Alicia Solow-Niederman

Top Papers on AI in Law This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q1 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.

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Join us for a discussion on @daniel-solove.bsky.social's newest book, 𝙊𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮.

Panelists include:
- margotkaminski.bsky.social
- paulohm.bsky.social
- aliciasn.bsky.social

📅 Thu, Sept. 25 | 🕓 4–5 PM
📍 Tasher Great Room, Jacob Burns Law Library
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Privacy & AI PSA: As of Sept. 28, Anthropic's privacy policy requires users to opt out of data sharing, w/ a pre-checked box that defaults to sharing (e.g., you'll share your data to help train the model, unless you toggle off when you get the notice). Curious if EU folks have the same pop up?

Article abstract

I'm delighted to share that my article, AI and Doctrinal Collapse, is forthcoming in Stanford Law Review! Draft at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

too embarrassing to confess, but effective! :)

Yes! I did this, and especially in the era of zoom interviews + call backs, it made a huge difference.

Abstract for paper

I’m excited to share my latest draft, developing a “demand side” theory of AI to complement the supply chain and focus on emergent human interactions in, out, and via GenAI systems. Comments welcome! Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Wonderful, many thanks! Will email you.

AI hivemind: Is anyone tracking updates to company privacy policies / GenAI ToS and whether there are correlations with legal and policy developments? Noticed a new Grok privacy policy on 4/25, and I'm wondering if it's a reaction to the Irish DPA or a signal of an upcoming product announcement.

Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump (Gift Article) Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service will offer more individualized representation.

Lawyers looking to make a difference, please consider: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b... (and I'm so proud of my sister for her hard work behind the scenes on this)

The FTC has long been structured as an independent agency, and Humphrey’s Executor remains good law. Firing its democratic commissioners is a blatantly unlawful move, calculated to disempower the agency that’s best-positioned to actually change business models and contend with AI and privacy harms.

Analysis | Concerns about DOGE’s data grab fuel push to update privacy law Massachusetts Democrat plans bill to toughen Watergate-era restrictions on government use of personal data.

New: @trahan.house.gov will announce today a push to modernize a 50-year-old federal privacy law in response to concerns that Elon Musk's DOGE is improperly accessing and potentially mishandling Americans' personal data. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

PERSEPHONE: Eat that forbidden fruit

Thank you for your thoughtful engagement with all of our pieces! One of the things that I love about academia is the chance to be in conversation with other scholars, and I'm grateful for the chance to learn from the other contributors and from your response. Here's to future discussions!

🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵

Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...

Call for Papers: Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 Fourth Annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 Call For Papers Roundtable Emory Law is proud to host the fourth annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence. ...

Call for papers: Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 (April 10-11, 2025). Please see announcement for details. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

To apply to participate, comment, or present, please fill out the google form:( forms.gle/EyUghVd23tEB...). @emorylaw.bsky.social

Link to my Essay, The Overton Window and Privacy Enforcement: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This year’s Winning Privacy Papers to be Honored at the Future of Privacy Forum’s 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Event - Future of Privacy Forum The Future of Privacy Forum’s 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award Recognizes Influential Privacy Research February 3, 2025 — Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — a global non-profi...

I’m excited to share that my work “The Overton Window and Privacy Enforcement” has been selected as a recipient of the @futureofprivacy.bsky.social Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award, and honored to be in such amazing company!

Thank you, @daniel-solove.bsky.social, and congratulations on the recognition for your timely paper with @hartzog.bsky.social!

TFW you're both unbelievably grateful for incisive feedback on a draft and also wondering how on earth you're going to revise to account for it.

AI SYSTEMS AS STATE ACTORS - Columbia Law Review The full text of this essay may be found by clicking the PDF link to the left. Introduction Advocates and experts are increasingly concerned about the rapid intro­duction of artificial intelligence (A...

sigh. I also worry about the lack of referencing what has already been written on point! e.g., here: columbialawreview.org/content/ai-s...

My writing process consists of radical vacillations between "this is BRILLIANT" and "what on earth is this illogical dreck"?

"Masters of Disasters," where we studied the science of failures and how to analyze risk!

It was such a privilege to contribute to the ongoing Balkinization Symposium on @ignaciocofone.bsky.social’s timely book! I argue that taking privacy and power seriously requires engaging with the messy politics of privacy: balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/taki....

📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.

@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...

That makes sense, and is helpful. Thanks!

Merci! Agreed there's a rich tradition of journalistic coverage . communication scholarship to pull on. I'm wondering about a slightly narrower question: studies on conflicting reporting on the exact same AI development. (And it's totally possible I've missed something -- there is so much!)

Seems like an under explored aspect of AI benchmarking and measurement efforts. Because AI is a sociotechnical system, the way that we report on the technology's integration into society -- especially in high-stakes settings -- matters.

Random AM AI thought: Has anyone studied the way that different media outlets cover the same AI developments? Thinking here of conflicting WaPo & NYT headlines on the same study of doctors' use of Chat-GPT: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...) versus www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/h....

Looking to supervise DPhil students on AI regulation or data protection at Oxford - particularly interdisciplinary or comparative law projects. Applications are open until January 29, with details here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/cour.... Please share with students who may be interested!