? Read the key takeaways from our conversation with Prof. Sonja Amadae on the Game Theory Dilemma: https://bit.ly/4qZ3mU0

In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza sit down with prof. Sonja Amadae to explore how game theory captured modern life, why it's making the world feel increasingly meaningless, and how we can escape the game theory dilemma. Link to the full episode in the replies:

The AI jobs conversation is missing what's already happening. Total employment: stable. Early-career roles in AI-exposed fields: down 13-20%. The career ladder is breaking, not through mass layoffs, but by eliminating how people learn and advance. Read our latest on AIxJobs. Link in the comments.

Our Policy Director Camille Carlton joined the Regulating AI Podcast to discuss the the mental health risks of AI companions, the recent lawsuits against OpenAI and Character AI, and what enforceable AI policy actually looks like. Link to the full episode in the replies:

Everyone talks about the AI race with China. But are we even racing toward the same thing? In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan sits down with Selina Xu and Matt Sheehan to explore the state of Chinese AI development. Link to the full episode in the replies:

Tristan went on the Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway to why kids are bearing the brunt of AI's fastest-moving harms—from AI companions to mental health collapse to the looming jobs crisis—all while the U.S. and China race toward AGI. Link to the full conversation in the replies.

We're honored that Tristan Harris' TED talk made TED's 10 Essential Ted Talks of 2025. If you haven't seen it yet, the talk explores the dangerous path we're on with AI and the choices still available to us to choose a different one. https://www.ted.com/playlists/891/10_essential_ted_talks_of_2025

On this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Ethan Mollick and Molly Kinder explore what the introduction of AI agents means for workers and why this is the crucial moment, when we still have agency to steer AI toward augmentation instead of pure automation: https://youtu.be/_ygS5DPYZ7E

The uncertainty around AI and jobs is real. Should I go back to school? Change careers? Is my industry safe? On the latest episode of YUA, we sat down with professor Ethan Mollick and economist Molly Kinder to get clarity on AI's impact on the labor market. Links in replies.

"When the technology you turn to for objective advice has financial incentives to change your mind, human autonomy itself is at stake." Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote about the broken incentives behind monetizing AI and why they're so corrosive to human psychology. Link in replies:

CHT co-founder Tristan Harris joined Steven Bartlett on Diary of a CEO for a wide-ranging conversation on the broken incentives shaping the AI race, the narrow path to a better future, and why this is THE moment for civic engagement on AI—before our path is decided for us. Link in the replies.

CHT is proud to endorse a new framework to address the risks of human-like AI. Companies can—and should—design AI that maintains clear human-machine boundaries. Link to our statement in the replies.

It's been another big year in AI. We tried to make sense of it all in this year's Ask Us Anything! Check it out: 📺 Watch - https://youtu.be/TsXZ5zJ0xRw 🎧 Listen - http://bit.ly/473WY6H

Our friends at Project NoSoNovember are taking action to reclaim our time, mental health, and real-world connections. This November, they’re encouraging people to take a month or shorter break from social media to improve their overall wellbeing. Check out the initiative at http://NoSoNovember.org.

CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology." Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo

The ozone hole was a man-made crisis that posed a catastrophic risk to life on earth. Humanity rallied together to fix the problem. How did that happen and what can it teach us about the AI crisis? Find out on this week’s YUA: Watch - https://youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA Listen - http://bit.ly/4gmSUkY

Powerful tech. Disempowered employees. Insiders see emerging AI risks up close. But if they speak out, they face threats and blowback, with no formal protections. It's time for real whistleblower protections in tech. Read our piece: bit.ly/3HsddjT

📣 What are YOUR biggest questions and concerns about #AI? We are putting together our annual Ask Us Anything episode for #YourUndividedAttention, and we’d love to hear from YOU! 📧 Send your short (20-60 second video) with your name, location, and question to: [email protected]

Top AI companies are in court arguing that their chatbots are protected by the first amendment. It’s part of a strategy for more protections for AI and less accountability. On YUA this week, we discuss the role of the courts in steering AI and how we can steer it better: youtu.be/fu-W-sSvMCs

AI is racing ahead, creating an unstable dynamic that could end in either dystopia or chaos. On this week’s episode of YUA, Aza Raskin and Daniel Barcay sit down with Sam Hammond to explore how we can find the narrow path between these extremes. Watch - youtu.be/C8R8cDOrJSM Listen - bit.ly/4jG7ynj

💘 Love Bomb — AI is Coming For Our Relationships 💕 What happens when the top use case for generative AI becomes companionship? Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Dr. Sherry Turkle join Daniel Barcay. 🧠 Read the full piece and subscribe here: lnkd.in/d6xc5ttW

Companionship is the #1 use for AI. On YUA, Sherry Turkle lays out her rules for AI companions: 👶  It’s not for kids 🧠  Remember, AI has no inner life 🤖  Let’s not humanize the machine Listen to the full panel with her and Hinge's Justin McLeod, from Esther Perel’s Sessions 2025: bit.ly/43KIpCi

⚠️ Artificial Intimacy Is Not Inevitable In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, MIT researchers Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn join Daniel Barcay to examine the design decisions shaping today’s AI tools. 🎧 bit.ly/43gSE0B 📖 bit.ly/4kjlOmC