Woodrow Hartzog

Andrew R. Randall Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Author of "Privacy's Blueprint" (2018) and co-author of "Breached!" (2022). Posting mainly about privacy, tech and the law.

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social

“The pervasiveness of digital media fosters a culture of immediacy and hyper-stimulation, which gives rise to fatigue, boredom and apathy concerning the effort required for seeking the truth. Education, by contrast, is a long journey requiring patience” www.vatican.va/content/…

Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026) vatican.va
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Pope Leo XIV's 42,300-word Magnifica Humanitas, signed May 15 and published May 25, addresses AI as the central challenge to human dignity.
  • The encyclical states AI systems are 'cultivated' not 'built' and explicitly denies they possess experience, a body, or the capacity to feel pain.
  • Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah spoke at the Vatican's May 25 presentation alongside theologians and three cardinals.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social

Grifters are making vibecoded ripoffs/clones of games, using the plagiarism machine to plagiarize work that takes untold hours of human work and creativity www.404media.co/ai-made-clon...

AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever 404media.co
AI Weekly's analysis
  • Freya Holmér posted a 50-second rotating Tetris demo to Bluesky in March 2026 and saw up to four AI-generated mobile clones within days.
  • A former Midnight Works employee told 404 Media that generative AI now accelerates the studio's cloning pipeline 'at every step,' from banners to 3D models.
  • Nintendo now ranks its eShop Best Sellers by revenue rather than downloads, blunting the visibility of $2-or-less clones that game download-based charts.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com

Today’s free newsletter is about how LLMs are the perfect grift to exploit an economy dominated by do-nothing managers and executives disconnected from any real work, and how the facade is crumbling as companies pay the true cost of AI. www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-of-the-b…

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social

I wrote an essay in the WSJ USA250 series - “How to Maintain Our Privacy in the AI Age” www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse... It's also available here as a free PDF papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app

“The Facebook and Instagram owner plans to ​significantly expand its selection of AI glasses and ​add a business-focused service called ‘Wearables for Work…’”

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