On 10 August 2026, Professor Beth Simone Noveck from Northeastern University presented her new book Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy, just published by Yale University Press. 

Democracy is in retreat in the United States and around the world, and our institutions are more fragile than ever. At this delicate moment, Professor Beth Noveck argues, artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene — a powerful technology with as much potential to bolster democracy as to harm it. Professor Noveck offers a bold, practical playbook for tipping the balance in favour of democracy — a framework for governing AI, and for governing with it — for technologists, public servants, researchers, and civic leaders alike.