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This paper tests #GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.5 & Grok 4 on every SCOTUS argued case from OT 2025. Accuracy looked good until you realise most of it just reflected the Court's usual ideological alignment, not actual legal analysis. spkl.io/633247zQpk #AI #LegalTech
Welcome to the closed society, as described by Karl Popper.
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 2d ago"The White House says its AI framework is done. It will not say what is in it. The framework gives the government a 30-day preview window on frontier models. The benchmarks are classified. The thresholds are classified. The framework itself is not classified, but it is not public either."
It’s funny, because one of the “very smart AI guys” retorts to my focus on accountability has always been that the accountability chain was so legally obvious that it didn’t need mentioning, “managers cannot be held accountable either” blah blah blah rather than a genuinely unsettled legal question
Tim Marchman@timmarchman.bsky.social · 4d agoIf I go on a hacking spree, it’s clearly covered under a variety of civil and criminal laws. If a robot does due to the negligence and incompetence of a person or company? That’s a little more complicated (for now), @lhn.bsky.social reports:
The EU AI Act now requires “providers to disclose when images, audio, video or even text have been generated or substantially modified by AI, using visible labels alongside technical methods such as digital watermarks and embedded metadata.” www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/le...
Tech companies must label AI content from Sunday
The EU is introducing new rules requiring companies to clearly identify content created or significantly altered using AI.
computing.co.uk
This was fun to put together, and it's a great entry point if you've ever found yourself thinking "what is this vibe coding thing anyway? why should I care?". There's a video, and you can follow along and create something as you watch. (And if you do make something, I'd love to hear about it!)
David Colarusso@davidcolarusso.com · last wk.Last month @thefordon.bsky.social, @jenwon.bsky.social, and I got to present at CALI Con on vibe coding for Legal Ed., and the video just went live. Enjoy. Note: this is partially a behind the scenes look at how I made some of the simulations for my algos & bias lesson (quoted thread).
The University of Chicago Law School’s new AI strategy is not just a device ban: It adds oral exams to research projects, requires AI in some assignments, and bars laptops from some core classes. The larger question: What skills should colleges protect as AI reshapes work? https://chroni.cl/3RAtA2P
Why the U. of Chicago Law School Banned Laptops From Some Classrooms
It’s not a rearguard action against technology, says the school’s dean: “How do we teach students to think both without AI and with AI?”
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I called out John Oliver a few months ago for applauding regulation that effectively requires chatbots to solve the suicide problem. I was told then that it was unlikely chatbots would shut down all communications about suicide. Here is Gemini, today, shutting down a convo w/a researcher.
A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter than it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.
A Stenographer Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says
A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter than it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.
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I CALLED IT. FCC to potentially classify drone light shows (swarming drones) as national security risk (because of course): 👇🏻 www.fcc.gov/document/fcc... Public comment period is open.
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Jess Miers 🦝🦞@jmiers230.bsky.social · last mo.My partner (who works for a drone delivery company) is pointing out the errors during the drone show. I'm working out whether the FCC could have regulatory authority over the content of drone shows...🤔 Anyway. Happy Freedom Day. 🇺🇸
This is #AIhype disguised as a confession. OpenAI wants to pretend that its product has supernatural powers. The LLM didn't "go rogue" and it didn't "infer" anything. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/t...
OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library (Gift Article)
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
nytimes.com
A story in two acts: - China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own: www.wired.com/story/china-... (2026-01-20) - China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate concerns: www.dexerto.com/entertainmen... (2026-07-18)
“If recommendation algorithms gave online platforms the ability to control what people see online, agentic AI offers them an opportunity to control what people do.” Rutgers law professor Ellen P. Goodman considers Sen. Mark Warner's draft AI AGENT Act and details obstacles to its implementation.
Senator Warner Makes a First Foray into Agentic AI Regulation
The AI AGENT Act is the first draft federal law to deal with agentic AI power, writes Rutgers legal scholar Ellen P. Goodman.
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Not legal tech, but we could all use a little more beauty in our lives.
David Colarusso@davidcolarusso.com · 3w agoI'm on vacation, and last night I accidentally stayed up late building @e-dickinson-daily.bsky.social It posts a random Emily Dickinson poem every morning. This first post, however, is an exception. It's one of my favorites. Note: When there's more than one stanza, it posts a thread—like here.
And longer substack post: open.substack.com/pub/trialser...
Peter Henderson@peterhenderson.bsky.social · 3w ago🚀Last week we announced the launch of a new AI tool in partnership with the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender! AI can empower civil servants and improve public services, and this project provides a blueprint for doing so responsibly. 👇Lots of takeaways, below!
