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Hasty, Fearful Passage of Cybersecurity Bill Recalls Patriot Act
"“A massive security bill (like the Patriot Act) was dropped on the floor in the dead of night before members were to vote on it,” wrote Richard Forno, the…
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The billion-dollar robot question — how can we make sure they’re safe?
"“The government itself is not acting as a repository of expertise here,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington and expert on tec…
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California’s New Self-Driving Car Rules Are Great for Texas
"“California’s proposed rules are great news for Texas,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law…
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Man charged for online violent threats against company over Planned Parenthood fetal tissue
"Prosecution of online comments is exceedingly rare. Nationwide, only about 30 such cases are brought each year, according to online hate speech expert and…
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In An Accident, Who Will A Driverless Car Be Programmed To Kill?
"These ethical programming decisions will be made as a matter of company policy, and buyers may find themselves forced to buy into the brand whose ethics m…
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Eye on Safety, California Sets Rules for Self-Driving Cars
""This points to a very long slog ahead for not just Google, but really other automakers as well," said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at t…
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Google’s Plan for Self-Driving Cars Means It Will Have to Compete With Uber
"“Eventually, Google’s driverless vehicles will compete with not just Uber and taxis, but also FedEx, Amazon, Seamless, transit operators and the very noti…
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Rubio and Cruz spar over domestic surveillance program
"To remedy this, the new law is "technology neutral," said Jeffrey Vagle, executive director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competi…
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Police Are Putting GPS Trackers in Every Object You Can Imagine
"Trick or trap: In the Harvard Law Review's "Bait, Mask, and Ruse," Elizabeth Joh of the U.C. David School of Lawargues that allowing police…
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What Will It Take to Build a Virtuous AI?
"“I’d agree that AI is a very powerful tool, and some designs and uses can be better or worse than others,” says Patrick Lin, a philosopher at Cal Poly who…
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Founder of Google’s Stealthy Surgical Robotics Project Speaks
"Other robotics experts are not so sure. Ryan Calo is a law professor at the University of Washington, and teaches a class on Robotic Law and Policy. “The…
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The 4 worst patents of 2015
"To give just a sense of just how out of touch the law has become, I askedDaniel Nazer, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, to highlight t…