Here’s a new cartoon on AI for Halloween.
Cartoon: AI Trick-or-Treating
Category: AI
Cartoon: AI Restaurant
My latest cartoon – about the AI craze these days. Want More Cartoons? Subscribe to Solove’s Free Newsletter * * * * Professor Daniel J. Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School. Through his company, TeachPrivacy, he has created the largest library of computer-based privacy and data security training, with more […]
My Forthcoming Book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY, Available for Pre-Order
I am excited to announce that my forthcoming book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (Oxford University Press) is now available for pre-order. It will be in print in January 2025. From the book jacket: Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today’s age of […]
Webinar – Evaluating the EU AI Act
In case you missed my recent webinar with Calli Schroeder and Brenda Leong, you can watch the replay here. We discussed the EU AI Act. What are the law’s strengths and weaknesses? Is it the best general approach to regulate AI?
AI’s Fishy Branding
One can learn a lot about AI from fish. The 1990s were a terrible time for the toothfish. An ugly fish inhabiting the deep seas, the toothfish (pictured above) was long considered a “trash fish,” undesirable to eat, a worthless catch. The toothfish’s fate was fine until overfishing decimated the stocks of the long-popular fish, […]
The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy
I’m posting a new article draft with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law), The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy. We argue that “scraping” – the automated extraction of large amounts of data from the internet – is in fundamental tension with privacy. Scraping is generally anathema to the core principles of privacy that […]
Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control
I’m posting the final published version of my essay with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law), Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 1021 (2024). It’s a short engaging read – just 20 pages! We argue that although Kafka shows us the plight of the disempowered […]
A Regulatory Roadmap to AI and Privacy
Over at IAPP News, I wrote a short essay called A Regulatory Roadmap to AI and Privacy. It summarizes my longer article, Artificial Intelligence and Privacy. For those who want the short 2,000 word version of my thoughts on AI and privacy, read the short essay. For those who want more detail, then read the full […]
AI, Algorithms, and Awful Humans – Final Published Version
I am pleased to share the final published version of my short essay with Yuki Matsumi. It was written for a symposium in Fordham Law Review. AI, Algorithms, and Awful Humans 92 Fordham L. Rev. 1923 (2024) Mini Abstract: This Essay critiques arguments that algorithmic decision-making is better than human decision-making. Two arguments are often advanced […]
Webinar – The FTC, Privacy, and AI Blog
In case you missed my recent webinar with Maneesha Mithal, you can watch the replay here. We discussed recent FTC enforcement actions, algorithmic deletion, the FTC’s current rulemaking, enforcement of the health breach notification rule, the FTC’s role in regulating AI, and other issues.