Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship

Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech

Closeup of app store icon on a phone screen

Sweeping Ban on Drone Flights Across Chicago Looks Suspiciously Like an Attempt to Ban Press Coverage

We can’t let government block drone photography of newsworthy events simply by claiming a need to fly their own aircraft in an area or claiming the existence of vague “security threats”

A drone flying in front of the Statue of Liberty

Surveillance Businesses Have Human Rights Responsibilities

The Trump Administration's immigration abuses are human rights violations

Immigrants behind chain link fence in an overcrowded detention area

Digital Driver’s Licenses Could Make “Surveillance Pricing” Much Easier for Companies

The coming battles over being identified versus not being identified

A driver's license in which the photo shows a man peering at the camera through binoculars

“Surveillance Pricing” Hurts Consumers, Incentivizes More Corporate Spying on Them

Those hurt the most are those who can least afford it

An electronic cash register reading "Total Due $69.99"

Open vs. Closed: The Battle for the Future of Language Models

Will Language Models Foster Freedom or Authoritarianism? (part 4 in a series)

A view of the stacks of an open research library

What's the Future of AI Language Models as a Decentralized Technology?

Many assume that LLMs will always be provided by big tech companies through the cloud, but is that true? (LLMs and power series part 3)

Two fingers disconnecting a network cable from a computer

I’m Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses

Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain

Police being grilled on Flock at Austin City Council meeting

Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top AI Models?

Part 2 of my dive into how likely LLMs are to either centralize or distribute power

An ethernet cable plugging in to a computer-stylized globe