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Assessing Impacts of AI on Human Rights: It’s Not Solely About Privacy and Nondiscrimination
Artificial intelligence can significantly impact human rights—both positively and negatively. Human rights impact assessments conceived specifically for AI are needed to prevent potential harms and reap ... -
From Fake News to Fake Views: New Challenges Posed by ChatGPT-Like AI
An infinite supply of plausible opinions from fake, AI-powered pundits threatens to crowd out genuine discourse. -
The EU’s AI Act Is Barreling Toward AI Standards That Do Not Exist
The EU needs the technical standards supporting its AI Act to be restrictive enough to protect consumers, but flexible enough to enable innovation. Given society’s current understanding of AI, there are ... -
Gentlemen’s Rules for Reading Each Other’s Mail: The New OECD Principles on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities
For the first time, major world democracies have gone public with a set of common protections that they apply when accessing individuals’ personal data for intelligence or law enforcement purposes. -
FISA Section 702 (2008-2023?)
U.S. intelligence agencies rely on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to monitor more than 200,000 overseas targets. But will next year be its last? -
The AI “Revolution in Military Affairs”: What Would it Really Look Like?
Assessing the scale and immediacy of artificial intelligence’s likely impact on warfare challenges analysts and policymakers. A mental model that breaks down the technological and human factors involved ... -
A.I. Programs Write for Lawfare on Judge Cannon's Ruling in the Mar-A-Lago Case
Artificial intelligence is heralded as the next big thing, threatening to replace all kinds of writers the internet over. Can it replace Lawfare editors and contributors? -
The Justice Department’s Agreement With a Data Broker That Facilitated Elder Fraud
The consent decree with Macromark enabled greater oversight over data brokers collecting sensitive personal information on defrauded elders. -
The Fallout From the First Trial of a Corporate Executive for ‘Covering Up’ a Data Breach
The Justice Department should issue guidance to clarify the line between covering up a data breach and merely declining to disclose it. -
The AI Bill of Rights Makes Uneven Progress on Algorithmic Protections
The Biden administration issues a clarion call for algorithmic justice but misses some key early opportunities. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Dan Byman on Content Moderation Tools to Stop Extremism
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Two Americas: Cross-Border Data Requests Post-Dobbs
Following the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling in Dobbs this past June, cross-border data requests between states for abortion-related investigations may start to resemble cross-border requests between co...
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