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Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24. @noupside.bsky.social and @rer.bsky.social explore why it matters that the encyclopedia hasn’t edited itself or processed edits from humans in more than 3 months. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...
Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn’t Tell Anyone.
A halt in Grokipedia’s edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.
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On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to Bernice Yeung about the bumpy history of Big Tech’s relationship with U.S. defense contracting, how Silicon Valley has reshaped the Pentagon, and how, in turn, the Pentagon has reshaped Silicon Valley. youtu.be/D9jOHF-EcBY
On August 26 at 1pm ET, join @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @juliacurlee.bsky.social, and @michael-feinberg.bsky.social for our monthly Ask Us Anything webinar. Access to the August 26 webinar is exclusive to paid supporters. Join the community today!
Ask Lawfare Anything: August 2026
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"The history of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence gives reason to be concerned that, unless legislatures fill the gaps left by the Chatrie decision, legal and privacy observers may one day look back at Chatrie as a high-water mark," writes Christy Lopez.
After Chatrie, the Real Fight Over Digital Privacy Is Just Beginning
Without legislation, the geofence warrant ruling risks becoming a high-water mark rather than a floor for digital privacy.
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Taiwan’s main opposition party has proposed a law that would give the legislature a more direct role in deciding some of Taiwan’s most consequential outbound investment cases in the semiconductor sector. @dwyih.bsky.social explains the constitutional questions raised by the proposal.
The Case Against the Proposed Chip Security Act in Taiwan
A proposed Taiwanese law would draw lawmakers beyond their representative role and into direct involvement in private investment decisions.
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On Lawfare Daily, @nkorpett.bsky.social, @massdara.bsky.social, @atabatabai.bsky.social, and @juliacurlee.bsky.social discussed how the "Short War Illusion," where countries believe that with the right strategy, they can accomplish their goals with a quick war, is playing out in conflicts today.
On July 29, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court convened for the first time. @pwbeck.bsky.social sat through the first hearing of this court and reports on what occurred:
Dispatch: Setting Up Secret Courts
The first public hearing of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its stumbles.
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A growing body of legal scholarship argues that large language model outputs are not “speech” under the First Amendment and therefore may be regulated without the scrutiny ordinarily applied. @beccabranum.bsky.social explores how this no-speech position could burden human speech online.
If AI Outputs Aren’t Speech, Who Has to Prove They’re Human?
Denying First Amendment protection to AI outputs sounds like a rule about machines. In practice it could burden human speech online.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is the July 31 livestream where @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @petereharrell.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social discussed James Comey's filings in the “8647” seashells prosecution, and more. youtube.com/live/ou7AfSV...
Lawfare's reporters, like @rparloff.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social, show up to the hearings, from Anthropic v. DOD to NPR v. Trump, to bring you minute-by-minute detail of what happened. That work isn't free. Help fund it: www.lawfaremedia.org/about/support
What is the National Guard allowed to do when operating in a hybrid status where the mission is defined by the president but the governor retains command and control? @nkorpett.bsky.social, @lizagoitein.bsky.social, Joseph Nunn, and @lorenvoss.bsky.social discuss: youtu.be/RJgl2oRjLhM
@juliacurlee.bsky.social explains why the political pressure now corroding the intelligence community is different from the ordinary friction between intelligence and policy, maps how politicization has led to ongoing policy disasters, and proposes reforms to restore the community’s integrity.
What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence
A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.
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On this week's Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @tylermcbrien.com, @lapatina.bsky.social, and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social discuss President Zelensky & President Trump's meeting and the hack of Hugging Face by an AI model from OpenAI. youtu.be/mK8PWD5DkFE
In July, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its first case in 30 years. @pwbeck.bsky.social and @seamushughes.bsky.social unpack the ATRC’s history, how the court operates, why the court may have lain inactive, and DOJ's decision to bring a case now.
The Rip Van Winkle Court
Last week, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its first case in 30 years. We dive into DOJ’s awakening of a controversial court.
