What actually makes patients trust an AI diagnosis? A survey of 3k adults asked people to choose between hypothetical AI diagnosis scenarios and pick a "visit" from the options presented. AI performance accuracy boosted visit preference by 32.5%, while a clinician in the loop added 18.4%. #MedSky

Read the study Factors for Patient Trust and Acceptance of Medical Artificial Intelligence by Ana Bracic, PhD; @kaytesb.bsky.social; Sophie Towle, JD; @nicholson.bsky.social; et al in @jama.com here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A new study from Professor @nicholson.bsky.social and others found that U.S. adults were significantly more likely to trust in medical AI in scenarios with oversight of a clinician and other protections in place. Read more: news.umich.edu/the-algorith...

Despite warnings, people use #ChatGPT to see whether they should seek care. How well does it do? Ehhhhh...not so great! One tip: don't say "my friend doesn't think it's serious"— because then it won't either. Interesting study by Ramaswamy et al in @natmed.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ever had one of those days when you wake and find that all mimsy were the borogoves? Today is one of those days.

17 common objects you never knew were copyrighted BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BRO, THEY ARE PROTECTED BY TRADEMARK LAW go2tutors.com/17-common-ob...

#Lawprof hivemind! I'm looking to read some truly superb law review articles as inspiration. I'm seeking examples of pieces you finished reading (or writing!) and thought, "Wow. Smart, insightful, beautifully written." Any recommendations? Area-agnostic! #lawtwitter #scholarship #academy

#Lawprof hivemind! I'm looking to read some truly superb law review articles as inspiration. I'm seeking examples of pieces you finished reading (or writing!) and thought, "Wow. Smart, insightful, beautifully written." Any recommendations? Area-agnostic! #lawtwitter #scholarship #academy

Clinicians are often unavailable, ineffective, or both, Professor @nicholson.bsky.social writes in the Emory Law Journal. Alternative structures will be necessary for AI to assist, he says. Price recently answered five questions on the issue: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-pri...

As #AI spreads in #medicine, we're asking too much of "clinicians in the loop" to make sure it's working well. But clinicians lack time and training to do this well, and are too often absent. Check out this "5 Questions" from @umichlaw.bsky.social: michigan.law.umich.edu/news/5qs-pri....

So much going on right now but for those of you who care about FDA, @pzettler.bsky.social, @stevejoffe.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, @reshmagar.bsky.social + I have a 2 part commentary in @healthaffairs.bsky.social Forefront on the new plausible mechanism pathway. Link to Part 1 below.

An AI-powered learning health system is improving sepsis recognition. The HERACLES algorithm helps lower mortality and enhance clinical documentation through continuous, data-driven feedback. It reduced sepsis mortality from 20.54% to 15.27% in program wards. #MedSky

Nice to see @nicholson.bsky.social's work featured in this @theregreview.bsky.social piece: www.theregreview.org/2026/01/15/s... #AI

Shoutout to @nicholson.bsky.social for freeing me from the tyranny of self-imposed standards for what constitutes being "professional" in my writing.

How should we think about regulating AI? How does the use of AI in medicine or autonomous vehicles affect liability doctrines? In @nicholson.bsky.social's seminar, AI and the Law, his students dive into discussions at the frontier of legal thought: quadrangle.michigan.law.umich.edu/issues/winte...

Fantastic discussion at #AALS2026 on how contested healthcare expertise shapes FDA, drug policy, grants, vaccination, and care structures affecting disabled people—the Debating Healthcare Expertise panel w @pzettler.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social 🔥

Great time at #AALS2026 Section on Law, Medicine & Healthcare WIP w presenters: @drximebena.bsky.social @leahfowler.bsky.social Doni Blumfield and Tomer Pierson-Brown & comments by @katmacfarlane.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social Melissa Wasserman and Nancy Kim! We love supporting junior scholars 💪

I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself

I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy

Blaszczyk on Humanism and AI Policy Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Humanist rhetoric plays an important role in political and legal discourse and, despite appearances, it does not necessarily lead…

OK that is a VERY effective fake text. Almost got me! But if you bake cookies at @umichlaw.bsky.social, I already have your number in my phone. (But if this is @mchannon.bsky.social from a burner phone, yes, I would like cookies please.)

