Part 2 of my dive into the question of whether LLMs are inherently power-centralizing in nature, or whether they may end up distributing power. aclu.org/news/racial-ju…

Policymakers are beginning to recognize that you can't count on surveilling your local residents while keeping that data out of the hands of ICE and the Trump Administration aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

A look at the possible future of local AI models, and what that might mean for the question of how much of a centralizing force the technology will be. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

Nobody should want to live under constantly patrolling police drones. But the tech and regulatory structures are ripening for that, let's make sure it doesn't happen. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

A look at the prospects for, and reasons to support, open source LLM models and research aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

We are certainly not the ones whose power increases when companies crunch data with AI to individually set the prices they charge us. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

The coming battles over being identified versus not being identified aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

There are a growing number of companies that are engaging in mass surveillance that could prove useful to the Trump Administration’s efforts to target immigrants. They have human rights responsibilities. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

Generally people should have privacy from government, and the government should be an open book to the people — not the other way around. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

Digital driver’s licenses — now being built in many states — have a big problem that almost nobody is addressing: the threat of an explosion of ID demands from all quarters. There is a body of existing state laws that points toward a solution. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

News about the driver-surveillance company Flock just keeps coming in: findings from Massachusetts and Virginia, new deals with big companies, and more: aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

Having followed the civil liberties implications of machine vision for years now, this was entirely predictable, and in fact predicted. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

Some US prisons and jails have started using non-consensual, non-removable biometric wrist straps on prisoners to monitor their pulse, blood oxygenation level, skin temperature, activity level, and location. What does the ACLU think of this? See here: aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

A close look at police audit logging of the use of surveillance technologies aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

A new identity system threatens to create an Internet that is licensed, gated, and subject to identification checks, qualification tests, and blacklists at every turn aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

The latest newsletter is out! In this issue, we recapped a recent PGP for Crypto discussion featuring Jay Stanley of the ACLU and Art | Zoro ⟬⊻⟭ of vana, which raised some crucial questions about the future of AI. (Link in the thread)

Exciting news: you can now subscribe to an ACLU newsletter to keep up with with ACLU technology policy blog posts and other news! Subscribe here: action.aclu.org/signup/free-fu…

A breakdown of the new “Mobile Fortify” face recognition program, including lists of a) the reasons it’s problematic, b) the vast array of data that the agencies can connect to, and c) some of the unanswered questions that remain about the program. aclu.org/news/privacy-t…

What happens when your device can only run what the government decides is OK? How we have gotten dangerously close to this kind of totalitarian control aclu.org/news/free-spee…

How DHS uses AI and mass surveillance across the nation to target, detain, and seize money from innocent drivers aclu.org/news/privacy-t…