Issues

The Ethics of Facial Recognition Technology

Facial recognition technology presents a unique threat to freedom and human dignity. Once the technology is installed, people will become acclimated to it, and abusive uses will be nearly inevitable.

Risk and Rights in Transatlantic Data Transfers: EU Privacy Law, U.S. Surveillance, and the Search for Common Ground

Transatlantic data transfers are limited by decisions of European Union (EU) authorities ruling that surveillance conducted by the United States threatens privacy. Export control law provides a model to resolve the conflict.

Trademark Search, Artificial Intelligence and the Role of the Private Sector

Worldwide, trademark offices and private firms use artificial intelligence-based systems (AI) to identify distinct trademarks. AI will transform trademark business and legal processes.

Understanding AI Collusion and Compliance

Artificial intelligence (AI) allows firms to adopt new types of anti-competitive behavior, but may also aid in the detection of such behavior. AI collusion could include non-price elements, such as product reviews and ratings.

Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) relies on natural resources, low-cost labor, and data. The production of AI technology harms the environment. AI systems rely on low-wage workers.

Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the economy. Layered AI-based firm architecture and agile teams will replace silos. Network effects and learning effects will result in winner-take-all markets.

Making Up Political People: How Social Media Create the Ideals, Definitions, and Probabilities of Political Speech

Facebook’s fact checking service assumes that the public is rational and seeks the truth, but people are more influenced by emotion. Some are concerned that false news is not banned, but merely ranked lower.

New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence-based systems (AI) and robots often complement human judgment and labor, rather than replacing it. Policymakers and engineers should ensure that this continues.

The Paradox of Automation as Anti-Bias Intervention

Automated decision-making systems may facilitate bias. Job seekers lack access to the data and algorithms used by automated hiring systems, hindering plaintiff’s efforts to prove “disparate impact” discrimination under Title VII.

Governing Privacy in the Datafied City

Privacy is necessary for cities to remain politically and culturally diverse. Large cities initiate lawsuits to protect citizens’ privacy, but also collect large amounts of data, and may not protect privacy consistently.