Francine Berman, trailblazing computer scientist, is the author of Better Tech: Putting People First in Cyberspace (2026). Addressing the riskiest new technologies, Better Tech provides an actionable playbook of responsible design, development, use, and regulatory strategies to protect and benefit humanity.

 

Jill Lepore said, “Thank goodness for this book... Better Tech is an essential, commonsense guide to making emerging technologies answerable to the public interest.”

 

A pioneer of digital data preservation and cyber-infrastructure, Berman has been celebrated for her work by the Library of Congress. She currently serves as Director of Public Interest Technology at UMass Amherst and Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

 

Cosponsored by the AI & Society College and Research Center, and the Honors College.

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