Lessons for decentralized autonomous organizations
In a new piece for PeerJ Computer Science, Faculty Associate Samer Hassan and coauthors chronicle the history of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) as a non-finance…
Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders argue that the future of AI's impacts on democratic processes is unwritten, and whether the technology is used to liberate or to…
Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman casts a critical eye on OpenAI's Sora, an AI video generator. Owing to public backlash, OpenAI has opened itself up to requests from public…
Jack Cushman joins the Pioneers and Pathfinders podcast, reflecting on his journey from programming to law school and on the skills that today's lawyers ought to hone to meet the…
It’s time to lead reform, block harm, and advance the public good
Affiliates Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders offer an optimistic outlook: AI-generated harms are neither natural nor inevitable, and beneficial uses of the technology are possible.
Mailyn Fidler details the recent UN Cybercrime Convention, arguing that most analyses have overlooked the Convention's implications for global mutual legal assistance, regardless…
The Harvard Crimson's Jen L. Phan recaps a recent conversation between Meg Marco, Jordi Weinstock, and Kashmir Hill surrounding the psychological effects of humans forming close …
Bruce Schneier and coauthor Gadi Evron discuss AI summarization optimization (AISO), the process by which meeting attendees adapt their speech to make it more rife for uptake by…
Joe Bak-Coleman and coauthors note the difficulty posed by the evidence used to evaluate the tech industry being generated from within the industry. "For researchers who decide to…
In new book, law professor busts myths about ‘hapless grandparents’ in the digital age
The book, in Palfrey's words, aims to "help make sure that the use of technology is actually a part of thriving in older age, and not something that’s a hardship for older people."
Rudy Fraser's Blacksky is mentioned as a new wave social media app that focuses on depth, rather than breadth. "[Blacksky] targets minorities and marginalized individuals and has…
