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📣AI SNAKE OIL is out today! Writing this book over the last two years has been a labor of love. Arvind Narayanan and I are very excited to hear what you think of it, and we hope you pick up a copy. Some reflections on the process of writing the book 🧵

.IE Law School is hiring! We are looking for 4 full-time, tenure-track assistant professors in law (all areas) 🗓️ Candidates can apply by November 17. Info bit.ly/IELSposts24 We are an international, dynamic & research-oriented School. Highly recommended. Join us! RT 🔃

#ECJ: #PersonalData - a supervisory authority is not obliged to exercise a corrective power or to impose a fine in all cases of breach 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

📚 The removal of more than 500,000 books from our library is a devastating loss to readers worldwide. Sign the petition and let publishers know you want access restored. 👉️ change.org/p/let-readers-… #LetReadersRead #BannedBooksWeek

It feels like a dozen of Californian bills are signed into law today except SB 1047…

SB1047 gets vetoed. In his statement refusing to sign it, Governor Newsom makes some very important points that are worth highlighting. For reference, his full statement is here: gov.ca.gov/wp-content/upl… 1. SB1047 is too narrow and focuses on only edge cases:

For those interested, esp. in the #UK, Karen Yeung Birmingham Law just published a new article denouncing the UK's #AI-Boosterism & recommending proper safeguards for AI. Extra relevant now that the UK signed the Council of Europe AI Framework #Convention. Access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ne…

The LAION judgment contains an intruiging discussion on machine-readability in the context of the reservation of copyright. Since Twitter/Mastodon/Bluesky is space-limited, I wrote a thread 🧵here. linkedin.com/posts/wenlong-…

This is a *really* great opportunity - Princeton is hiring AI Policy Fellows to work directly with federal agencies to develop policy puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

It seems inscrutable that EDPB chose this moment of heightened controversy to issue its guidelines on legitimate interest (the first in 2024!) but without any reference to AI training.

🚨 China's first case on ADM A Chinese Internet Court rules against a platform for the fabrication of a lawyer's info using automated decision-making 🙏 Wenlong Li for adding the case to the @AFARproject Tech Litigation Database tech-litigation.com/case/china-gua… #privacy #AI #ADM

Find out more about next year's Children's #AI Summit convened by our Children & AI team Mhairi Aitken, Morgan Briggs and @Sabeehah29 👇

🔴 The 🇪🇺 Commission concludes that the social network X should not be designated as Gatekeeper under the #DigitalMarketsAct 🔓 🔍The Commission will continue to monitor the digital market and any changes that may arise. More information ⬇ 🔗europa.eu/!4qhY9f #DMA

I'm looking for PhD students to join me in fall 2025 School of Information! I’m particularly focused this cycle on research related to AI regulation, government use of algorithms, and methods for anticipating the impacts of AI systems. The full program details are here: si.umich.edu/programs/phd-i…

We've released the CFP for #FAccT2025, which will be held in Athens, Greece! 🇬🇷 Abstracts are due on January 15th, papers on January 22nd. Read all about it on our new blog: facct-blog.github.io/2024-10-28/ann…

It has not been reported much, but I believe ETH Zurich has, as of last week, banned new Master and PhD students who attended a long list of universities in China, Russia, and Iran. 🧵

I'm invited to write a post for the latest issue of AIRe, and genuinely impressed by its rigour, diversity and depth. For anyone interested in AI regulation & goverannce, AIRe is an invaluable go-to-resource for insights on AIA & its global equivalents. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Reminder: Victory for Trump is likely to all but end global hopes of staying below 1.5C, our analysis found in March carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump…

I still need patience till January for a hard copy, but I was delighted to already give a first #booktalk at Columbia Law School! Many thanks Anu Bradford & Columbia Law School European Legal Studies Center for inviting me to talk about Algorithmic Rule by Law. cambridge.org/us/universityp…

Personal News: A rare fine morning in the UK marks my first day at Aston Law School Aston University as a Lecturer in Law. I'm excited to meet my colleagues, reconnnect with communities across EU/UK, and embark on this new chapter of my life. Here's to new beginnings!