Ryan Calo

Speaking Freely: Shin Yang Shin Yang builds the kind of online space most platforms say is impossible: a sex-positive community that protects anonymity without turning users into data. She is the steward of Lezismore, an

"Speech is freaking messy. Once you turn messy human speech into rules that scale, nuance gets flattened. And minority communities usually pay first." From Taiwanese writer and open-source platform builder Shin Yang in new Speaking Freely interview: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

So excited for this event on The Risks and Realities of AI Chatbots. What an all-star line up! Register soon, this event will almost certainly sell out. events.uw.edu/event/abc619...

Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

The Election Interference Hypocrisy How Trump is using Iran's past election interference to justify his own

I put this thread on Trump's hypocritical and duplicious claims of Iran's 2020 election interference into a longer form article this evening.

Three very old books on technology and law

Unexpected side quest resulting from @rcalo.bsky.social’s superb Law and Technology book: raiding the Strathclyde stacks for the 1960s-1980s origin texts. Not sure where I’m going with this, but it’s good fun.

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When Chatbots Are Used to Plan Violence, Is There a Duty to Warn?

People are revealing sensitive personal information to A.I. chatbots — including plans to commit violent acts. What should the companies do when it happens? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/t...

Very excited for this. blog.archive.org/event/book-t...

Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

Given all the discourse today about Bluesky vs. X... seems like good timing for @lastweektonight.com's latest video on just how bad X has become...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

Join us for ‘The Risks and Realities of AI Chatbots’ event on April 7 Join us for a special conversation on April 7, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Seattle Central Library.

Join us April 7 at the Seattle Central Library for "The Risks and Realities of AI Chatbots," a special discussion with journalists @kashhill.bsky.social (N.Y. Times) and @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social (Reuters), moderated by @mnickelsburg.bsky.social (KUOW).

Event info: www.cip.uw.edu/2026/02/16/r...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

This is going to be so interesting www.cip.uw.edu/2026/02/16/r...

Mine is a little out of context. I was talking about agentic AI, not AGI.

The FTC’s AI Preemption Authority is Limited Andy Jung takes argues the Trump administration’s effort to use the FTC to preempt state AI consumer protection laws will run into significant constraints.

The Trump administration is pushing the Federal Trade Commission to override state AI consumer protection laws, but the agency’s power is constrained by federalism, says TechFreedom’s Andy Jung. And any preemption effort must clear several hurdles, including a lengthy rulemaking process.

Future Tense: Ryan Calo Join us for a discussion with UW Law professor Ryan Calo on his new book discussing legal approaches to guide emerging technology

This Thursday!

@techpolicylab.bsky.social Co-Director @rcalo.bsky.social will be presenting on Law & Technology: A Methodical Approach as a part of @uw-cnc.bsky.social's Future Tense Seminar Series.

RSVP today!

www.eventbrite.com/e/future-ten...

In a new Columbia Law Review paper, Daryl Levinson and David Posen "offer[] a typology of legal strategies available to those who wish to shore up specific types of consent or accommodate their failure." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Welp www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Society + Tech initiative leads lively talk on privacy, surveillance Would you want police to use facial recognition technology to identify you while you walk down the street? While it’s prohibited in King County, some cit...

UW Society + Technology initiative panelists @rcalo.bsky.social (Information School, UW Law), Martin Kaste (@npr.org) and Brie McLemore (UW Poli Sci) recently had a lively discussion on privacy, facial recognition tech, and differing attitudes toward surveillance. ischool.uw.edu/news/2026/01...

No :( These are all in person and off the record

Flier for a free discussion of personal robots in Seattle

Personal Robots: Is It Finally Time? Monday, February 9 in #Seattle

Why Apple and OpenAI are reportedly betting on AI hardware in 2026 Tech giants are betting that we are finally ready to invite a persistent digital device into our lives

AI's Next Battleground Is Your Body www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns A new EPIC report says data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among the factors leading to a “health privacy crisis” that is eroding trust and deterring people from seeking care.

NEW: Data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among factors, according to @EPIC.org, causing a “health privacy crisis” in the United States, eroding trust and deterring people from seeking medical care.

Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...

Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?

Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.

disinfoinstitute.org

Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners Also available in Spanish.

If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

Ryan Calo Ryan Calo is an American legal scholar and professor specializing in the intersection of law and emerging technologies, with a focus on robotics, artificial intelligence, privacy, and related policy c...

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Wow, talk about unprecedented.
The Fed Chairman makes official statement that the President is using criminal charges to threaten him over monetary policy.

The woman ICE murdered was a poet 😔