Tonight!

Today at 6:00 PM PDT! Join us! techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

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Please join the Tech Policy Lab & Society + Technology on Thursday, October 23rd for a book salon featuring 3 new books authored by 3 @uofwa.bsky.social faculty members (@rcalo.bsky.social, @katharinareinecke.bsky.social, @leahcecc.bsky.social). Register Here: techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

Honored to be promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Washington! Grateful to my brilliant mentees, students, collaborators, mentors & @techpolicylab.bsky.social for advancing research in AI & Ethics together—and for the invaluable academic freedom to keep shaping trustworthy AI.

Technology is not inevitable. It's contingent. We don't have to accept technology in the exact same form in which it's being sold to us, says Professor Ryan Calo in an interview with @diplomaatia.bsky.social. @rcalo.bsky.social @techpolicylab.bsky.social @cip.uw.edu

I am so damn excited to share my new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach. Full of stories and priced at $40, this book explains why law finds technology so difficult to regulate, and what to do about it. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

🪩 For more results and in-depth discussion, please check out our paper with the incredible @jevan.bsky.social @willie-agnew.bsky.social @imaadhuda @yoshikohno.bsky.social @jamiemmt.bsky.social @techpolicylab.bsky.social at arxiv.org/abs/2506.17185 (14/14)

New paper alert! In a collaboration between computer scientists and legal scholars, we find a significant amount of PII in a common AI training dataset and conduct a legal analysis showing that these issues put web-scale datasets in tension with existing privacy law. [🧵1/N] arxiv.org/abs/2506.17185

Anti-hacking laws and security standards assume the attacker is trying to bypass a security protocol. AI can get tricked instead. We wrote about this in 2018. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Michael News! I will be joining the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington @ischool.uw.edu and UW NLP working with @aylincaliskan.bsky.social as a postdoc in the fall, to work on situated evaluation, multimodal/lingual/cultural genAI, and new directions in safety, fairness, and alignment!

🔗 Paper: aclanthology.org/2025.naacl-l... Work done with amazing collaborators @isaacslaughter.bsky.social, @kyrawilson.bsky.social, @aylincaliskan.bsky.social, and @monadiab77.bsky.social! Catch our Oral presentation at Ballroom B, Thursday, May 1st, 14:00-15:30 pm!📷✨

🗞️ Hot off the press! 🗞️ @aylincaliskan.bsky.social and I wrote a blog post about how to make resume screening with AI more equitable based findings from our work presented at AIES in 2024. Major takeaways ⬇️ (1/6) www.brookings.edu/articles/gen...

Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social discusses the importance of not being left in the dark and the ability to make change.

I'm really proud of the institutions we've built up at the University of Washington to address the role of technology in society. Center for an Informed Public www.cip.uw.edu Tech Policy Lab techpolicylab.uw.edu Society + Technology depts.washington.edu/societytech/... Learn more 👆

The @techpolicylab.bsky.social is celebrating 10 years on Monday, May 5th! The event is open to all past and current members of the Tech Policy Lab. We were able to secure a special rate on rooms at the Graduate: book.passkey.com/e/51006789. More info- techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

Thank you @alondra.bsky.social for a wonderful Distinguished Lecture and important conversations with our students and faculty!

We love our interns! They've been tabling all week promoting TONIGHT's Distinguished Lecture with @alondra.bsky.social! Hope to see you at 7:00!

Our Distinguished Lecture with @alondra.bsky.social is TODAY! 7:00 PM on the @uofwa.bsky.social campus in Kane Hall. You can still register today at techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event....

Our Distinguished Lecture with @alondra.bsky.social is tomorrow! Register today! Come check out the Cherry Trees while you are on campus. Register here: techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

Co-Director @aylincaliskan.bsky.social and Faculty Associate @emilymbender.bsky.social were recognized by @brookings.edu for being an important (un)Hidden Figures in AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/rec...

Our Distinguished Lecture with @alondra.bsky.social is this week! Please register today! techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

We are only one week away from our Distinguished Lecture w/ Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social)! Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Ignorance, and Power Please join us Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 PM on the @uofwa.bsky.social campus! For more info & to register: techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

TPL Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social comments in @politico.com on where things current stand regarding TikTok in the US.

Look who is on the @uofwa.bsky.social homepage! It is great to see TPL Co-Director @aylincaliskan.bsky.social's work being highlighted! @uwnews.bsky.social @ischool.uw.edu ischool.uw.edu/news/2024/09...

The @techpolicylab.bsky.social is hosting Alondra Nelson for their Distinguished Lecture on April 3rd at 7 p.m. PT! This event is free and open to the public. Register here: bit.ly/4c1HqkI

We are only two weeks away! Register today!

You can now RSVP for the Tech Policy Lab Distinguished Lecture with Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social)! It is taking place the evening of Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 on the @uofwa.bsky.social campus. For more information, please visit techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event...

One of the more hopeful things I have the privilege of doing right now is organizing to bring wonderful people together from across multiple continents to talk critically about the intersection of law and robots (and AI). Register now. Just over 3 weeks until We Robot 2025!! www.werobot2025.ca

Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social was recently interviewed by @kuow.org where he explained the chilling of speech, "jawboning," internet trolls, and the evolution of online bullying. m.kuow.org/stories/onli...

In and interview with @technologyreview.com, Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social argues that the Office of Technology Assessment should be resurrected. www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/19/1...

This is @kaimingcheng.bsky.social at his great talk on "User Comprehension and Comfort with Eye-Tracking and Hand-Tracking Permissions in Augmented Reality" at USEC earlier this week. Nice work!! 🎉 Check out the paper at www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/u....

As a part of TPL Co-Founder Batya Friedman's @futureoflife.org Future of Life Award, she joined @neildegrassetyson.com, @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, & Gary O'Reilly to discuss her work on Value Sensitive Design and the Ethics of AI on an episode of Start Talk. startalkmedia.com/show/the-eth...

Congratulations, Rachel!

Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social shares his insights on the future of AI, the threats and concerns it presents, and what we might be able to expect from the Administration on @fox13seattle.bsky.social's Good Day Seattle. www.fox13seattle.com/video/1584749

UW’s @techpolicylab.bsky.social and I invite applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Researcher position in "AI Alignment with Ethical Principles" focusing on language technologies, societal impact, and tech policy. Kindly share! apply.interfolio.com/162834 Priority review deadline: 3/28/2025

Co-Director @yoshikohno.bsky.social was part of a team awarded by the NSA’s 2024 Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. “Ethical Frameworks and Computer Security Trolley Problems: Foundations for Conversations" received Honorable Mention. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Society + Technology, a @uofwa.bsky.social university-wide initiative, housed in the @techpolicylab.bsky.social, hosted its inaugural convening and is working to foster broader collaboration and bring UW experts together. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

With drones in the news, Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social discusses potential legal implications of shooting at them in @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/news/l...

Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social discusses surveillance in brick-and-motar stores with @kuow.org. www.kuow.org/stories/how-...

The Tech Policy Lab is delighted to announce that we will be hosting Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social) for our Distinguished Lecture the evening of Thursday, April 3rd on the UW (@uofwa.bsky.social) campus. For more information, please visit techpolicylab.uw.edu/events/event....