Sound research practices are crucial for having reliable and reproducible scientific results. In my Communications of the ACM Security column, I show why the research community should focus on studying those practices through meta-research. Read more at cacm.acm.org/opinion/reflec…

This is both terrific research and absolutely beautiful presentation of data. Adding this to my 'recommended readings' on AI and ethical implications - super smart and affecting work.

It was about this time last year that I got a call in Moscow telling me Evan had disappeared. A few hours later we found out what we feared: he was kidnapped by the FSB for doing his job as a journalist. No words can describe the disgust I feel towards his jailors. Free Evan. Now

'Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose. ... This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.' The judge gets SPICY dismissing X's lawsuit against Le Chaz.
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I had a great conversation Nora Young of CBC News about AI and social media. I really appreciate when long-form journalism can take on these issues, because they can really devote the time needed to unpack complex topics.
cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

New: Employers and HR vendors are using AI chatbots to interview and screen job applicants. We found that OpenAI's GPT discriminates against names based on race and gender when ranking resumes. W/ Davey Alba and Leonardo gift link:
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I'm thrilled to announce Chris Murray is joining Cybersecurity for Democracy as a Senior Fellow this year! Chris has decades of experience working on tech accountability, and I'm so excited for what we're going to do together.
medium.com/cybersecurity-…

Tomorrow, I'll be joining this panel led by NIST & the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) on defining and operationalizing competing notions of 'AI safety'.

This is such an important, ongoing discussion; hope folks can tune in!

nist.gov/itl/national-a…

I have an OpEd in TIME today about the role of ethics in generative AI & Gemini.
Massive thanks to the editors, Billy Perrigo, @[email protected] on Mastodon & Brigitte 🤗 for their sage advice on how to write it.
time.com/6836153/ethica…

People are always surprised I still live in a small New England town and super commute rather than move to (NYC/DC/Boston) where my job is... but then there are days like today where the lede in the local paper is an obit for much beloved goat, and I know I made the right call.

I’m delighted to announce that today I’m launching a new nonprofit journalism studio: Proof News.

Proof is into proving things! We question, test, and investigate the most important issues. We will always tell you what we know and what we don’t know. proofnews.org

This piece is a legit great read with interesting insights from folks inside Google who worked on this as well as the always insightful MMitchell .

'The tech industry, w/ Google right at the front, has again put themselves in a terrible bind of their own making,' Laura Edelson told us. “The industry desperately needs to portray AI as magic and not stochastic parrots...but parrots are what they have'

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How awesome is Jonathan Mayer joining DOJ as their Chief AI Officer. justice.gov/opa/pr/attorne… I knew him when 🥲

I’m on vacation this week and my friend who is dog sitting has perhaps been spoiling this dog if the pupdates are to be believed.

Three incredible US scholars and women—Daphne Keller Laura Edelson Rebekah Tromble — who have been essential to translating the DSA to lawyers and using its provisions to empower researchers. 💙💙

I'm talking with some smart folks (Quinta Jurecic ! Arvind Narayanan ! Olga Belogolova!) tomorrow at 2:30 PM ET about threats to elections from gen AI systems. Please come! It's free and should be interesting.

brookings.edu/events/generat…

My C4D colleague Yael Eisenstat is opening the Sec. 230 reform conversation up again. Reforming platform liability isn't going to be a silver bullet, but the internet isn't a baby anymore. techpolicy.press/yesterdays-leg…

'Your platforms really suck at policing themselves.' Hard to argue with Sheldon Whitehouse on that. Clearest statement of this entire hearing with the CEOs of X, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Snap.

Wow. Mark Zuckerberg being pushed to stand up, face the families of victims of online harms, and apologize for any role his company played is something I never imagined happening. While I don't love Congressional theatrics, this was something to see.