The Who's Who of AI

“In the latest entry in the Hype Studies series on Tech Policy Press, philosopher of technology and media scholar Eugenia Stamboliev writes that AI hype operates as "a gendered regime of visibility," normalizing synthetic images of women while erasing real w…” evidence ↗

“NYC and LA just restricted AI in classrooms, and in both cities the parents and teachers who pushed for it are celebrating. Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports on the grassroots movement resisting the rush to adopt AI in schools.” evidence ↗

““Washington’s law goes furthest by requiring providers to prevent chatbots from expressly representing themselves as human to any user, whereas this requirement exists in several other states only for minor users.” techpolicy.press/what-12-stat...” evidence ↗

“Ellen P. Goodman, a professor at Rutgers Law School and co-Director of the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law, asks what it would take to actually democratize AI at each layer of the stack, starting with compute—the layer Zuckerberg's latest man…” evidence ↗

“Data workers will lose vital income when Amazon's Mechanical Turk shuts down. Krystal Kauffmann calls for lawmakers to protect AI's hidden workforce. buff.ly/qOfG2tu” evidence ↗

“AI hiring tools can reject qualified people "for reasons no one—including the employer—can adequately explain," warns NYU School of Law senior affiliated research scholar and former EEOC chair Charlotte A. Burrows. She says gutting disparate impact law make…” evidence ↗

“Regulators aren't treating AI as an exotic category outside privacy law, write Isabel Hahn and Aaron Alva. They're identifying where familiar principles get harder to operationalize as systems infer, remember, and act. buff.ly/rhJaXIX” evidence ↗

“As K-12 students head back to school across the United States, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports they're unlikely to find consistent, clear rules on AI use. Many districts have set guardrails but avoided system-wide rules, leaving choices…” evidence ↗

“Daniel Arias Rivera, a Colombian lawyer and human rights specialist, explains how Bill 025 copies the EU AI Act's risk-based architecture without the institutional capacity, technical expertise, or enforcement mechanisms to make it work in Colombia.” evidence ↗

“The EU AI Act's new transparency rules took effect on Aug. 2, requiring disclosure of AI interactions and marking of AI-generated content. Taras Kovalchuk on whether they are enough to strengthen democratic resilience in Europe.” evidence ↗

“As California’s Legislature moves toward a four-year ban on AI toys, Sameer Hinduja argues that a moratorium buys time without producing the evidence or the standards that would actually protect children.” evidence ↗

“Roy L. Austin, Jr., Meta's former VP of Civil Rights and now director of the Howard Law Artificial Intelligence Initiative, reads Mark Zuckerberg's new manifesto "The Future is for Everyone" against Meta's record—and finds a widening gap between the words m…” evidence ↗

“Venita Subramanian argues that state disclosure laws for AI companion chatbots are a meaningful first step, but that hourly reminders can't prevent emotional overreliance or protect minors in crisis, and that UX design must do more of that work.” evidence ↗

“Regulators aren't treating AI as an exotic category outside privacy law, write Isabel Hahn and Aaron Alva. They're identifying where familiar principles get harder to operationalize as systems infer, remember, and act. buff.ly/rhJaXIX” evidence ↗

“Axiomatic AI CEO Jake Taylor, who established the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, argues US AI policy needs a key pillar: powerful systems require consistent verification against safety benchm…” evidence ↗

“The EU AI Act's new transparency rules took effect on Aug. 2, requiring disclosure of AI interactions and marking of AI-generated content. Taras Kovalchuk on whether they are enough to strengthen democratic resilience in Europe. buff.ly/pi5TmvO” evidence ↗

“Kevin Frazier argues that uneven AI access is bifurcating the US "into those that use AI and those who bear its costs," and Congress must respond. "It's a public imperative that such a disparity does not become entrenched," he says.” evidence ↗

“Governments from the EU to Malaysia and India can pursue very different policies—all branded "AI sovereignty." Haakon Huynh argues the concept is so fuzzy it can justify almost anything, and governments are spending without defining it.” evidence ↗