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Announcement: New Co-Director Appointment at The Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public

May 23, 2024
Jodi Halpern joins Stuart Russell as Co-Director

We are excited to announce that Professor Jodi Halpern has been appointed as the new Co-Director of the UC Berkeley Kavli Center for...Read more about Announcement: New Co-Director Appointment at The Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public

The Kavli Center at the 2023 Falling Walls Science Summit

November 23, 2023

This November, founding faculty member, Jodi Halpern, and Executive Director, Lea Witkowsky, traveled to Berlin, Germany to participate in the annual Falling Walls Science Summit. The UC Berkeley Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public was featured with Jodi Halpern in a panel on day...Read more about The Kavli Center at the 2023 Falling Walls Science Summit

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Op-Ed by Kavli Center Affiliate: Silicon Valley’s tech elite want to make superbabies. They shouldn’t

November 23, 2024

Kavli Center affiliated faculty member and former fellow, Julia Brown, co-authored an opinion piece that appeared this week in the The San Francisco Standard. Co-author, Daphne Martschenko,

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Kavli Center Faculty Affiliate shares why it's important to engage communities in the ethical debates around a new application of genome editing

August 19, 2024

When most people think of genome-edited babies, they might think of editing in a test tube. But not former Kavli Center fellow and current faculty affiliate, Julia Brown. As part of her fellowship with the Kavli Center, and in her ongoing work, Julia works as an embedded ethicist and...Read more about Kavli Center Faculty Affiliate shares why it's important to engage communities in the ethical debates around a new application of genome editing

Stuart Russell Testifies on AI Regulation at U.S. Senate Hearing

August 1, 2023

On July 25, Stuart Russell testified on AI benefits, risks, and regulations at the U.S. Senate hearing titled “Oversight of A.I.: Principles...Read more about Stuart Russell Testifies on AI Regulation at U.S. Senate Hearing