The Center for Humane Technology, the advocacy nonprofit associated with Tristan Harris, is laying off most of its staff and moving to a founder-led structure, according to a report by WIRED.
The organisation became a prominent voice in debates over excessive screen time and the incentives behind attention-driven technology products. Its work helped bring concerns about digital wellbeing and persuasive product design into mainstream technology policy and business discussions.
Sources cited by WIRED said disagreements over the nonprofit's direction and strategy had persisted internally for years. The report does not establish a single cause for the restructuring, but places the workforce reduction against that longer-running tension.
The shift underscores a familiar challenge for mission-driven technology organisations: translating a high-profile public argument into a durable operating model. For AI and digital-policy observers, the development also raises questions about how the group will pursue its agenda with a substantially smaller team and a more concentrated leadership structure.