May 31, 2026

Spring quarter 2026 student and alumni news

Tech Policy Lab

Maria P. Angel will join University of Georgia School of Law as assistant professor in the fall. Maria P. Angel published in the Arizona State Law Journal. Grace Brigham published in Indicator. Pardis Emami-Naeini was named a 2025 Norm Hardy Prize Winner. Rachel Hong presented research at the CS & Law conference. Sereen Kallerackal started […]

Spring quarter international engagement

Tech Policy Lab

During the spring quarter, The Tech Policy Lab hosted scholars from around the world.  French Consulate In April, David Do Paço, the Academic Cooperation Attaché at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, visited the West Coast with Sciences Po professor Mario Del Pero. The visit built on the relationship started when Do Paço came […]

May 30, 2026

Graduating intern builds perspective, community through TPL

Tech Policy Lab

For Vannary Sou, the Tech Policy Lab offered a learning opportunity that surpassed anything she found in a classroom.  “The best thing that I’ve been able to experience while working at the Lab is, honestly, getting to learn from other students at the Lab and from guests,” she said. “Being able to work with a […]

May 26, 2026

TPL alumnus named to 2026 Husky 100

Tech Policy Lab

At the Tech Policy Lab, UW student Andrew Shaw found a home away from home with a community that transcended traditional academic borders. “My undergrad majors were computer science and philosophy, so at that point I was really looking for these third spaces, interdisciplinary spaces,” he said. “The Tech Policy Lab was the first space […]

May 14, 2026

TPL PhD student named a 2026 Apple Scholar in AIML

Tech Policy Lab

TPL PhD student Kyra Wilson has been named a 2026 Apple Scholar in AIML PhD fellowship. The award is “part of Apple’s ongoing commitment to fostering the next generation of leaders in machine learning and artificial intelligence.” Wilson, a second year PhD student within the Information School advised by TPL Co-Director Aylin Caliskan, was recognized […]

AI companies distracting with fear-mongering, Faculty Associate says

BBC

AI companies are marketing their products as powerful and potentially problematic to “humanity,” which critics say is a distraction from the harm they’re actually doing. In the BBC article “Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them,” experts say that there may some psychology at play. “It’s just part of this pattern of […]

May 12, 2026

TPL alumna honored with iSchool GOLD Award

UW Information School

This year’s GOLD Award recipient, Steph Ballard, Ph.D. ’23, MLIS ’17, is a director of Responsible AI at Microsoft. In a fast-changing environment, Ballard stays on top of regulatory changes around the world and provides clear guidance to engineering teams to ensure the company’s products are built responsibly.

May 5, 2026

Co-Director notes flaw in Meta’s threats in New Mexico

New York Post

A judge in New Mexico is considering whether the state attorney general’s requests to Meta amount to “overreach.” The New York Post article “New Mexico’s proposed kids safety fixes for Instagram, Facebook may go too far, judge warns” details how the state is embroiled in a case that has found Meta failed to protect children […]

April 24, 2026

Co-Director’s book formally fills content gap

UW Daily

Seeing the need for books on approaching technology from a legal perspective, TPL  Co-Director Ryan Calo wrote “Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach.” Calo, who holds a joint appointment at the UW Information School and an adjunct appointment at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, published his book in September 2025.

April 15, 2026

TPL joins UW partners in hosting journalists to discuss risks, realities of AI chatbots

Tech Policy Lab

Seattle community members, students and professionals gathered at the Seattle Central Library on April 7 to hear from two of the country’s leading journalists about the potential perils that lie in adoption of AI. “The Risks and Realities of AI Chatbots” attracted over 100 people to a conversation moderated by Monica Nickelsburg of KUOW and […]