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Accountability for Technology and AI

Originally posted on Substack AI and digital technologies have been unleashed upon us, with an unprecedented zeal and recklessness, and a reckoning is long overdue. The Meta and YouTube $6 million addiction verdict this week is an important milestone. I’m not an expert on the addiction issue, so I won’t opine on the merits of the case. […]

Privacy and AI Law in 2025

Originally posted on Substack We’ve now closed the books on 2025, so it’s time to review what happened in privacy law over the past year. At first glance, it seems like a quiet year (no new state consumer privacy laws) but quite a lot happened. Many smaller things, but they really add up. Here’s a […]

VIDEO: Is Online Scraping Legal?

Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog discuss their article, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Privacy and Scraping, 113 Cal. L. Rev. 1521 (2025). They argue that scraping, which is essential for AI, is inconsistent with nearly all core privacy principles in privacy laws. Is there a way to reconcile scraping and privacy?

Webinar – The State Privacy Law Multiverse Blog

In this webinar, we discussed the growing privacy law activity in the U.S. states, including subject-specific laws involving AI, children’s data, biometric data, health data, reproductive health data, and more. We also discussed new general consumer privacy laws, regulations, enforcement, and other topics. Speakers: Daniel Solove (GW Law & TeachPrivacy) Keir Lamont (FPF)  

The Prediction Society: AI and the Problems of Forecasting the Future – FINAL VERSION

I’m thrilled to announce the release of the final version of my article. The Prediction Society: AI and the Problems of Forecasting the Future 2025 Illinois Law Review 1 (2025) Abstract: Predictions about the future have been made since the earliest days of humankind, but today, we are living in a brave new world of […]

Webinar – Facial Recognition and the Dubious Side of AI Blog

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In case you missed my interview with New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill, you can watch the replay here.  We discussed her new book, Your Face Belongs to US: A Secretive Startup’s Quest to End Privacy as We Know It (Sept. 19, 2023).

Webinar The Quantified Worker AI and Employment Blog

Webinar - Quantified Worker AI Employment 01

If you couldn’t make it to my recent webinar to discuss Ifeoma Ajunwa’s book, The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace, you can watch the replay here. I had a great discussion with Ifeoma Ajunwa, Pauline Kim, and Matthew Bodie on the use of AI in hiring decisions and for other employment […]