Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
@ronaldjcoleman.bsky.social
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Lawyering Faculty @ NYU Law | Visiting Fellow @ Yale Law ISP | Adjunct Faculty @ Georgetown Law
“[I]nterest in understanding, using and learning how to build A.I. technologies is soaring, and schools are racing to meet rising student and industry demand.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
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Move Over, Computer Science. Students Are Flocking to New A.I. Majors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/technology/college-computer-science-ai-boom.html
8 days ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The Wall Street Journal
13 days ago
AI power users often have some surprisingly old-fashioned habits, from scrawling meeting notes on paper to inputting calendar entries manually.
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Why AI Workers Won’t Let Bots Do the Most Basic Tasks
People immersed in artificial intelligence sometimes take an old-school approach to work.
https://on.wsj.com/4oj14gI
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“Companies are racing to develop artificial intelligence tools that can make reservations for flights, hotels and more on your behalf.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/t...
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What Is Agentic A.I., and Would You Trust It to Book a Flight?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/travel/what-is-agentic-ai-book-flights.html
14 days ago
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Colin Miller
19 days ago
The Supreme Court of New Jersey found that "Shaken Baby Syndrome" "has not been generally accepted in the biomechanical community, making expert testimony about it unreliable and inadmissible in court.":
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/20/n...
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NJ high court bars shaken baby syndrome as 'unreliable' in child abuse cases • New Jersey Monitor
The N.J. Supreme Court declared shaken baby syndrome unreliable, affirming lower court rulings in two fathers' child abuse cases.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/20/new-jersey-shaken-baby-syndrome-court/
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“France’s database, the National Automated Genetic Fingerprint File, had 4.4 million DNA profiles at the end of last year. Those profiles have been collected . . . from people suspected or convicted of crimes, as well as people killed in natural disasters.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...
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Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/europe/louvre-heist-dna-databases.html
about 1 month ago
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“Behind the wave of white-collar layoffs, in part, is the embrace by companies of artificial intelligence, which executives hope can handle more of the work that well-compensated white-collar workers have been doing.”
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite
Companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending workers into an unwelcoming market.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/white-collar-jobs-ai-324b749c?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeQKOisHaZQi-g8H7ZDvuI3lPVEFoNmgKDoL3lkfHgDVXAKibRLMorB&gaa_ts=69019f3d&gaa_sig=JBLG3X_hMhavylhg1HPb-5G8GjpGWqOu-EvtyOl-p_z-9vd5Rme9rqwsxTE8n1mmHUEUMQCV2AwgvLRpxVhyYw%3D%3D
about 1 month ago
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NY Times: “The widespread use of instant video generators . . . will bring an end to visuals as proof.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
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What the Arrival of A.I.-Fabricated Video Means for Us
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/technology/personaltech/sora-ai-video-impact.html
2 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The Wall Street Journal
2 months ago
Walmart says its head count will stay flat over the next three years, despite plans to grow, as AI eliminates some roles and transforms others.
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Walmart CEO Issues Wake-Up Call: ‘AI Is Going to Change Literally Every Job’
The country’s largest private employer says its head count will stay flat over the next three years, despite plans to grow, as AI eliminates some roles and transforms others.
https://on.wsj.com/4gJUNsd
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“Teams are getting leaner and flatter, while leaders at the top are overseeing more than ever before. Everyone, everywhere is restructuring. Welcome to the AI age.”
www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...
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AI Is Turning Traditional Corporate Org Charts Upside Down
Teams are getting leaner and flatter, while leaders at the top are overseeing more than ever before. Everyone, everywhere is restructuring. Welcome to the AI age.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-is-turning-traditional-corporate-org-charts-upside-down-b140b50b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAjXjKikAXpljlBHQBK40UFl3-lYSSHE7NUqCliaIEFgZRoAZS9GGRfZ&gaa_ts=68cac39a&gaa_sig=0x6QWhI2Gi90idgfJwgOKb7n95soPwNuaVmBzmzDboWU7Umoj-E0LwTnyVgdZWke0Czlngp6kW9J3ll1qdwshw%3D%3D
3 months ago
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“The moves are significant because the company’s broad network of corporate clients, and its ability to invest in technology, threaten traditional law firm models.”
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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KPMG Law Eyes National Reach From Arizona in Threat to Rivals
KPMG is using Arizona as an entry to take its legal business national, a move certain to grab the attention of Big Law rivals.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/kpmg-law-eyes-national-reach-from-arizona-in-threat-to-rivals
3 months ago
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“A.I. has come for the commercials.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...