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Maggie Haberman and @jonathanswan.bsky.social recently joined @rparloff on Lawfare Daily to discuss their recent book, “Regime Change," how the Supreme Court’s immunity decision has shaped his conduct, and how close Trump has come to suspending habeas corpus. youtu.be/rKzqHb1mTbE
This week, both @annabower.bsky.social and @rparloff.bsky.social published dispatches from court hearings in the litigation challenging actions from the Trump administration. You can find their dispatches on this page:
Trump Administration Trial Coverage
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ICYMI: Watch @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @petereharrell.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social discuss legal challenges to President Trump’s new tariffs, developments in the Reflecting Pool prosecution, and more.
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31
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"The models didn’t escape because they’re gods. They escaped because someone left the door open. Congress should regulate the door." @klonick.bsky.social discusses the real lesson from Hugging Face breach by an AI agent system from OpenAI.
The AI That Hacked Its Way Out and the Hype That Followed It
The real lesson of the Hugging Face breach isn’t that AI went rogue—it’s how self-serving hype steers regulators toward the wrong fixes.
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Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Sarah Willrich.
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site.
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Over at @lawfaremedia.org, Peyton Baker, Amy Wildermuth, and I discuss the recent decision in Comans v. Executive Office of the President and what it reveals about the questions emerging in the Post-Slaughter world.
Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 6d agoIn Comans v. Executive Office of the President, a district court applied Slaughter, the Supreme Court's ruling letting the president remove 'subordinates.' Peyton Baker, @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, and Amy Wildermuth break down the decision, which upheld removal protections for inferior officers.
This conversation is now live! Tune in here: youtube.com/live/ou7AfSV...
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31
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Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 5d agoAt 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @petereharrell.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social to discuss litigation over President Trump’s new tariffs, recent filings by James Comey in the “86” seashells prosecution, and more.
At 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @petereharrell.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @rparloff.bsky.social to discuss litigation over President Trump’s new tariffs, recent filings by James Comey in the “86” seashells prosecution, and more.
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 31
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Thanks to @lawfaremedia.org for letting offer some thoughts about war, race, and American values based on a superb book by Wil Haygood.
Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 5d ago"Haygood moves back and forth between years, even decades, to place the Vietnam era in its rightful historical context. In doing so, he shows us how war and race are inseparable from the American story." @gregorydaddis.bsky.social reviews “The War Within a War" by Wil Haygood.
The Supreme Court's decision expanding the president's removal authority removes the possibility of an independent federal agency for AI governance. Third-party regulatory frameworks may help address the issue of political independence, writes Daniel Wilf-Townsend.
How Trump v. Slaughter Strengthens the Case for Third-Party AI Regulation
The recent decision takes off the table one of the most popular proposals for AI governance: an independent federal agency, free from a president’s whims.
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On this week's Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @tylermcbrien.com, @lapatina.bsky.social, and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social discussed President Zelensky and President Trump's Oval Office meetingand the Hugging Face hack. youtu.be/mK8PWD5DkFE
"Haygood moves back and forth between years, even decades, to place the Vietnam era in its rightful historical context. In doing so, he shows us how war and race are inseparable from the American story." @gregorydaddis.bsky.social reviews “The War Within a War" by Wil Haygood.
War, Race, and America’s Values
A review of Wil Haygood, “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2026).
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This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the Trump administration's attempts to address AI-related risks in recent months, the possibility of Iranian hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure in earnest, and more. Read the newsletter, from @tom.risky.biz.
Chipping Away at Chinese AI Risks
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
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Today's Lawfare Daily is a @scalinglaws.bsky.social crosspost where Kent Walker joined @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to discuss Google's proposal for a two-pronged approach to AI governance. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...
On July 30, Judge Lin held a hearing on cross-motions for summary judgment in Anthropic's challenge of the Department of Defense’s designation of the AI company as a supply chain risk. @rparloff.bsky.social live-blogged the hearing:
Anthropic v. U.S. Department of War: A Hearing Diary
A live-blog of the summary judgment hearing over whether the U.S. Department of Defense designated Anthropic a “supply chain risk” to punish it for First Amendment protected speech.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as Google, have called for a federally supervised self-regulatory organization akin to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for AI. Mark Thomas explores what a SRO for AI should look like and how to build it.
Designing a FINRA for Frontier AI
Scott Bessent, Google, and Demis Hassabis all want a FINRA for AI. This is what it should look like.
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