📣 One week left to apply for the 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit Scholars Program! Applications are open until July 31 at 11:59 pm ET. Don't miss your chance to connect with experts across sectors and engage with issues shaping the digital world. Apply today: www.aspencybersummit.org/scholars

Great to host members of our U.S. Cybersecurity Group in Aspen to discuss emerging digital threats & trends in cybersecurity. Topics included: disrupting online frauds & scams, migrating to post quantum cryptography, AI-enabled vulnerability discovery & remediation, and more.

Applications for the 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit Scholars Program are open until 11:59 pm ET on July 31. This program provides young cybersecurity professionals the opportunity to engage with emerging digital issues & connect with experts. Learn more & apply ⬇️ www.aspencybersummit.org/scholars

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We launched the second year of the Aspen Cyber Summit Scholars Program to uplift next generation cybersecurity leaders.

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Check out highlights from this year’s Shared Futures Forum! These live performances and moving presentations showcase the intersection of AI & human expression and explore how we can shape the future together. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=seFk...

Shared Futures 2026: Highlights

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Are you registered for the Aspen Cyber Summit? This summit is the nation’s premier annual technology & cybersecurity policy gathering - bringing together top voices from government, industry, & civil society to secure our digital future. 📍D.C. 📅 November 18 🎟️ www.aspencybersummit.org/register

Shared Futures is only one week away! Are you registered for the livestream? Don’t miss your chance to explore how AI is augmenting human ability to generate new forms of expression, creativity, & connection. Register today ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/s...

📢 The agenda for Shared Futures 2026 is out now! Get ready for performances and explorations of AI and creativity. New speakers: 🔹 Sofia Crespo 🔹 Ted Tremper 🔹 Lynn Maxcy 🔹 Sougwen Chung 🔹 Nick Cain 🔹 Nikhil Kumar 🔹 Debi Wong 🔹& more Full agenda ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/a...

In collaboration with Japan's National Cybersecurity Office, our Global Cyber group met with leaders from around the world to explore opportunities to move beyond dialogue and toward actions that mitigate the most pressing digital threats facing our interconnected economies.

We are excited to announce our collaboration with Japan's National Cybersecurity Office! Together, we are convening global cyber leaders in Japan to discuss strategies & responses to emerging threats, advanced AI models, and cybercrime. Learn more ➡️ www.aspendigital.org/project/glob...

Shared Futures: The AI Forum is less than one month away! Register for the livestream to see how AI can deepen, not diminish, what makes us human. Register today ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/s...

Can’t make it to Shared Futures irl? Register for the livestream! Hear from the people at the forefront of shaping AI’s impact on creativity and culture. Save your spot today! ➡️ https://register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/summary

Registration is now open for the 2026 Aspen Cyber Summit on November 18! Join the top voices from government, industry, and civil society to help secure our shared digital future. 🎟️ Get your ticket: www.aspencybersummit.org

📢 Latest speakers for Shared Futures on June 17! 🔹Monica Anderson 🔹Sougwen Chung 🔹Sasha Stiles 🔹Taryn Southern 🔹Jaime Westendarp 🔹King Willonius 🔹Brenton Zola 🔹Natasha Lyonne 🔹Reggie Watts 🔹Baratunde Thurston 🔹& more! Register for the livestream ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/livest...

New issue of Signal & Trust is out now! 📰 It examines how AI agents & chatbots are impacting reporting, and features an interview with Opy Morales, Director of AI Strategy at Infobae, on using AI to grow a Spanish a newsroom across multiple markets. 🔗 www.aspendigital.org/blog/signal-...

Signal & Trust - Issue IV

AI agents are moving into the newsroom, ready or not.

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What questions can leaders ask today, to prepare their organizations for the digital threats of tomorrow? Our Senior Director of Cybersecurity Programs, Matt Altomare, joined leading voices in cybersecurity, including Jeff Greene, to discuss this. 🔗 www.aspendigital.org/blog/cyberse...

Cybersecurity in a Post-Mythos World

AI has brought cybersecurity to an inflection point that requires more than new tools: we need better, more nimble governance policies.  Models like Anthropic’s Mythos can now find and exploit softwar...