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Madison Avenue Is Starting to Love A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/business/madison-avenue-is-starting-to-love-ai.html
4 months ago
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“Executives refer to the promise of A.I. with grandiose comparisons . . . . But while boards and top executives may mandate using A.I. to make their businesses more efficient and competitive, many of those leaders haven’t fully integrated it into their own workdays.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/b...
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C.E.O.s Want Their Companies to Adopt A.I. But Do They Get It Themselves?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/business/ceos-adopt-ai.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20main%20issue%20is%20that,make%20any%20decisions%20or%20choices.%E2%80%9D&text=About%20half%20of%20companies%20do,according%20to%20a%20Bain%20survey
4 months ago
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Had my last jog on the beach this morning during
#SEALS
. Thanks to all who helped pull this conference together!
4 months ago
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“Rapidly evolving AI is giving rise to a new kind of law firm . . . Such AI-powered law firms are pushing the boundaries of what kind of technology is acceptable in legal work while raising hard questions about who can provide legal advice.”
news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-an...
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AI-Powered Law Firms Test the Bounds of Legal Work by Robots
Rapidly evolving AI is giving rise to a new kind of law firm: one where artificial intelligence is not just a cost-saving tool but is integral to how the firm operates.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-ops-and-tech/ai-powered-law-firms-test-the-bounds-of-legal-work-by-robots
5 months ago
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Walking around the
#Upenn
campus after my first
#CrimFest
. Thanks to
@cbhessick.bsky.social
,
@hashtagblevin.bsky.social
, the
@penncareylaw.bsky.social
team, and everyone else who helped out!
5 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
Lawrence Solum
5 months ago
Coleman on the Confrontation Clause and AI,
buff.ly/ONIzbQn
- Ronald J. Coleman (Georgetown University Law Center; New York University School of Law) has posted Human Confrontation on SSRN.
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
SSRN
5 months ago
The U.S. Constitution’s Confrontation Clause ensures the criminally accused a right “to be confronted with the witnesses against” them - but what about when the evidence has been generated by #AI?
http://spkl.io/63323A8p9d
#AI
@ronaldjcoleman.bsky.social
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The New York Times
5 months ago
A.I. interviewers started taking off last year, according to job hunters, tech companies and recruiters. These faceless voices and avatars have been met with mixed reviews.
nyti.ms/4eEO6Xd
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The Wall Street Journal
5 months ago
Exclusive: The number of robots in Amazon facilities just surpassed one million, the most the e-commerce giant has ever had.
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Exclusive | Amazon Is on the Cusp of Using More Robots Than Humans in Its Warehouses
The number of robots in Amazon facilities just surpassed one million, the most the e-commerce giant has ever had.
https://on.wsj.com/40yRop4
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“Computer science, more than any other field of study, is being challenged by generative A.I.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
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How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/technology/computer-science-education-ai.html
5 months ago
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“Researchers are warning of the subtle but serious risk of AI ‘sycophancy,’ the tendency of chatbots to flatter users and agree with them excessively, even at the expense of truthfulness.”
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-c...
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That Chatbot May Just Be Telling You What You Want to Hear
Artificial-intelligence chatbots tend to flatter users and be overly agreeable. It may feel good, but you may pay a price for such high praise.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-chatbot-agree-flatter-users-1787e1a7
6 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The Wall Street Journal
6 months ago
The rift between OpenAI and Microsoft hinges on how smart AI can get
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OpenAI, Microsoft Rift Hinges on How Smart AI Can Get
Silicon Valley is at odds over whether AI can reach and exceed humanlike intelligence, a milestone with major implications for the startup and technology giant’s partnership.
https://on.wsj.com/45BpKeA
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“The NFL already is using an AI application called Digital Athlete to help teams predict injuries, but the upcoming coaching applications are where NFL fans are most likely to see results.”
www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...
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AI is coming to the NFL, and it could transform the game
The next wave of artificial intelligence will make the fourth-down bot look like an abacus.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6446516/2025/06/24/nfl-ai-artificial-intelligence-investments-analytics-advantage/
6 months ago
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“The robots are coming for the last human warehouse jobs.”
www.wsj.com/business/log...
