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Wednesday, June 07, 2023

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MFIA Research Fuels New Connecticut Law Regulating State Use of Algorithms
A landmark law to regulate use of artificial intelligence by Connecticut state government draws from research by the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School.
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In a scene from the documentary Pay or Die, James Holt Jr. and Nicole Smith Holt hold a photo of their late son, Alec. Alec Holt died at age 26 — weeks after aging out of his parents’ health insurance — when he rationed insulin because he could not afford its $1,300 monthly cost. Students in DocProject, a program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, provided legal review for the film. (Photo: Scott Alexander Ruderman)
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Advancing technologies raise important ethics issues, said Professor William Eskridge Jr. ’78.
Monday, April 24, 2023

Visiting Lecturer in Law DeMaurice “De” Smith, executive director of the National Football League Players Association, taught Law, Leadership, and Ethics in Sports Leagues at the Law School this spring.
Event
Daniel J. Solove, Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law
12:10PM to 1:30PM
SLB Room 128
Event
Platforms & Cultural Production, Dr. David B. Nieborg, Assoc. Professor, University of Toronto
12:10PM to 1:30PM
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Steven Feldstein, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
12:10PM to 1:30PM
SLB Room 128
Thursday, August 17, 2023
In The Press
‘This Is an Existential Threat’: Will AI Really Eliminate Actors and Ruin Hollywood? Insiders Sound Off
Variety
Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 discusses filmmaking and artificial intelligence.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
In The Press
Deus Ex Machina: The Dangers of AI Godbots — A Commentary by Webb Keane and Scott J. Shapiro ’90
The Spectator
Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. Webb Keane is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.
Thursday, July 6, 2023
In The Press
Decoding the Information Age with Scott Shapiro
Why is This Happening?: The Chris Hayes Podcast
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 discusses the history of hacking and the future of cybercrime.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
In The Press
How Monero Became Extremists’ Privacy Coin of Choice
Fast Company
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro discusses whether cryptocurrencies that shield users’ indentities should be regulated.
Monday, June 12, 2023
In The Press
Hacking and Cybercrime
BBC4
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro answers the question “Just how safe is the online world?”
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
In The Press
In ‘Fancy Bear Goes Phishing,’ Tales of Harmful Hacks
The New York Times
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, the new book by Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro, is reviewed.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
In The Press
How to protect yourself from getting hacked, according to a Yale professor
CNN’s Nightcap
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90 discusses ways that cybercrime can be slowed at the user level.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
In The Press
This Is Why I Teach My Law Students How to Hack— A Commentary by Scott J. Shapiro
The New York Times
Scott J. Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School.
Friday, May 19, 2023
In The Press
Procedural Justice Can Address Generative Ai’s Trust/Legitimacy Problem — A Commentary by Tracey Meares, Sudhir Venkatesh, and Matt Katsaros
TechCrunch
Tracey L. Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and a Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
In The Press
‘Fancy Bear Goes Phishing’ Review: The Art of Hacking Humans
The Wall Street Journal
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, the new book by Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law Scott J. Shapiro, is reviewed.