AI Slop
The term “AI slop” has become popular to describe the output of generative AI systems seen as voluminous, low quality, or the result of little effort. When AI-g…
Publication
The Hidden Trade-Offs of Fighting Child Abuse Online
Computing professionals have developed a number of aphorisms over the decades. Do not roll your own cryptography; it is always DNS; time zones are hard; names a…
Fit for 5G: The Open Internet Regulation Already Enables 5G Innovation While Protecting Competition and User Choice
White Paper submitted as an attachment to the comments submitted to BEREC’s Consultation on its Draft Further Guidance on 5G Network Slicing. For years, major…
Comments on BEREC Consultation on Draft Further Guidance on 5G Network Slicing
Comments submitted to BEREC’s Consultation on its Draft Further Guidance on 5G Network Slicing.…
On the Right to Obscurity
Tragically, U.S. privacy law has neglected to address a significant dimension of privacy. While lawmakers and judges have routinely recognized intrusions into o…
House Robots Are Coming—and They Will Be Dangerously Cute
If there’s a robot in your house, chances are it’s a Roomba. But that could be about to change. A new generation of home robots is coming—adorable, loaded with contemporary artificial intelligence and designed to charm their way into your family.
Hey Platforms: Add TAKE IT DOWN To Your Transparency Reports
Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) under the TAKE IT DOWN Act…
Data Privacy and Foundation Models: Can We Have Both?
This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them. Key Takeaways * F…
AI, Art, & Crime
In early February, I was on a fascinating panel put on by Helen Maria Nugent at CCA about AI and Art: Contemplating an Algorithmic Future, as part of CCA’s Afte…
Big tech is hungry for consumer data. Mass. needs privacy legislation now
Tech companies openly admit we are entering a new phase of AI-powered surveillance. One billionaire tech founder claims AI will be “constantly watching and reco…
Fourth Amendment Equilibrium Adjustment in an Age of Technological Upheaval
The Digital Fourth Amendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the Fourth Amendment, electronic privacy, and crimi…
We rode in dozens of driverless robotaxis in China. Here's what we saw — and our advice for other curious travelers.
Intrigued by automated driving? Perhaps you've already tried one of the real Waymo or Zoox robotaxis in the United States. (Tesla's "robotaxis"…