NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
Bryant Walker Smith: By automating driving, cars may someday be able to be lighter, smaller, use less space, travel closer together, generally use the existing…
“I believe a fine would be appropriate,” said Jonathan Mayer, a researcher and graduate student at Stanford Law School [and CIS Student Fellow], in an email to…
Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics and Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University [and CIS Affiliate Scholar], made the "stand you…
This February, Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer published a study that found that Google and three other companies, Vibrant Media Inc., WPP PLC’s Media Innova…
Ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? Well, you may want to get used to it. While the US government has been putting un-manned drones to heavy use…
When a company sells a car that truly drives itself, the responsibility will fall on its maker. “It’s accepted in our world that there will be a shift,” says Br…
The internet was another one of those gloriously creative, anarchic technologies that spawned utopian dreams. Its internal architecture – its technical DNA, if…
The Wall Street Journal noted one expert, Stanford Law School researcher Ryan Calo, who said “the domestic use of drones will likely grow as more machines are b…
One IP issue that has been discussed recently is ownership and usage of a dead person's image. As Ryan Calo, the director for privacy and robotics at the St…
'If the award is upheld, then people will think twice about what they say,' said Ryan Calo (CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics).'Defamation is one…
Ryan Calo, a researcher at Stanford Law School, tells the Wall Street Journal that he expects more entities to seek approval as drones are retired from use over…
While law enforcement organizations across the country may be tracking people using their cellphones, police are finding willing partners in wireless phone comp…