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IEEE Spectrum

AI Mistakes Are Very Different Than Human Mistakes

We need new security systems designed to deal with their weirdness

We've gotten the hang of correcting and preventing human actors' mistakes, but how ought we to prepare for new kinds of mistakes wrought by AI, ask Bruce Schneier and Nathan…

Jan 13, 2025
The Hill

US leadership in AI requires open-source diplomacy

Ben Brooks and Michelle Fang argue that legislators ought to be more concerned about other nations openly sharing AI models that could undercut the US's dominance in the field.

Jan 12, 2025
Dark Reading

New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Shaped Cybersecurity

Biella Coleman and Matt Goerzen are among the collaborators on an upcoming interview series documenting the "rich cultural history of the hacking scene" and its influence on…

Jan 8, 2025
Harvard Law Today

Can Texas limit citizens’ access to online content?

In a Q&A with Harvard Law Today, Rebecca Tushnet weighs in on Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, a Texas case asking whether websites hosting sexual material can be required to…

Jan 8, 2025
Oxford University Press

We Tried to Tell Y'All

Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives

Through interviews, news analysis, and personal observation, Meredith D. Clark presents the first book about how Black Twitter users carved out a vital space for fast-paced,…

Jan 7, 2025
Just Security

How Border Technologies Impact Migration

Petra Molnar joins Just Security to discuss the impacts of emerging technologies on the US borders.

Jan 2, 2025
RIPE Labs

A Deep Dive Into the Baltic Sea Cable Cuts

James Cowie, Emile Aben, and Alun Davies analyze three recent cuts to Internet cables in the Baltic Sea.

Dec 19, 2024
404 Media

Copyright Abuse Is Getting Luigi Mangione Merch Removed From the Internet

Lumen's database catalogues takedown requests for merchandise related to United Healthcare and Luigi Mangione.

Dec 19, 2024
Harvard Business Review

Is AI the Right Tool to Solve That Problem?

With a group of coauthors, RSM Visiting Scholar Marshall Van Alstyne asks when AI is the right tool for the job.

Dec 18, 2024
Communications of the ACM

Thinking of Algorithms as Institutions

A route to democratic digital governance.

Virgilio Almeida and coauthors, argue that recommendation algorithms can and should be governed democratically.

Dec 17, 2024
The Atlantic

The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks

BKC Director and co-founder Jonathan Zittrain breaks ChatGPT.

Dec 17, 2024
Nieman Lab

Predictions for Journalism

Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025 enlists "some of the smartest people in journalism and media" to anticipate what's coming next year.

Dec 16, 2024
The Atlantic

The Government’s Disturbing Rationale for Banning TikTok

Vague national-security concerns don’t justify shutting down the popular Chinese-owned app.

Evelyn Douek vehemently disagrees with a federal court's ruling against TikTok.

Dec 12, 2024
Washington Post

TikTok’s case is a stunning swing toward paternalism

Congress passed a law because it doesn’t trust Americans with freedom of speech.

Anupam Chandler and G.S. Hans argue that the Supreme Court should hear TikTok's appeal, arguing that attempts to ban the app violate the First Amendment.

Dec 12, 2024
Flipboard

Making Better Networks for Humans

Darius Kazemi and Erin Kissane discuss their recent work on the 'fediverse,' continuing to make the case for federated and decentralized social platforms.

Dec 11, 2024
CommonWealth Beacon

Does AI interfere in our democracy?

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders join Jennifer Smith to discuss ways to wield AI toward pro-democratic ends.

Dec 9, 2024
The Atlantic

Around the Globe, Governments Lean into AI

Mark Esposito examines how governments around the world are beginning to deploy AI.

Dec 8, 2024
LSE Blog

The elite contradictions of generative AI

Nick Couldry offers his vision of the future, and of AI's role in it.

Dec 6, 2024
Indiana Legal Studies

On Software Bugs and Legal Bugs

Product Liability in the Age of Code

Asaf Lubin points out interstate inconsistencies in legal definitions of 'products,' and contrasts the US's and the EU's approaches to considering software as products.

Dec 5, 2024
Tech Policy Press

In the War on Migrants, A Trump Win is Really a Win for Big Tech

Petra Molnar warns that emerging surveillance technologies will make violence against migrants even more prominent.

Dec 4, 2024