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Uber to test semi-autonomous taxis in Pittsburgh. Too soon?
"“Putting a passenger or two in the backseat of a driverless car doesn’t change the risk analysis,” says Bryant Walker Smith, the chair of the Planning Tas…
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Google wants to amend Michigan autonomous vehicle bills
""Who did Michigan want to include in this great project of automated driving? The careful language in that letter could give an advantage to traditio…
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How Cops Have Turned Baltimore into a Surveillance State
"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California Davis who specializes in policing and technology, told me that while police secrecy is noth…
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Why scientists must share their research code
"Many scientists worry over the reproducibility of wet-lab experiments, but data scientist Victoria Stodden's focus is on how to validate computational…
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When an app tells companies you’re pregnant but not that you miscarried
“The way privacy law largely works for consumers in the United States is through what regulators call ‘notice and choice,'” said Samford University law prof…
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Tesla Will Update Autopilot Technology To Emphasize Radar Images Over Cameras, Elon Musk Says
"Tesla is making use of so-called 'fleet learning' that will allow the technology to progress at a much faster rate, said Bryant Walker Smith, a la…
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Musk Says Tesla’s New Autopilot Could Have Saved Driver
"Though controversial, Tesla’s use of such so-called fleet learning is exciting and will allow the technology to progress much faster, said Bryant Walker S…
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For some safety experts, Uber’s self-driving taxi test isn’t something to hail
"Cohen and Bryant Walker Smith, an autonomous-vehicle expert at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, are both comfortable with the t…
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After 9/11: Are we safer at home from terrorism?
""It looks very different than it did in 2001. There are fewer big threats and more small threats," said Brian Nussbaum, an assistant professor i…
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Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review
On August 30, 2016, the Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,430,468, titled; “Online peer review and method.” The owner of this patent is none other than Els…
Amicus Curiae Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, Daphne Keller, Eric Goldman and Eugene Volokh in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Included in this PDF are: 1. Notice of Motion and Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief 2. Amicus Curiae Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cent…
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Driverless car bills speed through Michigan Senate
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who studies self-driving car regulation, called the bills “a mixed bag.” “Critic…