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The Washington Post

AI is destabilizing ‘the concept of truth itself’ in 2024 election

Aviv Ovadya speaks to The Washington Post about AI and the 2024 elections across the country. 

Jan 22, 2024
PBS

Rising malpractice premiums push small clinics away from gender-affirming care for minors

Clinical Instructor Alejandra Caraballo comments on the decreasing availability of gender-affirming care for minors. 

Jan 20, 2024
The Atlantic

Don’t Talk to People Like They’re Chatbots

Bruce Schneier co-authors a piece in The Atlantic discussing human interactions and the impacts of AI on them.

Jan 17, 2024
European Journal of Cultural Studies

The unbearable oldness of generative artificial intelligence: Or the re-making of digital narratives in times of ChatGPT

BKC Faculty Associate Nishant Shah offers accounts of two moments in computational history to reframe conversations around generative AI.

Jan 17, 2024
Prospect Magazine

Two warring visions of AI

BKC Faculty Associate Ethan Zuckerman argues that the power struggle between AI “doomers” and AI “accelerationists” will define the way this world-changing technology evolves.

Jan 16, 2024
Boston University Law Review

Wearable AI, Bystander Notice, and the Question of Privacy Frictions

Zahra Takhshid makes an argument for mandating “privacy frictions” in wearable technology.

Jan 16, 2024
Rolling Stone

Oversight Board Calls Out Meta for ‘Failing’ to Protect LGBTQ People Online

Clinical Instructor Alejandra Caraballo discusses the Meta Oversight Board's finding that Meta has failed to protect LGBTQ people online.

Jan 16, 2024
Nature

Can cities shape future tech regulation?

Aileen Nielsen writes about city lawmaking compensating for national regulations in technology. 

Jan 11, 2024
IEEE

Echo Chambers in Online Social Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

Dariusz Jemielniak and coauthors review the research literature on echo chambers in online social networks.

Jan 11, 2024
Cyberlaw Clinic Blog

Clinic Represents SPN and LCA in 1201 Rulemaking to Reduce Barriers to Software Preservation

The Cyberlaw Clinic, on behalf of the Software Preservation Network (SPN) and Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), sought to expand existing exemptions to allow for eligible memory…

Jan 8, 2024
WIRED

AI Needs to Be Both Trusted and Trustworthy

Bruce Schneier explains the need for a rethinking of trust and governance to prepare for the future of AI.

Jan 8, 2024
Fast Company

Could Microsoft’s new Copilot key be an antitrust headache for the company?

Juan Ortiz Freuler spoke to Fast Company about Microsoft's new Copilot keyboard.

Jan 5, 2024
Harvard Law Today

Addressing the epidemic of high drug prices

Ruth Okediji discusses the Biden administration's recent proposal to use federal "march-in" rights to lower drug costs.

Jan 5, 2024
Foreign Policy

What AI Will Do to Elections

“It just makes the generation and dissemination of very realistic deepfakes and realistic-seeming deepfakes much, much easier,” Rumman Chowdhury told Foreign Policy when…

Jan 3, 2024
kvpr

'Steamboat Willie' is now in the public domain. What does that mean for Mickey Mouse?

Ruth Okediji discusses "Steamboat Willy" and protection of the public domain.

Jan 1, 2024
Cyberlaw Clinic

Cyberlaw Clinic Files Amicus Brief for Creators and Arts Orgs, Emphasizing Speech Protections for Artists

The Cyberlaw Clinic filed an amicus brief in Hermès International v. Rothschild in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on behalf of individual artists,…

Dec 21, 2023
The Conversation

AI could improve your life by removing bottlenecks between what you want and what you get

Bruce Schneier writes about the potential for AI to remove bottlenecks.

Dec 21, 2023
Business Insider

Big Tech has long avoided responsibility for online content. Generative AI could end that.

Anupam Chander spoke to Business Insider on the potential for generative AI to hold Big Tech responsible for online content. 

Dec 18, 2023
Oxford University Press

Algorithmic Institutionalism

In a new Oxford University Press book, Virgilio Almeida delves into the increasing presence of algorithms in everyday decisions, exploring their social…

Dec 18, 2023
RSM

The Right to Information in the Private Sector

Lisa Austin argues for a rethinking of rights to information in the private sector. 

Dec 15, 2023