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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
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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…
Cross-posted from USA Today.
Outrageous and possibly illegal. That's what Google's executive chairman called the latest chapter in the NSA saga – news…
Cross-posted from IAPP.
Privacy may actually be an anomaly,” said Vint Cerf, one of the architects of the Internet, at an FTC workshop on the Internet of Thing…
Cross-posted from Just Security.
Once again, the NSA has conducted illegal spying. New documents reveal the National Security Agency’s (NSA) systemic violation…
Cross-posted from Forbes.
Written by Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger.
Big data generates big myths. To help society set realistic expectations, the right ki…
Cross-posted from The Globe and Mail.
This is Bullying Awareness Week across the country, and many Canadians are calling for concrete solutions to address the…
Cross-posted from Stanford Lawyer.
Imagine that you are participating in a protest on a university campus. The campus police ask everyone to leave. Some prot…