I just learned the word "homoglyph", for a character/letter which looks identical to another one but has a different meaning, and I am just *delighted.* (i.e., I and l, or Cyrillic letters which look like Roman letters but are different). Fun! And so tricksy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoglyph

How can #MedicalAI use data about social determinants of health (education, demographics, etc.)? In CPI TechReg, Ryan DoyLoo (@umichlaw.bsky.social '26) & I argue #SDoH in AI have lots of potential, but also risks—and we need more governance & monitoring. repository.law.umich.edu/facarticles/...

Fascinating argument that "health-focused generative AI chatbots are a matter of public health governance, not merely product regulation," w/ implications for EU law. #AI #medicalAI #lawsky

Professor @nicholson.bsky.social's new paper in the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review: Monitoring, Oversight, and Learning in Medical AI: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/st...

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

As #AI is used in medicine, there's a push to monitor it better for safety/performance, including by @fda.gov. In a new piece in Columbia Sci Tech L Rev, I canvas those arguments & argue we need more: learning for improvement—not just safety. journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/st... #lawsky

Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

My article, State Climate Superfunds, has been years in the making, and I'm so thrilled it is now published with Columbia Law Review: columbialawreview.org/content/stat...

A long, sad account of a student attempting to get Claude to do his learning for him, and completely failing to learn anything as a result.

ceci n'est pas une pomme

what i said was this builds on prior work what i meant three people had said it before no one believed them i'm going to try again

Also it's really tiring to be a dick all the time, I look at some people who have really committed to the bit and I, like, how do you not always need a nap, you spend so much energy on this

Have you identified a pervasive societal problem or was one person weird to you

I had heard of the Wilson et al @science.org paper that people prefer to give themselves mild electric shocks than be alone with their own thoughts, but I'd never read it. It's wild! Anyway, back to pondering, I guess. Maybe I'll read instead. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #psych #science

Has anyone else been getting janky post-peer-review reviewer letters from @springernature.com journals? As in, I review something, and eventually I get a letter saying what the decision was...but there's no decision. Is this just me? NBD, but curious... #academia

Super depressing but very good piece on grant funding, with lots of insight from @kaytesb.bsky.social @michiganbioethics.bsky.social #academia #research

“Sea lions are thigmotactic, a scientific term for very social creatures who like to cuddle.” HARD SAME SEA LIONS

at a job interview "whats your biggest weakness?" "understanding the semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics" "could you give an me an example?" "yes i could"

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

With federal science $$ 📉, whence support for research? @kaytesb.bsky.social has a great Am. J. Bioethics piece on the promise, risk, & institutional governance of academic/industrial partnerships, w/ lessons from genetic data. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @michiganbioethics.bsky.social

WAT www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

a+++ pedantic footnote

Patent applications indicate a trend toward completely integrating artificial intelligence with drugs, whereby AI applications will be so tightly linked to drugs that the drugs could be effectively unusable without the AI go.nature.com/41u0p2R rdcu.be/fdeyM

Fackrell on Mass Joinder IP Infringement Cases Sarah Fackrell (Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology) has posted Defendant Pinching & Pressing (104 Wash. U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2027)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: “Schedule A” cases, in which plaintiffs bring…

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I have gotten 5 requests for peer review in the past 48 hours. What is going on? Is this the AI flood? Are others experiencing this? #Academia

The thread that follows this is probably the funniest, dorkiest breaking of IP law that I've ever read.

Innovation and policy challenges of AI–drug hybrids - @nicholson.bsky.social @umichlaw.bsky.social go.nature.com/41u0p2R

A new article in Nature Biotechnology, by Andreas Panagopoulos, Katerina Sideri, I. Glenn Cohen, Timo Minssen, and W. Nicholson Price II, looks at the next frontier of medical technology, AI-drug hybrids: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I have a joke about missing data, but

What influences patient trust in & choice of medical AI encounters? In a conjoint survey experiment, 3000k folks picked hypothetical visits. AI performance, clinician presence, & governance all mattered. #Medsky #MedicalAI jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @jamanetworkopen.com @kaytesb.bsky.social

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