Project Liberty

The digital world runs on infrastructure, so who runs the infrastructure? 🤔 This week, I will be at the Think7 Summit 🇨🇦 at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) to open this key conversation on digital infrastructure solutions to advance data agency, a multistakeholder research initiative we, Project Liberty, have been conducting with the Global Solutions Initiative these lasts months. Join our panel online: https://lnkd.in/gcfYu6ub Read our first insights on digital infrastructure solutions to advance data agency: https://lnkd.in/exy_N4Rc James Bell, Vidisha Mishra, Christian Kastrop, Laura Halenius, S. Yash Kalash, Paul Samson, Mateo Rodriguez, Paul Fehlinger, Duncan Cass-Beggs

Great new article by Johannes Lenhard and Oliver Nixon in ImpactAlpha about our joint AI Action Summit launch of the LP White Paper on Responsible Investment in Data and AI and key insights from our pioneering transatlantic process engaging a critical mass of the world's largest asset owners in VC. 👉 https://lnkd.in/evSRuT4f “Funding responsible technology will be key to unlocking growth and mitigating the risks associated with deploying cutting-edge technology,” said Suzanne Tavill of StepStone Group. “AI is the visible peak of a much deeper technology iceberg,” said Paul Fehlinger of Project Liberty who co-convened the first transatlantic LP process on Responsible Investment in Data and AI with VentureESG and is also supporting ROOST. “The fundamental question is what kind of data economy we want to build now. This will affect everything from GDP growth to innovation capacity and entrepreneurship worldwide for decades to come. LPs sit at the top of the pyramid and have an outsized impact on which technologies will scale.” "Have you ever encountered someone who wouldn’t want powerful and safe AI? So far, we just haven’t really proposed that option. We have strong reason to believe that the pursuit of a more responsible vision of AI will lead to a broader, more satisfied customer base. Win (LP) – win (GP) – win (AI company) – win (customer) – win (society)." Anne Germain Michael Kubzansky Nicolas Perard Hannah Leach

🧠 Is social media broken by design? 🧩📉 In this Decentralized Podcast episode, we go deep with Braxton Woodham from Project Liberty to explore how the architecture of today’s social platforms fuels division—and how decentralization might just be the cure. With front-row insight from early Twitter days, Braxton breaks down: ⚠️ Why emotionally triggering content dominates your feed 📉 How data centralization powers the surveillance economy 🔄 The trap of network effects and ownership 🔗 Why decentralized protocols + public data layers matter more than ever This episode connects the dots between big tech’s playbook and Web3’s opportunity to do better. 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eKjnRVV6 #Web3 #DecentralizedSocial #ProtocolEconomy #DigitalSovereignty #NetworkEffects #SurveillanceEconomy

The point of The Forum at Grace Cathedral is singular: civil, sophisticated discourse that engages minds and hearts to think in new ways about the world. That's always a tall order, but especially so in these times. I'm deeply honored to share that this Sunday, I will be joining the storied list of Forum guests to speak about dignity and agency in our digital lives. The conversation, hosted by the incomparable Dean Malcolm Clemens Young, will be livestreamed. Link below. Many thanks to Caroline Phan for the introduction that led to this invitation, and for being a woman who pushes other women up the ladder! * If you’re in the Bay Area, the event info is here: https://lnkd.in/g6YqsxnF  * You will be able to watch the post-event video on The Forum’s YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gTRriwK9  * Listen on The Forum’s Apple Podcast channel: https://lnkd.in/gBkGse2F