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corporate social responsibility teams

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KITA AI models diverse views to explain public policy trade offs

KITA AI: A Multi-Agent LLM System for Pluralistic Policy Deliberation

Abstract: Public policies addressing urgent social and environmental challenges need to explicitly consider the diverse, often conflicting perspectives of the affected stakeholders. Despite computational decision-support approaches increasingly offering recommendations across diverse human value systems, they still tend to deliver a single consensus-driven outcome. We present KITA AI, a modular system in which multiple large language model agents, each grounded in distinct demographic stakeholder personas and conceptual frameworks, deliberate on policy scenarios. The objective of KITA AI is not merely to inform about a preferred policy proposal, but also to automatically surface who is affected by the scenario and provide decision-makers with the rationales and quantitative indicators behind each position. KITA AI treats non-convergence as a first-class explainable output, enabling policymakers to better understand the trade-offs and human impacts of the policies being discussed.

Mon 28 SeptComputers and Society
The gist
Public policies often affect different groups of people in many ways, and their views can conflict. The authors present KITA AI, a system where multiple AI agents each represent a different group’s perspective to discuss policies. Instead of forcing agreement, KITA AI highlights where opinions differ and why, showing decision makers the reasons and impacts behind each view. This helps policymakers understand trade-offs and human effects more clearly.
Open → 2609.34890v1

Open source software should better society and connect social purpose

Social3Source: Connecting Social Provenance, Societal Qualities, and Social Purpose on an Open-Source Software Foundation

Abstract: The speed at which software can be created and deployed today has increased dramatically. But what is the point of all this software if it does not contribute to society? The ultimate goal of building software should be bettering human lives and society. And this goes beyond publishing the software as open source; it requires considering how it is developed, the societal qualities it embodies, and the purposes it serves. This is what I call Social3Source. This paper presents the concept, principles, and initial discussion for the implementation of Social3Source, illustrating how it integrates social considerations into open-source software development. We have never generated as much software as we do today. Let's make sure it counts.

Sat 26 SeptSoftware Engineering
The gist
Today, software is made and shared faster than ever, but the authors argue that just releasing software as open source isn't enough. They propose thinking about how software is created, the social values it supports, and the good it aims to do. Their idea, called Social3Source, brings social goals directly into open-source software projects. It’s a way to make sure that the many programs we make really help people and society.
Open → 2609.32823v1