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Matthew Tokson

39 trust researcher @mtokson.bsky.social · 10,142 followers

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Researcher with public evidence across AI research, Culture, work & education, Policy & governance.

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Law professor at U. Utah, teaching criminal law and procedure, privacy, AI, cyberlaw. Views are my own. My writing is here: tinyurl.com/ycw29snm Bio here: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6012359-Matthew_Tokson/hm/index.hml

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Russia is experimenting with autonomous AI weapons that kill people without human involvement: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...

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My new article, Artificial Intelligence and Near-Total Law Enforcement, is up on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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An example from today's NYT of panoptic AI cameras being used in law enforcement nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s ‘Smart Wall’ of A.I. Cameras Is Watching the Border, and More Than a Million People nytimes.com

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My new short essay, Artificial Intelligence and the Lessons of History, is up on SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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@crootof.bsky.social

Chapter 10 unpacks the Precautionary Approach, including bans (I finally got to write about AWS!), general critiques (@casssunstein.bsky.social), and variations (moratoriums, licensing regimes, burden-shifting, etc) (Sachs). It closes with a GenAI X-risk case study (@mtokson.b…

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social

Privacy/AI/Tech Works Worth Your Attention (Oct 2026 edition) danielsolove.substack.com/p/privacy-ai... Includes works by @margotkaminski.bsky.social @aselbst.bsky.social @aliciasn.bsky.social @orinkerr.bsky.social @profferguson.bsky.social @mtokson.bsky.social @caitlincburke.…

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@scalinglaws.bsky.social

Scaling Laws' most recent episode was our second live recording of our Scaling Laws Roadshow. Professor Matthew Tokson (@mtokson.bsky.social) joined Kevin to discuss AI, the Fourth Amendment, and the promise of near-perfect surveillance: shows.acast.com/arbiters-of-...

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Honored to win the University of Utah's 2026 Faculty Research Excellence in Responsible AI Award. Stay tuned for more scholarship on AI & privacy and AI safety to come.

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