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Jonathan L. Zittrain

Director and co-founder of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

This is a vital and urgent initiative to help all of us get an independent and more thorough sense not only of how models work in a beaker, but also how they are impacting the young people who use them.

AI Verified (May 5, 2026)

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Jonathan L. Zittrain, quoted in “Common Sense Media Launches Youth AI Safety Institute,” May 5, 2026.

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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AI Verified Zittrain explicitly endorses independent, thorough assessment of models and their effects on young people; this supports pre-deployment safety evaluation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Zittrain endorses independent assessment of model impacts; recorded answer for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Source press release (May 5, 2026) attributes this exact sentence to Jonathan L. Zittrain. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems

This is a vital and urgent initiative to help all of us get an independent and more thorough sense not only of how models work in a beaker, but also how they are impacting the young people who use them.

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