Not legal tech, but we could all use a little more beauty in our lives.
David Colarusso@davidcolarusso.com · 3w agoI'm on vacation, and last night I accidentally stayed up late building @e-dickinson-daily.bsky.social It posts a random Emily Dickinson poem every morning. This first post, however, is an exception. It's one of my favorites. Note: When there's more than one stanza, it posts a thread—like here.
"[the rush to integrate LLMs into science is] like gold rushes in which rapid expansion predated a difficult reckoning with externalities" New article by @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social, Alexis Palmer, @mjcrockett.bsky.social & me. Follow Killian for what comes next! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Proprietary LLMs impede scientific transparency and reproducibility - Nature Reviews Psychology
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming the methods of psychological research, but the use of proprietary models poses risks to transparency and reproducibility. Prioritizing open models...
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Nature Reviews Psychology@natrevpsychol.nature.com · 3w agoProprietary LLMs impede scientific transparency and reproducibility Comment by Killian L. McLoughlin, Alexis Palmer, J. Nathan Matias & M. J. Crockett Web: go.nature.com/4wDYqGI PDF: rdcu.be/ftzkM
Been thinking a lot about the students in this class (presumably, but not certainly) using AI on a take-home midterm and then bombing the in-class final. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... But I think the real story here is not *that* students use AI, it's (part of) *why* students use AI. 🧵
Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to Cheat
Brown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Recent restrictions on the A.I. industry “are the latest instance of the White House creating its own parallel administrative state, sidestepping Congress,” David Lawrence writes. “Congress and the courts must push back.”
Opinion | This Is a Lot More Worrying Than the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Executive Power
The White House is sidestepping Congress to make huge decisions for even the most important private industries.
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Want your party opponents AI logs in discovery? The Heppner window might be closing! US v Heppner in SDNY made waves as the first known time that Judge allowed AI chat logs to be discovered. It was in a criminal case where the defendant, without their attorney knowing, asked legal questions to AI..
“University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.”
University of Chicago Law to ban phones, laptops in classroom for first-year students in new AI plan
University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.
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The state space reveals all. "I was surprised by how plainly pregnant I was in the data." Dear reader, if you hit play on the interactive visualization, you will be too. Folks know the Target pregnancy story, but shopping behavior isn't the only tell. 👋 VO₂ max, resting ❤️ rate, & gait symmetry.
Sangyu Xu@xusangyu.com · 4w agoI visualized my Apple Watch data across my second pregnancy: Travel the pregnancy state space with me: xusangyu.com/blog/08_appl... using a notebook on @observablehq.com, a very cool real time js notebook platform!
The expanded class action suit accuses X “of shielding child predators by obstructing police investigations into Grok-generated child sex abuse materials (CSAM).” CW for descriptions of child harm and sexual assault.
Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself
More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.
arstechnica.com
There’s plenty of precedent for AI being used for mass surveillance. While there’s not yet any smoking-gun evidence that the US government (or anyone else) is using LLMs to conduct surveillance in the way that could constitute a crime against humanity, there’s a clear appetite for such capabilities.
How LLMs could supercharge mass surveillance in the US
The technology could make commercially available bulk datasets even more of a privacy concern.
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There's no tenable middleground on air travel or eating meat, either, but most of us do it anyway. Like everyone I'm afraid of AI's impacts on the planet and society, but/so I'm researching it, which means I need to use it. Guess I'm unethical: oh well.
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · last mo.A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use. 🧵>>
Fascinating, not just for what it reveals about AI use but also for what it (potentially) reveals about the impact of AI use on learning. The final scores weren't just way below the midterm scores but also way below the historical average.
Kieran Healy@kjhealy.co · 4w agolol
Sharing this question so I can come back and revisit the replies. So far, it looks to be attracting a lot of thoughtful suggestions. From my own experience, I’ll add: educational simulations. See e.g., suffolklitlab.org/algos-bias-d...
Algos, bias, due process, & you — Suffolk LIT Lab
TL;DR: I built a bunch of highly-modular online simulations you can use with your students. They cover automation bias, the false positive paradox, competing definitions of fairness, disparate impact ...
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David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4w agoI hear people say this all the time and it gives me FOMO but I just honest-to-god can't think of an example that's relevant to me. What plugins? What automations? What are they doing? Can you gimme an example?
New derogatory characterization of a filing just dropped. “‘This is the dumbest, most ridiculous lawsuit I’ve ever seen,’ he said. ‘I think it was written by AI and I think AI was hallucinating.’”
