@nathaliesmuha
Legal scholar & Philosopher. Assistant Professor of Law @UofT Law. Author of 'Algorithmic Rule By Law' (CUP, 2025). Previously at EU Commission's AI HLEG, Council of Europe's CAI, KU Leuven & NYU Law. UChicago alum.
We are proud to launch the Booklet of our Symposium on #AI and #Democracy!
This publication gathers all the original Symposium contributions, as well as the editors’ reflection on the implications AI poses for democracy.
You can access the Booklet here:
www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Proud to launch our Symposium Booklet on #AI and #Democracy!
It gathers eight original & insightful contributions on this important theme. Many thanks to all the authors & esp. to my co-editors @victoriahendrickx.bsky.social & @jannepetroons.bsky.social.
Link: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
The final contribution to our Symposium on #AI and #Democracy is now live!
In his post, Prince Sarpong reflects on #AI's lack of a public mandate, from its unauthorised use of cognitive resources, to gaps in oversight and accountability.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
New post in the Symposium on #AI and #Democracy!
Neha Bhat analyses how #refugees became highly data-visible, yet even more politically marginalised through algorithmic governance & digital infrastructures in the humanitarian context.
Full piece here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
How can #BigTech be resisted in the age of AI, so as to reclaim democratic imagination and better protect #collectiverights?
In this contribution of the Symposium on #AI & #Democracy, @carineroos.bsky.social
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
What is Algorithmic Rule by Law?
In a new short piece, published in the European Data Protection Law Review, I explain why the #RuleOfLaw is under threat, how #government use of #AI is already contributing to this, and what should be done.
Read it here: edpl.lexxion.eu/article/EDPL...
In this contribution to the Symposium on #AI & #Democracy, Oriane Peter examines and compares the democratic #perceptions of AI systems.
Read here how #Apertus, a Swiss system, understands democracy - and why AI systems' views on democracy matter: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
New contribution to the Symposium on #AI & #Democracy!
Lindsay Gross explores how brain-computer interfaces #BCI challenge democratic governance by threatening citizens’ autonomy and their rights of privacy, self-determination & consent.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Discount Flyer to purchase the book 'Algorithmic Rule by Law' with Cambridge University Press
Good news! My book #AlgorithmicRuleByLaw, dealing with #government use of #AI and its impact on the rule of law, is now available in paperback: cambridge.org/us/universit...
There's 20% discount with code 'LTSCLAW26'.
The book is also available digitally for free: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
The third contribution to the Symposium on #AI & #Democracy is now live!
In his post, Marco Germanò examines how #AI-generated video is reshaping the evidentiary base of democracy with a focus on its epistemic and accountability dimensions.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
The second contribution to the Symposium on #AI & #Democracy is now live!
In her post, Emma Semaan explores how #agenticAI can impact information infrastructures and democracy itself, by modulating #politicaldiscourse.
Read it here & stay tuned for more: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Last year, we launched a call for a Symposium on #AI and #Democracy. We’re excited to start sharing its outcomes!
To kick us off, Annemarie Balvert examines how #AI can(not) support the democratic right of #access to gov #information.
Read the post here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
I wrote a blogpost about the use of Generative #AI in #education and how it might adversly affect #democracy in three ways: cognitively, socially and politically.
You can read it on the @icon-s.bsky.social Blog: www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
The Law, Ethics & Policy of AI Blog is back!
In a new post, Arina Shah @hollisargeant.bsky.social @mackenziej.bsky.social Adrian Weller&Umang Bhatt explain how #uncertainty in #AI can lead to discrimination and why selective friction may better than abstention
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Check out our blog on uncertainty, discrimination, and AI!
Happy to announce that I'm taking up a new position as Assistant Professor of Law, #AI & Technology at UofT Faculty of Law: www.law.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-law...
I'm very grateful to all those who made my time at KU Leuven so enriching & look forward to this new adventure. If you're in 🇨🇦, reach out!
This week we wrapped up the 5th & last edition of the
KU Leuven Summer School on the Law, Ethics & Policy of #AI🎓
I'm so grateful to have met so many wonderful people across disciplines & countries, and I learned so much. What a beautiful community this has become❤️
Thank you to all contributors!
Thank you to the 300+ people who joined the 5th anniversary celebration of our #AI Summer School!
Besides gathering international speakers, the head of the #EU AI Office & our alumni, we also marked this milestone in style during a gala reception & dinner🥂
Thanks for being part of our community❤️
Thank you for joining us, Rosamunde!!
Had a great time today teaching on law enforcement and #AI at the 5th AI summer school at KULeuven organised by @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social!
Also fantastic questions by the participants!
A warm welcome for all our participants to the 5th edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI!
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go🎒😊
More info about the AI Summer School: lnkd.in/euH3NWh
Wonderful to see so many happy faces during our
@kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social online Alumni Networking event - for the 4th year in a row🎉
Thanks to all our fantastic participants! We love the AI Summer School Community🥰
See you again soon!
We just kicked off the 5th edition of the KU Leuven #SummerSchool on the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI!
10 days. 35 nationalities. 65 participants. 45 lecturers. And lots of fascinating topics… Here we go @kul-ai-sschool.bsky.social 🎒😊
More about the course: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
What can we learn from algorithmic scandals in digital welfare states?
In this blogpost, @maartenbouwmeester.bsky.social discusses the constitutional reforms following the #AI-related childcare benefit scandal in the Netherlands.
Read it here: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc....
I’m truly honored give a keynote speech at the @facct.bsky.social conference this year in Athens, on Tue 24 June. My talk will focus on the lessons we can learn from emerging AI laws, and the road and challenges ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Schedule: programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025
📢Event alert:
Join us on 4 July for our event '#AI governance in Europe and Globally' @KU Leuven or online. We'll have a session with international scholars from Africa, Latam, China & US, and a keynote by Lucilla Sioli (EU AI Office).
Info & Register: www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
Mexico just elected 2600 #judges by popular vote to 'democratize' the judiciary (with a 13% participation rate).
Jorge Gaxiola (NYU) just published a critical analysis of this 'historical' election & what it means for the judiciary's legitimacy - worth the read ⬇️
verfassungsblog.de/a-tarnished-...
#GenAI is reshaping higher #education – from teaching and learning to research.
In a new post, alumna Nayyara Rahman explores its impact, especially in Global Majority countries, and raises the question what role it should play in future classrooms.
🔗 www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
CPDP panel on GenAI in Academia
At a #CPDP2025 panel that is asking the question we have been asking ourselves at the @eui-eu.bsky.social: How will genAI adoption affect academic knowledge generation processes? Writing is thinking! says @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social @cpdpconferences.bsky.social
Are you coming to #CPDP?
I’ll be discussing Algorithmic Rule By Law at the #BookClub on 21/05 2.15 pm, w Aurelia Tamo-Larrieux, @fdechesne.bsky.social, @kollnig.net - join us!
On 22/05 10:30 am, come join the panel on #GenAI in Academia, w Tal Zarsky, Eldar Haber, Paula Cipierre & Courtney Bowman.