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What to Do When a Robot Is the Guilty Party
"Bryant Walker Smith from the University of South Carolina proposed regulatory flexibility for rapidly evolving technologies, such as driverless cars. “Ind…
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Facebook Fourth Estate? Two Questions Lawyers Should Answer
In defending Facebook against government scrutiny by invoking First Amendment rights, we’ve overlooked the legal consequences for CDA 230 and risk constitutiona…
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The Mandatory Emergency Disclosure Sinkhole Exception to the Email Privacy Act
The Email Privacy Act is moving forward in the Senate. S.356, which currently has 28 cosponsors, would require a warrant for stored content -- essentially codi…
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First White House AI workshop focuses on how machines (plus humans) will change government
"Intelligent machines won’t be ruling the world anytime soon – but what happens when they turn you down for a loan, crash your car or discriminate against…
Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy
The University of Washington School of Law is delighted to announce a public workshop on the law and policy of artificial intelligence, co-hosted by the White H…
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Facebook, Congress and the First Amendment
The Facebook Trending Topics controversy has been analyzed from many angles, but there's been virtually no attention paid to the single most troubling aspec…
Spying on Muslims is bad policy
During the presidential primary, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz suggested increased surveillance and policing of Muslim neighborhoods in the United States. This suggestion…
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Safe or Good? We All Have Choices to Make
"In contrast, courts have not forced individuals to reveal the passcodes used to secure their mobile devices.[2] What gives? Albert Gidari, the director of…
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Apple’s Touch ID rules may be designed to protect human rights
"I spoke to Geoffrey King, the technology program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists, a group devoted to reducing the danger to reporters…
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White House, University of Washington Co-host Artificial Intelligence Workshop
"UW Law Professor Ryan Calo, says imagine you’ve been placed on no-fly list. “It’s not as though there’s some dossier that you could look at and see exact…
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White House to come to UW, engage in discussions on artificial intelligence and law
"In relation to the role of government in AI, Ryan Calo, assistant law professor at the UW and faculty director of the Tech Policy Lab, and one of the spea…
Should You Be Allowed to Prevent Drones From Flying Over Your Property?
NO: It Is the Way to Kill Innovation By Ryan Calo The year is 1910. Orville and Wilbur Wright are testing their plane and happen to fly hundreds of feet over…