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.
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…
This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them. Key Takeaways * F…
Cross-posted from CNN. When President Barack Obama responded to this summer's torrent of disclosures about the National Security Agency by commissioning a…
Cross-posted from Forbes. In the wake of today’s tremendously important ruling by the District Court for the District of Columbia that bulk collection of telep…
Cross-posted from Slate. By Edward Felten and Jonathan Mayer Snooping on the Internet is tricky. The network is diffuse, global, and packed with potential tar…
Thanks to Edward Snowden we now understand that the NSA runs many dragnet surveillance programs, some of which target Americans. But a story yesterday from Wash…
Cross-posted from Forbes. The Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris, announced today that her office is seeking criminal charges against the operator o…
Cross-posted from Slate. Cellphones are the spies in our pockets, gathering information about whom we befriend, what we say, where we go, and what we read. Tha…
Cross-posted from Just Security. By Jennifer Granick and Thomas Earnest Today’s Washington Post report that the National Security Agency (NSA) is gathering ne…
Cross-posted from Forbes. One big issue with regulating new technology is defining it. An early version of the Nevada driverless car law appeared, on my read,…
Cross-posted from Just Security. In the latest news report based on documents revealed by Edward Snowden, we’ve learned that the NSA creates profiles of porn v…
Cross-posted from the Privacy Association. Imagine the NSA, European Parliament, Tor and Vodafone having a civilized conversation about privacy. Considering th…
Cross-posted from Al Jazeera America. On Nov. 14, a New York federal court judge ruled to uphold Google’s ambitious project to scan and digitize millions of bo…
Cross-posted from InfoJustice.org. "If you want to kill a trade agreement, or any effort to make new law or policy, keep it secret for an excessive amount…