October 4, 2026

Claims of AI’s abilities overblown, Faculty Associate says

Business Insider/BBC

The intelligence and consciousness of AI tools is being drastically overhyped, Faculty Associate Emily Bender says in recent media articles. Conversations about the capacity of these platforms are being overestimated, many times with the goal of either marketing or deflecting. The article “CEOs keep crying AGI. What does that even mean?” in Business Insider notes […]

October 3, 2026

The real danger of AI isn’t where we think, Faculty Associate says

The Guardian

The much-maligned superintelligent AI that is threatening to take over our lives is distracting from the real danger, Faculty Associate Emily Bender writes in a new op-ed in The Guardian. “While so many of us were focused on fictional superintelligent machines that we were told could hypothetically cause human extinction, however, there was a more […]

September 29, 2026

Co-Director and team focusing on bigger impacts of AI misinformation

TechXplore

A new study from Co-Director Yoshi Kohno and a team that spans UW and Georgetown is the focus of a recent article in TechXplore. “AI-Enabled Human Memory Manipulation: Misleading AI-Generated Summaries Distort Human Memory” identifies that issues that emerge when AI tools create summaries of media. “This study is part of a growing effort at […]

September 28, 2026

No matter how cute, be wary of AI agents, Co-Director advises

Wired

As Meta unveils its new Muse mascot, many experts are concerned that it’s hiding its darker goals. While social media companies are under fire for usage among the under-18 set, some find it alarming that the new face of Meta’s AI is so appealing to young users. “Design features like being cute and frictionless, or […]

AI narrative should be questioned, Faculty Associate says

SFGate

A new article in SFGate is raising questions about the potential misuse of AI tools after a startup created a drone that can stalk people as a warning about AI’s capabilities. Andon Labs is claiming its action were in the interest of transparency and public safety. Its CEO says he is “quite concerned” about how […]

September 27, 2026

AI crisis is pure marketing, Faculty Associate says

MIT Technology Review

The flurry of articles and events concerning the growing autonomy of AI is pure marketing designed to distract, according to an op-ed in the MIT Technology Review by Faculty Associate Emily Bender. In the article “Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype,” Bender and co-author Timnit Gebru, executive director of DAIR, encourage scrutiny […]

Co-Director weighs in on how to evaluate AI labs’ liability

The Wall Street Journal

The growing autonomy of AI is bringing forward numerous legal questions for policymakers as well as top labs. A recent Wall Street Journal article examined the liability potential for companies and what may impact it. Co-Director Ryan Calo spoke to WSJ about how companies might approach their products to best position themselves in these conversations. It […]

September 21, 2026

TPL leaders share insight on current AI risks

UW News

A recent article from UW News aims to dissect the current conversation around the risks of AI and tapped three Tech Policy Lab leaders to work through fact vs. fiction. Co-Directors Ryan Calo and Aylin Caliskan, and Faculty Associate Franziska Roesner, were part of a panel of five for “Q&A: UW researchers respond to recent […]

September 20, 2026

Co-Director sees self-interested undertone in corporate AI discourse

The Seattle Times

While corporations are setting their own codes of conduct around AI development, Co-Director Ryan Calo raises questions about who really benefits. In a recent article in The Seattle Times, Calo speaks on the calls for development slowdowns by labs and notes they may not be fully benevolent. “Calo … contends that the theory of a […]

September 10, 2026

Article highlights TPL alumna’s research examining how AI-generated content is determined

The Atlantic

The “Dead Internet” theory is re-emerging in tandem with the rise of AI chatbots, according to a new article in The Atlantic that cites a paper published by UW researchers. AI and chatbots are becoming more prevalent in communications, and users are starting to push back. The paper, “Is This AI? Longitudinal Analysis of Strategies […]