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A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy. .…
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SRI announces new Advisory Board and inaugural Scientific Advisory Committee
The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) at the University of Toronto has appointed a new Advisory Board and established a Scientific Adv…
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California is poised to get $1.4 billion for broadband. But there’s a huge catch
California utility regulators this week cleared the way for the state to accept more than $1.4 billion in federal funding to build out broadband in underserved…
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Trump Says California Can’t Stand Up To Big Telecom If It Wants Taxpayer Grants
As the federal U.S. government has given up on consumer protection and corporate oversight, states have filled the void with various degrees of success. That’s…
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Consumer Advocates Call on California to Fight BEAD Restrictions
Consumer advocates in California are calling on state officials to fight a provision added to the BEAD program by the Trump administration that would require th…
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California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand
California is on the verge of accepting $1.86 billion in federal broadband grant funds, despite the Trump administration telling states they cannot enforce net…
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Pfefferkorn interviewed in Screenagers documentary on student-on-student use of nudify apps
Screenagers: Generation AI explores what can be done to mitigate the risks artificial intelligence poses to young people's learning, relationships, and ment…
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Judge asks Supreme Court to reconsider laws about AI generated CSAM
Riana Pfefferkorn, Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, was interviewed on KTVU to discuss the Seventh Circuit's recent ruling abo…
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More teens are using generative AI to make explicit content. What parents should know about it
Even though regulations apply to what’s allowed in app stores, these apps can sometimes slip through by not advertising the full range of their capabilities, sa…
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Deepfake Nudes in Schools: When AI-Enabled Abuse Hits the Classroom
AI-powered “nudify” apps are increasingly being used by students to create deepfake sexual images of classmates, but most schools still do not have clear polici…
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Considering How AI Destroys Democratic Institutions
Across the world, governments and other institutions are racing to apply artificial intelligence in countless ways. In a draft paper titled “How AI Destroys Ins…
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“Liability or Deniability? Platform Power as Section 230 Turns 30
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Liabil…