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We’re gearing up for Shared Futures 2026! Join us June 17 in NYC to hear from featured speaker including: 🔹 Natasha Lyonne 🔹 Reggie Watts 🔹 Baratunde Thurston 🔹 K Allado-McDowell 🔹 Sinead Bovell 🔹 Poppy Crum 🔹 Catie Cuan 🔹 Manon Dave Learn more ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/s...

We are excited to announce Matt Altomare as our new Head of Cybersecurity Programs! Matt has almost 20 years of high-level operational and policy coordination across federal, state, international, and private sector partners. We’re thrilled to have him on board.

We are excited to sponsor the Online News Association’s Topical Reporting: Artificial Intelligence Award this year. This award recognizes clarity, accuracy, and transparency in reporting on AI. Submit your work or apply to be a judge or screener ➡️ journalists.secure-awards.com/a

The latest issue of Signal & Trust is out now! It explores how AI is effecting reporting in war zones and features an interview with Vilas Dhar of @pjmfdn.bsky.social on why newsrooms should deepen commitments to AI. Read this issue & sign up for more insights: www.aspendigital.org/blog/signal-...

Signal & Trust - Issue III

Public media faces a future of rapid structural changes, yet public sentiment remains more supportive than the political headlines suggest.

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📆 Save the date for Shared Futures: The AI Forum - June 17th in New York! We are bringing together AI innovators in storytelling, art, music, and more. Apply to save your spot today ➡️ register.sharedfuturesforum.org/event/2026/s...

We’re giving away 100 free copies of "Defining Technologies of Our Time" to universities, libraries, and policy offices! This handbook examines the most influential definitions of AI in the US policy landscape. Request a copy or nominate an institution ➡️ form.jotform.com/260566324386...

Measuring software security is vital to combatting cyber attacks. Our latest blog examines major challenges to cyber security and explores avenues to reduce threats and vulnerabilities. Read the full blog ➡️ www.aspendigital.org/blog/measuri...

Wait, Are We Winning?!: ​​Measuring Software Security

For decades, attackers in cyberspace have had more advantages than defenders. Until this balance flips and we are able to measure what winning looks like, cyber risk to software security will continue...

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Are you interested in how AI is shaping the news industry? Sign up for Signal & Trust! 📰 Get monthly insights into how emerging tech is impacting how news is investigated, structured, and delivered. Sign up here ➡️ www.aspendigital.org/project/ai-n...

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Our AI & News project helps global news organizations, technology leaders, policymakers and citizens navigate tech changes responsibly.

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New research about teens’ usage of AI and chatbots was recently released by @pewresearch.org. We spoke with Research Director Monica Anderson about her key take away from this work. Read the full report ➡️ www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Alliance for Social Trust is working to bring together communities & national institutions to build trust from the ground up. By building connections across the US, we can cultivate trust as a shared resource. Visit the new website for more information ⬇️ allianceforsocialtrust.org

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What We Do We convene, connect and champion change-makers through seed grants and awards. So that what starts in one community can inspire change across the country.  Powered By Partnership The Allian...

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The latest issue of Signal & Trust explores how local newsrooms are handling the adoption of AI tools and how they balance caution with inaction. Read how industry leaders are thinking about AI's impact on news, and subscribe for monthly insights ➡️ www.aspendigital.org/blog/signal-...

Signal & Trust - Issue II

Public media faces a future of rapid structural changes, yet public sentiment remains more supportive than the political headlines suggest.

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📽️ We are live! Tune into Teens & Screens livestream where we will hear from Pew Research Center, youth and parents on how youth are navigating the digital world. #TeensOnline https://ow.ly/ey6v50YjtyP

📢 Tomorrow: Teens & Screens: Safety, Belonging, and Growing Up Online | Virtual Tune in to our event tomorrow at 10:00am ET on how youth today are navigating a digital world. 👉 Register here: https://ow.ly/QNrG50YjseR

⏳ The real cyber threat isn’t just new attacks—it’s old tech. In our latest piece, Eric Wenger of @cisco.com explains why end-of-life systems create a dangerous visibility gap in our national cyber posture. Read the full article here 👉 www.aspendigital.org/blog/end-of-...

📣We are under one week away from Teens & Screens: Safety, Belonging & Growing Up Online. Join youth, parents, researchers & tech experts on what growing up in a digital world means. Feb 24, 2026 | 10–11:30 AM ET | Virtual Register here -> aspendigital.org/event/teens-...