In the fight against climate change, those on the frontlines have sought to expand their arsenals. For some, artificial intelligence (AI) has become their weapon of choice. Its myriad and practical applications have convinced many in the movement that it can help turn the tide. From identifying areas at risk of deforestation to improving aid […]

The EU AI Act will globalize compliance processes and not Europe’s political values. Since its passage in 2024, European policymakers have frequently framed the European Union (EU) AI Act as the next major example of the “Brussels Effect.” In other words, it is capable of becoming a global default like the General Data Protection Regulation […]

Since the rise of ChatGPT, the dominant policy narrative about AI in education has been fear. Students will stop thinking. Writing skills will atrophy. Reasoning will be outsourced to machines. From K–12 classrooms to university lecture halls, the response has been restriction: bans, punitive disclosure, and detection tools (which, ironically, use AI themselves). This concern […]

“AI governance” has become a catch-all phrase in D.C., attached to a growing stack of bipartisan bills. But for all the activity, the conversation is oddly limited. Governance is usually understood as legislation, agency rulemaking, or corporate compliance programs. One group of decision-makers is almost never mentioned: librarians. This omission is striking. AI systems are […]

How Did We Get Here? Payment processors function as critical intermediaries for online content. Social media services, independent creators, and small online businesses all depend on them to monetize and sustain their operations. As age verification laws proliferate, that dependence has turned payment processors into powerful enforcement chokepoints. Recent disruptions in the online gaming community […]

In March, at the University of Cincinnati’s Black Feminist Symposium, I facilitated a workshop called AI and Reproductive Rights: Co-Creating an Inclusive Future. The room held students, professors, technologists, and people who had never touched a line of code. When we reached the example of Amazon’s abandoned hiring algorithm, trained on ten years of resumes […]

With the GENIUS Act having been signed into law last year and the Market Structure bills moving forward in Congress, it has become clear that the legislation is focused on establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets. However, neither the GENIUS Act nor the Market Structure bills have so far adequately addressed Anti-Money Laundering […]

Imagine your browser copilot logs into your bank, clicks through a new fee schedule you did not read, and signs you up for a product that later costs you hundreds of dollars. The bank justifiably relies on the logs, while you claim that such actions were never authorized. Such disputes are only expected to become […]