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Multiple readings Harvard ai faculty Markets & investment · 2 attributable reactions Reaction converging ‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit Policy & governance · 3 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Signal 13d ago
⚡ 22 h early

Harvard ai faculty

13 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Spiros Margaris Eileen Clancy 🧿 James Grimmelmann Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Hagen Blix tante Michael Zimmer +5
Primary source nytimes.com ↗
Established Policy & governance Development 9d ago
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expert witness ChatGPT legal report 3M

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

9 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Kashmir Hill Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Lilian Edwards evacide Eileen Clancy 🧿 Eileen Guo +1
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing policy & governance.
Reaction converging

Policy & governance

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Rules, institutions and accountability.

“ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people. www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...”

3 experts discussed this · 7 posts
Jason Koebler: New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT t…
Michael Zimmer: New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT t…
Jason Koebler: this story is batshit Here is the full article, which includes all prompts, trial transcripts, the report itself. The firm hired charged more than $80,000 for the report. Also shows that AI transcr…
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established Culture, work & education Signal 16d ago
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Texas tech artificial intelligence ideology brandon creighton

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Hypervisible Luke Stark Eileen Clancy 🧿 Matthew Kirschenbaum Michael Zimmer

““Professors describe the effort as a dystopian academic nightmare, in which ideologues are wielding technology to sideline subject-matter experts.””

““Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.” A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...”

Primary source nytimes.com ↗
Established Policy & governance Signal 12d ago

storage.courtlistener.com

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Kashmir Hill Michael Zimmer

“The Homeland Security investigation into ICE protestors in Minnesota is staggering, as recounted in a legal filing from Isaac Sant, who has been charged with conspiracy: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... He wants judge to force the government to rev…”

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Established Responsible AI Signal 10d ago

Discerning AI: Ethical Discernment for AI at Marquette // Center for Data Ethics // Marquette University

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Michael Zimmer

“"Discerning AI" – an interdisciplinary community of practice, coordinated through the Marquette Center for Data Ethics (@mudataethics.bsky.social), focused on thoughtful, ethical and mission-driven approaches to AI. www.marquette.edu/data-ethics/... 2/3”

Primary source marquette.edu ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 10d ago

"What Are We Building?" // AI at Marquette // Marquette University

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Michael Zimmer

“"Discerning AI" – an interdisciplinary community of practice, coordinated through the Marquette Center for Data Ethics (@mudataethics.bsky.social), focused on thoughtful, ethical and mission-driven approaches to AI. www.marquette.edu/data-ethics/... 2/3”

Primary source marquette.edu ↗