Meet the Law Geeks Exposing Google’s Secretive Antitrust Trial
Months out of law school, Yosef Weitzman already has a huge courtroom role in the biggest antitrust trial of the century. In a US federal trial that started last week, …
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Will the Real David Sosa Please Stand Up?
In the coming weeks, the US Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a pending case that includes an amicus brief filed by David Sosas. Plural. The David Sosas who …
Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Trial Court Judge Will Decide
A family member’s hurried Google search for a last-second visa to visit New Zealand recently caused a headache—and provided a timely reminder of why Google faces a landmark US antitrust …
Senators Want ChatGPT-Level AI to Require a Government License
The US government should create a new body to regulate artificial intelligence—and restrict work on language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to companies granted licenses to do so. That’s the recommendation …
How Big Tech Got So Damn Big
“Tech exceptionalism” is the sin of thinking that the normal rules don’t apply to technology. The idea that you can lose money on every transaction but make it up with …
TikTok Is Letting People Shut Off Its Infamous Algorithm—and Think for Themselves
TikTok recently announced that its users in the European Union will soon be able to switch off its infamously engaging content-selection algorithm. The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) is driving …
Zoom Became a Part of Daily Life. It Needs to Tell Users Exactly How It’s Using Their Data
Recently, Zoom amended its terms of service to grant itself the right to use any assets—such as video recordings, audio transcripts, or shared files—either uploaded or generated by “users” or …
The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge
The Supreme Court receives more than 7,000 requests to review lower court decisions each year, and typically grants less than 1 percent of them. But the chances of the Supreme …
It’s Time to Rethink Digital Ownership
Lauren: I do see what you’re saying, and it plays into this rather trippy idea, which is this idea of like, it turns out we own nothing. Gideon: Mmm. Lauren: …
The White House Already Knows How to Make AI Safer
Second, it could instruct any federal agency procuring an AI system that has the potential to “meaningfully impact [our] rights, opportunities, or access to critical resources or services” to require …