Thank you to @prithvi97.bsky.social for covering our research on the failures of content moderation in the context of #TigrayGenocide and how to prevent genocidal speech from being proliferated by social media platforms. www.techpolicy.press/what-a-new-s...

April will not be the cruelest month, but it does mark 100 days of Trump's second term. For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @prithvi97.bsky.social and I look at how rhetorical attacks on disinformation researchers have become government policy. www.techpolicy.press/fantasy-beco...

Sobering piece by @dwj88.bsky.social and @prithvi97.bsky.social from @techpolicypress.bsky.social with quotes from 🙋 on the attacks on and need for response from disinformation researchers, including some of the international implications. www.techpolicy.press/fantasy-beco...

Generative AI, free speech, and public discourse: speakers at a Columbia event say universities and governments must keep industry in check on AI, writes Tim Bernard @timbernard.bsky.social. With reference to @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, @jtlg.bsky.social, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, et al.

"We do not have to be reactive to the results of technology. By centering peoples' rights and focusing on methods for rigorous foresight of the outcomes of technology, we can be proactive, shaping AI to maximally benefit humanity," says @mmitchell.bsky.social, writing for Tech Policy Press:

It looks like it is surprisingly easy to extract training data from a supposedly sophisticated and closed source large language model. @techpolicypress.bsky.social program manager @prithvi97.bsky.social on results of a new preprint research paper: techpolicy.press/new-study-su...