{
  "id": 18845,
  "url": "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-026-03133-3",
  "title": "Navigating hope and risk of AI for digital citizenship: perceptions of benefits, risks, and governance from African perspectives",
  "summary": "As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in social, economic, and public-service contexts, understanding how citizens perceive its benefits and risks is important for responsible technology governance. This study examines perceptions of AI among 280 African participants in a 4-week AI bootcamp held in 2025. Using a mixed-methods design, the study analyzed closed-ended survey responses on perceived AI benefits, collaboration comfort, community impact areas, risk perceptions,",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "africa",
  "published_at": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-13T05:10:37.786Z",
  "source_slug": "x-ai-society",
  "source_name": "AI & Society",
  "source_homepage": "https://link.springer.com/journal/146",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18845",
  "original_url": "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-026-03133-3",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}