All Blog Posts
These blog posts are written by TAP academics, TAP staff members, and on occasion by guest bloggers. TAP’s purpose for this section of the site is to present information, points of view, research, and debates directly from the academics and guest experts.
Blog Results: 1178
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Margot Kaminski Delves into the Current State of the Law of AI Ethics
Publication Date: July 28, 2023
Colorado law Professor Margot Kaminski discusses the issues surrounding how to regulate and build ethical AI systems. Additionally, she explains some of the risks of regulating AI, and the importance of an individual right to contest AI decisions.
Featuring
Margot KaminskiTAP Scholar
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The Quantified Worker: Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa’s Research on Workplace Surveillance and Automated Hiring Systems
Publication Date: June 29, 2023
Emory Law Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa discusses her new book, The Quantified Worker, Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace. She explains how the workforce science of today goes far beyond increasing efficiency and threatens to erase individual personhood.
Featuring
Ifeoma AjunwaTAP Scholar
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Recap of the Economics of Robots Conference
Publication Date: May 26, 2023
NYU Professor Rob Seamans and Michael Impink provide key takeaways from this year’s Economics of Robots Conference. Topics discussed include trends on robot adoption, generative AI, and impact of robots on human labor.
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Barbara van Schewick Discusses Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet
Publication Date: May 10, 2023
Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick, an expert on net neutrality, talks about how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) want control over what we do online and how they want to charge more for data we are already paying for.
Featuring
Barbara van SchewickTAP Scholar
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From the First Amendment to Section 230, Eric Goldman Explains the Online Speech Law in the U.S.
Publication Date: April 19, 2023
Santa Clara University law professor Eric Goldman’s recent article, “The United States’ Approach to 'Platform' Regulation” provides an overview of online speech law in the U.S.
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Eric GoldmanTAP Scholar
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Professors Citron, Solove, Allen, and Waldman Examine ‘The Fight for Privacy’
Publication Date: April 7, 2023
Highly regarded privacy law professors Daniel Solove, George Washington University, Anita Allen, University of Pennsylvania, and Ari Waldman, Northeastern University joined University of Virginia law professor Danielle Citron for a discussion of her recent book, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age.
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What Occupations Will ChatGPT Most Likely Impact?
Publication Date: March 24, 2023
Given the recent dramatic increases in AI language modeling capabilities, Professors Ed Felten (Princeton), Rob Seamans (New York University), and Manav Raj (University of Pennsylvania) collaborated to explore how ChatGPT and other AI language modelers will affect jobs and industries.
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Edward FeltenTAP Scholar
Rob SeamansTAP Scholar
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Future of Privacy Forum’s 13th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Recognizes TAP Scholars
Publication Date: March 10, 2023
Articles by Professor Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and Professor Paul Schwartz of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law have been honored with the FPF’s Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award.
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Anita AllenTAP Scholar
Paul M. SchwartzTAP Scholar
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Erik Brynjolfsson: Why Using AI to Augment Human Capabilities Has More Value Than Automation
Publication Date: February 24, 2023
Stanford Professor Erik Brynjolfsson discusses the perils of focusing AI development on systems that outmatch human capabilities as opposed to systems that complement humans.
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Erik BrynjolfssonTAP Scholar
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Daniel Solove Contends Privacy Law Regulations Should Be Based on Use, Harm, and Risk
Publication Date: February 17, 2023
In a new article, George Washington Law professor and privacy expert Daniel Solove contends that privacy law requires rethinking. “Data Is What Data Does…” explains that privacy law “protections should be based on the use of personal data and proportionate to the harm and risk involved with those uses.”
Featuring
Daniel J. SoloveTAP Scholar
Danielle CitronTAP Scholar
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