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…
It’s time to update online privacy: An op-ed in Politico. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:03/20/2013…
Andrew McLaughlin (CIS Non-Residential Fellow) talks about rebuilding Digg and filling the void left by Google Reader. Rerad the entire post here: http://blog.…
As the military’s armed surveillance drones have become the iconic weapon of the early twenty-first century, they have also introduced radical transformations i…
Taxi commissions are crushing disruptive transportation apps. Marvin Ammori discusses in this Slate article. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication D…
Al Jazeera republished Jennifer Granick's two part blog postTowards learning from losing Aaron Swartz. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Dat…
For most of human history the essential nature of creativity was understood to be cumulative and collective. This notion has been largely forgotten by modern po…
Right now, a battle is underway to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a statute that can transform innocuous workplace behavior into a federal crime, simp…
Cross-posted from The Atlantic On the Internet, obscure information has a minimal risk of being discovered or understood by unintended recipients. Empirical re…
The Fair Use Project filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge in AP v. Meltwater. * Publication Type:Litigat…
Why Tweeting MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Now Constitutes Civil Disobedience: An article in Slate. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
This Article consists of some general observations and a few examples that illustrate them. First, technology can benefit tremendously from government involveme…
The Internet Deserves It's Own Holiday: An op ed in Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:01/02/2013…