Cybersecurity & Tech

Scaling Laws Roadshow at Nebraska Law: Matt Tokson on AI Surveillance

Kevin Frazier, Matthew Tokson
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 10:00 AM

What happens to society, law and privacy when artificial intelligence makes it possible for police to detect nearly every observable crime? Matthew Tokson, Director of the Criminal Law Program and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and a Lawfare Senior Fellow, to discuss this question. They recorded this conversation at the University of Nebraska College of Law as part of the Scaling Laws Roadshow.

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Kevin Frazier is a senior editor at Lawfare and the Director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law.
Matthew Tokson is a professor of law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and a leading expert in Fourth Amendment law. He also writes about issues in privacy, artificial intelligence, judicial decision-making, and criminal punishment. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg and to the Honorable David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court.
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