September 10, 2022
Co-Director on the Fast-evolving Regulatory Landscape for Robots
GeekWire
Both the WeRobot 2022 conference and TPL Co-Director Ryan Calo were recently featured in an article by GeekWire exploring the future of robotics law. The annual WeRobot conference, which will be hosted by the Tech Policy Lab this year, attracts scholars and technologists from around the world to discuss the latest legal and policy questions […]
MoreJuly 30, 2022
Co-Director on Robots and Safety
NPR
After a chess-playing robot broke a seven-year old boy’s finger at the Moscow Open chess tournament this week, an NPR article questioned whether robots might soon pose a imminent danger to humans. However, TPL Co-Director Ryan Calo was skeptical that the Moscow incident was the result of a robotic grudge, telling NPR, “I think the […]
MoreJuly 8, 2022
TPL Security Cards Cited as High Quality Threat Model
Splunk
The Tech Policy Lab’s “Security Cards” methodology was cited by an article in Splunk as a high-quality threat model. The Security Cards were developed in 2013 to help identity computer system threats by asking probing questions around four dimensions: adversary’s motives, adversary’s resources, adversary’s methods, and human impact. The article praised Security Cards for their […]
MoreJuly 1, 2022
Co-Director on Privacy in wake of Dobbs Decision
USA Today
A new article in USA Today examines Google’s announcement that it will automatically delete location data for visits to “particularly personal” medical facilities, including abortion clinics. The policy comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, which has raised new fears that personal data may be used by authorities in states where […]
MoreJune 30, 2022
Co-Director on the Metaverse and Human Values
Pew Research Center
Batya Friedman, co-director of the Tech Policy Lab and professor of human-computer interaction at the University of Washington, was among a group of global thought leaders selected by Pew Research Center to share their views on the future of the metaverse. Professsor Friedman highlighted the relatively “impoverished” nature of the metaverse with respect to human […]
MoreJune 28, 2022
Co-Director Named Chair of Data Privacy Panel at the World Bank
World Bank
TPL Co-Director Ryan Calo was appointed by the World Bank Group President as Chair of the newly-formed External Expert Reviewer (EER) panel. The three-member panel, composed of experts from across the globe, acts as an independent second-tier review body for complaints regarding violations of the World Bank Privacy Policy with respect to personal data. Professor […]
MoreJune 27, 2022
Co-Director on Privacy and Markets
Slate
A recent article in Slate written by Danielle Citron, whom the Lab will host as part of the Distinguished Lecture series later this year, advocates for the need to strengthen privacy protections for intimate and reproductive data in light of the Supreme Court’s decision overruling Roe v. Wade. In the article, Citron extends Co-Director Ryan […]
MoreJune 14, 2022
Co-Director Appointed Head of Technology and Equity Research at ID.me
Yahoo!
TPL Co-Director Yoshi Kohno was recently appointed Head of Technology and Equity Research at ID.me, a secure identity verification service with over 90 million users. Previously, ID.me also established a Privacy Bill of Rights and committed to their “No Identity Left Behind” initiative, which seeks to include people who traditionally have difficulty verifying their digital […]
MoreMay 4, 2022
Co-Director highlights biggest obstacle to widespread adoption of self-driving technology
Politico
Politico recently discussed the future of self-driving cars and the acceleration of technological advances. Ryan Calo, co-director of the Tech Policy Lab and Law professor at the University of Washington, pointed out that “The biggest roadblock is not law. The federal government and several states have given the green light. The biggest roadblock is that robotics […]
MoreApril 27, 2022
Co-Director Featured on NIST Workshop Panel on AI Risk Management Framework
NIST
TPL Co-Director Batya Friedman was featured on a panel discussing how to keep human values and ethics at the core of AI design at a NIST workshop on AI risk management framework. NIST stands for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and is part of the US Department of Commerce. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2022/03/building-nist-ai-risk-management-framework-workshop-2
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