“The biggest US-listed companies keep talking about artificial intelligence. But other than the ‘fear of missing out,’ few appear to be able to describe how the technology is changing their businesses for the better.”

"Low effort, unhelpful AI generated work is having a significant impact on collaboration at work. Approximately half of the people we surveyed viewed colleagues who sent workslop as less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before ...AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

I am skeptical of whether the FTC could be a credible regulator without independence. This is quite devastating because the FTC performs a key role for ensuring consumer protection, especially privacy protection. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Without an independent FTC, will it be credible enough to enforce the EU-US Data Privacy Framework? The US will lose its most effective federal regulator of privacy. My article about FTC privacy reg with @hartzog.bsky.social is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Humans: Ah, the human brain, a masterpiece of evolution, truly we are so creative and problemsolving and artistic and smart we are the BEST. Also humans: NOW, how do I make sure I literally never, ever have to think.

AI continues to go just great.

“The AI companies will receive a percentage of the savings the program generates.” “Savings”

📣My analytical op-ed in @ForeignPolicy on AI-powered information warfare. Is the window for combating AI-driven propaganda is closing? Local, open-weight models let State, non-state and micro-operators run industrial-scale influence ops with no central points. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/18/a...

I know this is just another brand of hype. But if a manufacturer in any other industry said this of their product…

The "AI for Social Good" narrative is a tactic to consolidate power in the hands of those with no commitment to social good. The tech does not do what it is claimed to do and what it is claimed to do exacerbates root problems. Uncritical technosolutionism is a denial of service attack on humanity.

When the question is the answer.

"[N]o matter what we will continue to fight for space for students to hone their skills — think, write, program, research — unimpeded and independently," write @olivia.science, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, Barbara Müller, and @marentierra.bsky.social.

AI continues to go just great.

This is a good story, I'd only add that the US Treasury Department flagged the risks of bitcoin ATMs in 2022. These aren't really "ATMs" in the traditional sense. They're retail investment kiosks that tend to be located in/targeted at low-income neighborhoods. home.treasury.gov/system/files...

My new book is available for pre-order on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Law-Technolo... Or, if you'd rather buy local www.riversendbookstore.com/book/9780197...

New: HHS has told all employees that they should start using ChatGPT, continuing the administration's AI-ification of everything, its trust in tools that hallucinate, and the general sense that getting things right is not important or worth trying to do: www.404media.co/hhs-asks-all...

I beg your pardon

For those with long memories, I believe the AI hype cycle has reached the ‘Boo.com’ stage of hypergrift

CIS Affiliate @hartzog.bsky.social argues that facial recognition technology is the most dangerous surveillance tool ever invented & given the unique threats this tool poses to privacy, civil liberties .. and democracy, the only appropriate response is a ban papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“Given the unique threats this morally suspect tool poses to privacy, civil liberties, human flourishing, and democracy, the only appropriate response is a ban.”

Can't wait to dive into this! Nothing like some smart obscurity takes to start the week.

I posted a new paper by @evanselinger.bsky.social, Judy Rhee, & me, "Normalizing Facial Recognition Technology & the End of Obscurity." It's a short & sweet essay that ties all our work on obscurity and normalization together to argue that FRT is the most dangerous surveillance tool ever invented.