Alan Rozenshtein
@alanrozenshtein.com
Law professor @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Senior editor and research director @lawfaremedia.org. Nonresident senior fellow @brookings.edu. Former DOJ. alanrozenshtein.com
In Chatrie, the Court did what it should have done in Carpenter: find that there was a Fourth Amendment search but be flexible on what counts as valid predication. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Fourth Amendment Reasonableness After Carpenter
In Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court held not only that the Fourth Amendment applies when the government collects certain categories of third-party
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@robertwrighter.bsky.social has written a terrific new book about AI. I got to talk with him about it on @scalinglaws.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
"The God Test": AI as Cosmic Reckoning, with Robert Wright
Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · June 23 · 53m
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Turns out the U.S. did achieve unconditional surrender in the war in Iran...it was just our own surrender, not Iran's. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
A Look at the Text of the Agreement Between the United States and Iran
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"Even if Anthropic persuades the government to lift the control, the deeper question will remain: whether there should be, and if so under what circumstances, a licensing regime for frontier AI," writes @alanrozenshtein.com.
A Kill Switch for Frontier AI
The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.
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On Friday, Anthropic received a letter from the Trump administration ordering the company to suspend all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for foreign nationals. @alanrozenshtein.com explains the likely legal authority behind these export controls.
A Kill Switch for Frontier AI
The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.
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My latest on the Fable export control order, for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-ki...
A Kill Switch for Frontier AI
The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.
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If the USG’s export controls on Fable continue, it might set up the first big First Amendment case of the AI era.
The response to this should be fun to watch. www.vanderbilt.edu/principles/s...
State of Scholarship Report Preface
Special Commission Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences Download the report. This report is addressed to university chancellors and presidents who ar...
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Excellent line: "Edison said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. But we see perspiration becoming increasingly automated." www.anthropic.com/institute/re...
When AI builds itself
Our progress toward recursive self-improvement, and its implications.
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"Voluntary" isn't the floor of frontier AI policy in the Trump WH—it's the ceiling. And even that couldn't survive a few last-minute calls from industry. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com on what was killed in the AI EO and what comes next: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-g...
AI Governance by Phone Call
An executive order so deferential to the AI industry that it disclaimed any mandatory authority still couldn't survive a few last-minute calls.
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On the AI cybersecurity executive order that wasn't, with @kevintfrazier.bsky.social in @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-g...
AI Governance by Phone Call
An executive order so deferential to the AI industry that it disclaimed any mandatory authority still couldn't survive a few last-minute calls.
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wow. Judge Henderson of DC Circuit (tho maybe her alone) is not at all buying DoD's "supply chain risk" designation of @anthropic.com . "For the life of me I don't see any evidence of maliciousness ... sabotage ... [or other words in definition]. To me this is just spectacular overreach by the dept"
Recent reporting suggests that President Trump plans to sign an executive order promoting information sharing between AI labs and the government to identify risks by new models. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com explain the “dominating AI by understanding AI” agenda.
Dominating AI Requires Understanding AI
AI dominance will require more than faster models—it will require breakthroughs in understanding, testing, and securing frontier AI.
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Congrats to @brendanballou.bsky.social for his new book! Excited to read.
Brendan Ballou@brendanballou.bsky.social · 3mo agoWHEN COMPANIES RUN THE COURTS is out today. It tells how the Supreme Court created a shadow justice system where companies pay judges, and where people almost always lose. Whether you know it or not, you are a part of this system. Get the book and find out how to escape: shorturl.at/D0KZ0
Almost a year ago, @lawfaremedia.org 's @alanrozenshtein.com and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org analyzed the nothing-burger 8647 seashell tweet and its worth revisiting: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: And What If He Meant It?
James Comey could have gone a lot stronger than “8647” and still not risked jail.
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Today James Comey was indicted by DOJ for the second time, this time over a social media post of a picture of seashells arranged to say “8647." When it was first posted, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @alanrozenshtein.com explained why the mollusks in question don’t make out a threat.
The Situation: And What If He Meant It?
James Comey could have gone a lot stronger than “8647” and still not risked jail.
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New episode: @alanrozenshtein.com talks to @jassipannu.bsky.social and Doni Bloomfield about why governing biological data may be the most urgent AI risk policymakers aren't paying enough attention to. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Why Data Governance Is the Key to AI Biosecurity, with Jassi Pannu and Doni Bloomfield
Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · March 24 · 50m
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Oh wow today's Anthropic hearing is going to be brutal for the government. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States.
Berin Szóka@berinszoka.bsky.social · 5mo ago🤐
I’ve noticed a lot more engagement recently (and as reflected here) in this issue among law professors on this issue. When @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and I wrote our piece about this a year ago we sometimes had to convince people to care. Not anymore. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Large Language Scholarship
Generative AI isn’t just coming for the legal academy—the era of what we call “Large Language Scholarship” is already here. Law professors are using AI to write
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Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 5mo agoJust posted over at the other place. Thoughts?
The Pentagon's decision to end its relationship with Anthropic by designating it a supply chain risk bypassed the ordinary procurement system Congress built for contract disputes. The court should push back—by making the Defense Department follow the law, writes @alanrozenshtein.com.
The Right Remedy in the Anthropic Case
The government can stop buying from Anthropic anytime it wants. It just can't bypass the procurement system Congress built to do it.
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In light of the gov's opp. motion in the Anthropic-DOD case, I have a new @lawfaremedia.org piece arguing for a narrow injunction against the supply chain risk designation and Trump's gov-wide order but that allows the gov to cancel individual Ant contracts. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Here's the government's response to Anthropic's lawsuit. Nothing much new here. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379... 1/6
This was one of the most fun and provocative @scalinglaws.bsky.social conversations I've had in a while!
Scaling Laws@scalinglaws.bsky.social · 5mo agoAre AI systems "a death sentence for civic institutions"? @alanrozenshtein.com talks with @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, who argue that AI's core design features threaten the rule of law, higher education, journalism, and democracy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Want to learn the basics about the 2 laws the govt is using vs Anthropic? My @lawfaremedia.org colleague @alanrozenshtein.com has submitted this amicus brief, which is a terrific primer. He's a prof at @umnlawschool.bsky.social & ex-DOJ Nat Sec Div atty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
