Rising AI demand is expanding global data centers, potentially threatening water reserves and sparking calls for greater transparency. Data centers are essential computational infrastructure, powering nearly all of today’s digital activities, especially…
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Terms of service are essentially public law for the internet, with no oversight. Contracts rule the digital world. Today’s terms of service dictate Americans’ speech rights, privacy rights, and even Fourth Amendment rights.…
To harmonize cyber regulations, researchers and the government must first understand disharmonies and their causes. If a large U.S. company suffers a data breach, losing a substantial amount of sensitive or personal…
Large language models cannot eliminate the need for human judgment in constitutional law. Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have improved at a dizzying pace, leading some judges, lawyers, and…
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. The U.S. government and lawmakers are scrambling to deal with the ongoing compromise of U.S. telecommunications companies by a Chinese…
The U.S. has invited a conundrum for the Department of Justice upon itself. On Aug. 9, an ad hoc United Nations committee unanimously adopted draft language for a new cybercrime convention (the Draft Convention).…
The new UN cybercrime convention left everyone unhappy. But is that necessarily the sign of a good compromise? They say that a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy. That may very well be…
Teenagers use generative artificial intelligence for many purposes, including emotional support and social interactions. A study by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers found that parents have little understanding of GAI, how their children use…
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The SEC’s cyber disclosure rule underscores the need for regulatory harmonization post-Loper Bright. CISA’s rules offer a solution. On Nov. 6, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) proposed a new cyber rule, with the…
A news story used brokered location data to track military personnel—illuminating a considerable threat to national security. They tracked phones traveling from U.S. military barracks in Germany to work buildings, Italian restaurants,…