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The Holy Grail of Automation: Now a Robot Can Unload a Truck
Technology breakthroughs are allowing DHL and other companies to automate the laborious, injury-prone work of loading and unloading.
https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/the-holy-grail-of-automation-now-a-robot-can-unload-a-truck-ad527ba8?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAjxntCTF0-GlDMimCc9fNIyuZYbqQeoYAbCprML-WIffk8EsUnYrBC_&gaa_ts=68596455&gaa_sig=BSIx5JRc8MMAMe8gWHPCEP9njytMD8L4w6ITc65QyjmqKUdlbFo39_hdac0N1t-xSW7hPUMYnouRFXFq8Yzteg%3D%3D
6 months ago
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“A court-appointed privacy ombudsman said in a report filed earlier this week that he couldn’t conclude that a sale of the genetic data was consistent with 23andMe’s own privacy policies.”
www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
bsky.app/profile/wsj....
add a skeleton here at some point
6 months ago
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“[R]esearchers report that your patterns of breathing through your nose are so distinctive that it may be possible to identify you by breath alone, suggesting we have ‘breath prints.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/s...
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Each Person Has a Unique ‘Breath Print,’ Scientists Find
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/science/breath-print-mental-health.html
6 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
TeachPrivacy
6 months ago
Proposed State Privacy Law Update
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/pr...
#PrivacyLaws
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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 2, 2025 | JD Supra
Keypoint: Last week, governors in Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, and Texas signed bills into law while bills advanced in Maine, Oregon, Vermont, and...
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/proposed-state-privacy-law-update-june-7708712/
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
Scott Shapiro
6 months ago
Just amazing
www.techspot.com/news/108173-...
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Builder.ai collapses after revelation that its "AI" was hundreds of engineers
Builder.ai has collapsed under the weight of several deceptions, ending the rise of a British startup once heralded as a pioneer in democratizing software development. Valued at...
https://www.techspot.com/news/108173-builderai-collapses-after-revelation-ai-hundreds-engineers.html
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The Wall Street Journal
6 months ago
Reddit is suing AI startup Anthropic for using the online-discussion site’s data without a licensing agreement
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Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data
The online discussion forum says Anthropic continued to access its site over 100,000 times after saying it stopped.
https://buff.ly/HvuEt5m
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Happy to arrive at the
#UCLA
campus for the 2025 Privacy Law Scholars Conference. Thanks to
@ariezra.bsky.social
,
@aselbst.bsky.social
,
@markpmckenna.bsky.social
, the
#PLSC
Leadership,
@law.ucla.edu
, and all others who helped out!
#Privacy
#Technology
6 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
Orin Kerr
7 months ago
Police had obtained a warrant & attached GPS to car to track in a narcotics case. Later learn car sold in a drug deal, & police use GPS to find it, leading to stop & search. CA6: The warrant allowed this, despite sale, and could seize as contraband.
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
Colin Miller
7 months ago
"Indiana Passes First Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill, Tackling a Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions":
innocenceproject.org/news/indiana...
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Indiana Passes First Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill
S.B. 141 introduces key protections to ensure more reliable identifications and a stronger criminal legal system.
https://innocenceproject.org/news/indiana-passes-first-eyewitness-identification-reform-bill-tackling-a-leading-cause-of-wrongful-convictions/
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The New York Times
7 months ago
Google is introducing a new feature in its search engine called A.I. Mode, functioning like a chatbot, the company announced.
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Google Unveils A.I. Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/technology/personaltech/google-ai-mode-search.html
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
TechCrunch
7 months ago
Waymo and Uber are giving some riders early access to Atlanta robotaxi service
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Waymo and Uber are giving some riders early access to Atlanta robotaxi service | TechCrunch
Atlanta is the second city to get the so-called "Waymo on Uber" service. The companies launched the service, which matches riders with a
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/waymo-and-uber-are-giving-some-riders-early-access-to-atlanta-robotaxi-service/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=organic
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
The New York Times
7 months ago
23andMe, the genetic testing company that filed for bankruptcy in March, will be bought by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company that has used DNA research to develop new drugs.
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23andMe to Be Bought by Biotech Company for $256 Million
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/regeneron-pharmaceuticals-23andme-data.html
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Frank Pasquale
7 months ago
“Radiologists — the physician specialists in medical imaging who look inside the body to diagnose and treat disease — are still in high demand. A recent study from the American College of Radiology projected a steadily growing work force through 2055.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html
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Had a great time visiting
@universityofky.bsky.social
for the UK Law 2025 Developing Ideas Conference. Thanks to
@joshuaadouglas.bsky.social
and everyone at UK who helped out!
7 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
TechCrunch
7 months ago
Aurora to add night driving, new routes as it ramps driverless trucking
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Aurora to add night driving, new routes as it ramps driverless trucking | TechCrunch
In 2025, Aurora plans to operate fully driverless trucks at night, in poor weather, and beyond Houston and Dallas and into El Paso and Phoenix.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/aurora-to-add-night-driving-new-routes-as-it-ramps-driverless-trucking/
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Erin Murphy
7 months ago
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Faulty tests spur questions about DNA findings in criminal cases in Texas and nationally
More than 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed in Texas because of the problems with Qiagen DNA tests.
https://www.tpr.org/criminal-justice/2025-05-05/faulty-tests-spur-questions-about-dna-findings-in-criminal-cases-in-texas-and-nationally
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“An avatar of the long-dead British novelist is ‘teaching’ an online writing course. But do we want to learn from a digital prosthetic built by artificial intelligence?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...
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Agatha Christie, Who Died in 1976, Will See You in Class
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/agatha-christie-ai-class-bbc.html#:~:text=The%20literary%20legend%2C%20who%20died,(about%20%24105)%20to%20spare
7 months ago
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Frank Pasquale
7 months ago
“Instances where AI systems generate false or irrelevant information happen around 17% of the time in gen-AI legal tools, according to a 2024 Stanford study”
restofworld.org/2024/buenos-...
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Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings
Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
https://restofworld.org/2024/buenos-aires-courts-adopt-chatgpt-draft-rulings/
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
7 months ago
The battle to become the platform for policing.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Beware the Bundle: Companies Are Banking on Becoming Your Police Department’s Favorite "Public Safety Technology” Vendor
When your local police department buys one piece of surveillance equipment, you can easily expect that the company that sold it will try to upsell them on additional tools and upgrades. Axon has been ...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/beware-bundle-companies-are-banking-becoming-your-police-departments-favorite
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
Maggie Wittlin
7 months ago
The best day-and-a-half of the year is always the Evidence Summer Workshop! We had everything from formal modeling to queer theory to analytic philosophy to doctrinal analysis. Thanks to my co-organizers Ed Cheng, Julia Simon-Kerr, and
@alexnunn.bsky.social
.
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
TechCrunch
7 months ago
Waymo ramps up robotaxi production at new Arizona factory
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Waymo ramps up robotaxi production at new Arizona factory | TechCrunch
Waymo has played coy for years about exactly how many Jaguar I-Pace EVs are in its autonomous fleet — a figure that covers vehicles used in testing and
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/waymo-ramps-up-robotaxi-production-at-new-arizona-factory/
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“More than two years after the arrival of ChatGPT, tech companies, office workers and everyday consumers are using A.I. bots for an increasingly wide array of tasks. But there is still no way of ensuring that these systems produce accurate information.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
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A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful
A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/technology/ai-hallucinations-chatgpt-google.html
7 months ago
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Arrived to
@vanderbilt.edu
for tomorrow’s Evidence Summer Workshop. Excited to spend two days with this evidence community. Thanks to the program committee of Ed Cheng,
@alexnunn.bsky.social
,
@maggiewittlin.bsky.social
, and Julia Simon-Kerr for organizing, and to all others helping out!
#ESW
7 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
TechCrunch
8 months ago
Welcome to Chat Haus, the coworking space for AI chatbots
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Welcome to Chat Haus, the coworking space for AI chatbots | TechCrunch
Brooklyn artist Nim Ben-Reuven created a window display art exhibit that pokes fun at the increase of AI in the art world.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/27/welcome-to-chat-haus-the-coworking-space-for-ai-chatbots/
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“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said using the technology wouldn’t disqualify a movie. But it also said that it favored films with more human involvement.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/b...
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Oscars OK the Use of A.I., With Caveats
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said using the technology wouldn’t disqualify a movie. But it also said that it favored films with more human involvement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/oscars-rules-ai.html#:~:text=industry's%20creative%20ranks.-,A.I.%20and%20other%20digital%20tools%20%E2%80%9Cneither%20help%20nor%20harm%20the,a%20film's%20creation%2C%20the%20better
8 months ago
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Ronald J. Coleman (RJ)
TeachPrivacy
8 months ago
The 23andMe Bankruptcy and Implications on Your Ancestry Data
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/th...
#DataSecurity
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The 23andMe Bankruptcy and Implications on Your Ancestry Data | JD Supra
On March 23, 2025, 23andMe, along with its affiliates, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company’s decision to file for bankruptcy...
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-23andme-bankruptcy-and-implications-5802056/
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