For #FluorescenceFriday - projection neurons from the mouse prefrontal cortex to the locus coeruleus 🔴 with Fos labeling activated cells 🟢. Image credit to the Circuits team in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪

What does it mean to have a human in the loop of medical AI? Here's a fun place to look: a 2022 FDA guidance that's about what *doesn't* count as a medical device! Had a blast exploring this quasi-standard, out in the Penn J of Law & Innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #MedicalAI #law

Murderbot is an excellent series and this is a great opportunity to get started while supporting a good cause. If you read digitally, go get this bundle!

Have you read a good article recently? Been provoked or stimulated by another scholar's work? Did you gain new insights? Let them know! (Especially if they are someone you have not met or are outside your normal circles.)

What's going on in the world of dupes, & how do these rapid-fire copies interact with the law? Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social www.theverge.com/cs/features/... #dupes #academia #fashion

When websites say, "You've reached your monthly article limit" and that limit is zero articles.

Genomic data: neat! But also super sensitive! How can people get their own genomes analyzed without sharing stuff they don't want to? Jake Sherkow of Illinois Law presents a neat technical approach and argues that yep, patent law can enable it. At Copenhagen Law at #ATRIP25 (in dramatic light!)

What court cases are reshaping FDA? ACLA v FDA: FDA can't regulate lab-developed tests. SEC v Jarkesy: Can FDA impose civil monetary penalties re: tobacco? Corner Post: How many old FDA decisions can be challenged? Amazing #ASLME2025: @pzettler.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social, Lewis Grossman

Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I could watch 8 seasons of this

This is such a great opportunity for junior health law scholars to get insightful feedback from thoughtful colleagues *and* it's tremendous fun. Apply! (Shout-out to my 2015 buddies, academic superstars @nicholson.bsky.social, @craigkon.bsky.social & @valerieblakerlah.bsky.social!)

"These patents present a puzzle. They are either invalid or were not used by the originator at the time of FDA approval (and hence need not be used by a would-be biosimilar)." – Osmat Jefferson, @nicholson.bsky.social, Sean Tu, @emptydoors.bsky.social & Arti Rai

Really wish I could put this on a sign that I could tap. There is no reason to make this situation worse than it already is by insisting that there’s nothing to be done because we are all under a dictatorship already. It is not true, and it is not helpful.

It is difficult to overstate just how detrimental this will be to the health and well-being of the American people.

women don't want flowers for valentines day we want: *reproductive freedom *birthright citizenship *rule of law *respect for science *research grants *a history of domestic violence to be disqualifying *this admin to stop gutting fed agencies & censoring crucial info *chocolate

Medical AI seems to be showing up more every day. What's important to focus on in moving forward? Check out the @nationalacademies.org Vital Directions series, out in Health Affairs this week (and free for a month!): www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/... #AI #MedicalAI #Health

Incredible discovery while riding an NYC ferry just now: there is a trash barge called BARGEY MCBARGEFACE (see name in paint on the side)

This this this: The purpose of writing is not to put words on a page. It’s to discover *which* words need to be put on the page to accurately express the thing you’re trying to express.

oh just a pigeon doing backflips, nothing else!

This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.

I decided on a lark, as a fellow, to attend the @yaleisp.bsky.social's conference on Innovation without IP (I wasn't presenting). I listened, agape, as a giant in the biomedical innovation law field, Rebecca Eisenberg, mentioned my job talk paper while discussing another. 1/n

APPROXIMATELY.

Just had an idea

Americans rely on litigation to constrain corporate behavior where most other countries use bureaucratic regulation. It’s why we are comparatively “so litigious.” But everywhere — in discrimination, privacy, consumer cases, and here insurance — that lone constraint is dissolving….

Happy #FluorescenceFriday!

“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us...

It's been 15 minutes since I posted about my books, so it's GIVEAWAY TIME!!! If you want a FREE copy of my new @routledgelit.bsky.social collection (with @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter) Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary, like & reskeet this - winner chosen at random on 5 January. 1/2

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

NYU gave their staff access to HIPAA-secure ChatGPT last year. It's a pretty great paper looking at real-world usage of GenAI. If you run the numbers, you could arguably give healthcare users access for like $20 a year, which seems kind of mind-blowing to me. academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc...