March 19, 2024

Co-director speaks to AI and impact on science communication

Nature Human Behaviour

Co-Director Aylin Caliskan was one of six experts who weighed in with Nature Human Behaviour for a conversation around the “potential and pitfalls of generative AI for science communication.” Alongside professors from Princeton, Yale and Singapore, Caliskan shared thoughts about how this technology can help science communication and also the concerns she has about how […]

March 15, 2024

AI recipes missing key ingredients, faculty associate says

The Washington Post

A recent article in The Washington Post highlighted the challenges of AI-created recipes and turned to TPL faculty associate Emily Bender for insight. Recipes created by artificial intelligence are pulling from many sources, which can lead to unexpected results. “When the language model is accessing the parts of its training data that has to do […]

March 14, 2024

Tech Talk with Cory Doctorow addresses exploitation

The Daily

Cory Doctorow’s Tech Talk on Feb. 26 brought forward concerns around the exploitative practices of tech companies and how we might go about solving them. In an article in UW’s The Daily, the author, activist and journalist shared different ways large companies are capitalizing on users’ data, and suggested there are factors that can keep […]

Program manager tapped for input on TikTok debate

The Seattle Times

Program Manager Alex Bolton shared insight into the TikTok debate with The Seattle Times for its recent article, “WA lawmakers back TikTok ‘ban.’ Seattle TikTokers aren’t happy about it.” Bolton was cited for his input around the foundational issues of data and privacy surrounding the conversation. He also offered the perspective that this provides “an […]

February 22, 2024

Co-Director book named to Best of 2024 list

JustLuxe

Co-Director Tadayoshi Kohno’s book “Cryptography Engineering” was named one of the best cybersecurity books of the year. The work was highlighted in an article in JustLuxe, within the category of Essential Reads for Protecting Computer Systems. The article noted that “Cryptography Engineering,” by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno, “delves into cryptographic algorithms, protocols, […]

February 21, 2024

Co-Director featured on “Good Morning America”

ABC

Co-Director Ryan Calo was sought out as an expert source for a recent story on “Good Morning America” about a college student facing legal action for tracking Taylor Swift’s jet. On Feb. 21, Calo’s interview aired on the nation’s No. 1 morning news show, which has an impressive 2.9 million viewers daily, according to Nielsen […]

February 20, 2024

Co-directors discuss ‘What Are We Building’ on podcast

Tech Policy Press

The Tech Policy Press recently interviewed Tech Policy Lab Co-Directors Batya Friedman and Aylin Caliskan to discuss their careers and the recent leadership transition at the Lab. The interview, “What Are We Building, And Why?” gives Friedman an opportunity to reflect on her work, which is foundational to many conversations being had today, and Caliskan […]

February 13, 2024

Welcome Aylin Caliskan as new TPL co-director

The co-directors of UW’s Tech Policy Lab are familiar with breaking ground and testing new ideas together. Since 2013, they have partnered in research and education to guide conversations around topics with no clear path to an answer or oftentimes even a precedent. This prepared them well for the task of replacing one of their […]

February 1, 2024

TPL welcomes Monika Sengul-Jones

The UW Tech Policy Lab is pleased to welcome Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD (she/her, they/them), as the Program Manager for a new initiative to foster cross-campus collaboration at the intersection of society and technology. Innovations in emerging technologies, from generative AI to quantum computing, continue to garner public attention about their impacts on society. The new […]

January 31, 2024

TPL co-director weighs in on AI regulation

Brookings Institute

TPL co-director Aylin Caliskan’s op-ed on regulating general-purpose AI was just published by the Brookings Institute. Alongside the University of Chicago’s Kristian Lum, she argues that better and more information needs to be shared by companies in order to understand what could go wrong.