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AI can make justice truly blind — but not just yet
"Civil liberty groups have warned against the inherent dangers of prejudiced AI in the legal system before. Law enforcement agencies now use tools to predi…
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Fake news busters
"As an outside technology adviser to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Scott has first-hand knowledge of how digital falsehoods can…
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Should Facebook Ads Be Regulated Like TV Commercials?
"But Andrew McLaughlin, the cofounder of Higher Ground Labs, a company that invests in technology to help progressive candidates, believes that platforms s…
Why You Should Be Suspicious of That Study Claiming A.I. Can Detect a Person’s Sexual Orientation
Recently, the A.I. community was left largely stunned when a study released by two Stanford researchers claimed that artificial intelligence could essentially d…
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Illinois begins pilot project to put birth certificates on digital ledger technology
"Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society Director of Privacy Albert Gidari agreed that blockchain is secure and Illinois’ move allows individua…
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Trump’s self-driving car strategy: Don’t regulate self-driving cars
""This new policy adjusts the tone but continues much of the substance of last year's document," according to Bryant Walker Smith, a law prof…
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Can Cops Force You to Unlock Your Phone With Your Face?
"“When you put your fingerprint on the phone, you’re actually communicating something,” Albert Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford University’s Cen…
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This chatbot could help you sue Equifax
"But a word of caution comes by way of Ryan Calo, a privacy expert and law professor at the University of Washington. "You have to trust that the per…
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Driverless cars on public highways? Go for it, Trump administration says
"“The new policy adjusts the tone but continues much of the substance of (the Obama administration) document,” said Bryant Walker Smith, law professor at t…
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U.S. updates self-driving car guidelines as more hit the road
"ince the new guidelines are policy, not law, they don't legally change what the state and federal government and vehicle developers can do, said Bryan…
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It’s about to get tougher for cops, border agents to get at your iPhone’s data
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a legal fellow at Stanford University, agreed. She also said that this new software design choice may not specifically be about enhanci…
Senate Appropriations Bill Rejects Trump’s Efforts to Downsize State Department and USAID
Last week, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), approved a State & Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for fis…