The ongoing legal challenge to California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) has entered a new phase, with tech industry group NetChoice pursuing an injunction on First Amendment grounds. This update examines recent developments in the case, including our clinic’s amicus brief and the emerging legal arguments around platform regulation. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled for […]
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New Developments in California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Litigation
The Next Decade of Tech Policy: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
The Next Decade of Tech Policy: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy’s Tech Policy: The Next Ten Years conference in October 2024 brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to examine the future of technology policy, revealing both significant progress and persistent challenges in governing emerging technologies, while highlighting multiple pathways […]
Strengthening AI Accountability Through Better Third Party Evaluations (Part 2)
At a recent Stanford-MIT-Princeton workshop, experts highlight the need for legal protections, standardized evaluation practices, and better terminology to support third-party AI evaluations. On October 28, researchers at Stanford, MIT, Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, and Humane Intelligence convened leaders from academia, industry, civil society and government for a virtual workshop to articulate a […]
Strengthening AI Accountability Through Better Third Party Evaluations (Part 1)
At a recent Stanford-MIT-Princeton workshop, experts highlight the need for legal protections, standardized evaluation practices, and better terminology to support third-party AI evaluations. Millions of people worldwide use general purpose AI systems: They use ChatGPT to write documents, Claude to analyze data, and Stable Diffusion to generate images. While these AI systems offer significant benefits, […]
CAC-Vote: Another Insecure Internet Voting System
Philip Stark and I have released this paper with an analysis of a DARPA-sponsored research project to develop an internet voting system. An Internet Voting System Fatally Flawed in Creative New Ways Abstract: The recently published “MERGE” protocol is designed to be used in the prototype CAC-vote system. The voting kiosk and protocol transmit votes […]