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Tech Policy Press

The Future is Analog (if You Can Afford It)

"Analog is back," writes Maroussia Lévesque, arguing that the ability to bypass digital technology reflects an inherent privilege akin to a sort of exceptionalism.

Aug 23, 2024

Cyberlaw Clinic Supports Public Interest Patent Law Institute w/Comment to USPTO re: Patents and Artificial Intelligence

The Cyberlaw Clinic aided the Public Interest Patent Law Institute in filing comments stressing the importance of human inventorship and urging the USPTO to remain vigilant about…

Aug 22, 2024
Prospect Magazine

When monoculture leads to monofailure

In computing, as in farming, the pursuit of efficiency can leave us vulnerable. Just look at CrowdStrike.

Ethan Zuckerman explores how the Crowdstrike outage makes computing farm more vulnerable than it ought to be.

Aug 21, 2024
Salon

"Deliberately designed to deceive": Experts say Taylor Swift could sue Trump over fake endorsement

"I accept!" Trump declared on Truth Social after sharing AI-generated "Swifties for Trump" images

Rebecca Tushnet details some of the complex legal landscape of doctored celebrity endorsements.

Aug 20, 2024
MIT Press

Blockchain Governance

A new book co-authored by Primavera De Filippi analyzes the reciprocal relationship between blockchain communities and politico-legal thought.

Aug 20, 2024
The New York Times

How a Law That Shields Big Tech Is Now Being Used Against It

A Massachusetts professor has filed a lawsuit against Meta using a novel interpretation of Section 230, a law known primarily for shielding social media companies from liability.

The New York Times chronicles the latest in Ethan Zuckerman’s lawsuit against Meta.

Aug 20, 2024
AI Snake Oil

AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good.

Turning models into products runs into five challenges.

What mistakes have AI companies made, and what challenges should they anticipate?

Aug 19, 2024
ARXIV

SEAL: Systematic Error Analysis for Value ALignment

Manon Revel introduces evaluate metrics for rewards models' alignment with the values expressed in training datasets.

Aug 16, 2024
Lumen

More Local News Caught in Flood of Unrelated Copyright Takedown Requests

Lumen details a slew of wrongful takedown requests, many of which target local news URLs.

Aug 15, 2024
Harvard Law Today

Candy Crushed

Harvard Law digital privacy expert Leah Plunkett says that children’s data safety is just one of many problems with kids’ use of popular apps like TikTok

Leah Plunkett discusses the evolving legal landscape of children's data privacy, including a recent US Department of Justice suit against TikTok.

Aug 12, 2024
Public AI Network

Public AI

Infrastructure for the Common Good

SJ Klein and colleagues call for AI infrastructure built for the public good.

Aug 8, 2024
VISIBLE Magazine

Cyberbullying Imane Khelif Is an Injustice To All Women

Ibtissam Bouachrine highlights the dangers of the targeted misogynistic and transphobic campaign against Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.

Aug 8, 2024
Communication Research

When an AI Doctor Gets Personal

The Effects of Social and Medical Individuation in Encounters with Human and AI Doctors

Joseph B. Walther and colleagues find that AI doctors are most effective when they draw from patients' social information, and enable privacy controls.

Aug 2, 2024
Defense One

Let's Start Treating Cyber Security Like it Matters

That means a real investigatory board for cyber incidents, not the hamstrung one we’ve got now.

Bruce Schneier and Tarah Wheeler critique the lack of power granted to the White House's Cyber Safety Review Board.

Aug 2, 2024
Lumen

Takedowns: Olympic Edition

Lumen uncovered evidence of a coordinated and potentially automated fraudulent DMCA takedown campaign targeting articles about a Russian Olympian.

Aug 1, 2024
European Council on Foreign Relations

Operation Regulation: Strengthening Latin America’s AI Governance

By assisting Latin America in developing robust AI regulations, the EU can promote a cohesive global approach to AI governance, argues Victor Muñoz.

Aug 1, 2024
Bloomberg Law

European AI Act Training Disclosures Expose US Copyright Risks

Ruth Okediji notes that the EU's AI Act codifies value differences between the EU and the US.

Jul 31, 2024
PBS News

Exploring the Links Between Political Polarization and Declining Trust in News Media

Martha Minow sits down with PBS News's Judy Woodruff to discuss the implications of political polarization and consumers' trust in the news media.

Jul 31, 2024
The Economist

Not all AI Models should be Freely Available, Argues a Legal Scholar

The more capable they are, the greater the risk of catastrophe, reckons Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig argues highlights important differences between AI models and other sorts of software more amenable to open-source principles.

Jul 29, 2024
Harvard Business Review

AI Has a Revolutionary Ability to Parse Details. What Does That Mean for Business?

David Weinberger examines the business world's engagement with AI through four key examples: strategy, talent management, leadership roles, and supply chain management.

Jul 29, 2024