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Tag: Law
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Science & Tech
Where better than universities?
The thorny ethical questions raised by AI demand exhaustive scrutiny, says Ifeoma Ajunwa — not to mention debate. She knows just the place.
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Nation & World
Does the Alaska election lawsuit have a chance?
Scholar says DOJ’s Sullivan claim has ‘no legal basis,’ adding: ‘There can’t be a federal interest in ensuring that the right partisan candidate wins.’
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Science & Tech
‘The bulk of the benefit and the threat is actually humans.’
Isaac Kohane cautions against both doomer and utopian visions of AI: ‘We have agency here.’
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Science & Tech
Is it already too late to reduce catastrophic AI risk?
New Kennedy School ‘pre-mortem’ lays out threats, vulnerabilities, and possible steps, warns firms must act now
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Science & Tech
Who knew self-improvement could be so terrifying?
Contemplating a future where machines break free of human meddling
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Science & Tech
Should quitting smartphones be this hard?
Tips for breaking toxic addiction to tech, even when work won’t let you let go
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Nation & World
What role should ‘diversity,’ ‘pluralism’ play in higher education?
Cornell William Brooks, Kevin Roberts spar over whether race-conscious programs still needed
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Nation & World
Old global order has been ‘ruptured.’ What will new one look like?
Law School initiative examines U.S. national security, role of Congress, emergence of AI in bid to prepare future leaders amid seismic shifts
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Science & Tech
Will Meta settlement reduce physical, mental health risks for young users?
Experts say many of its terms may help limit use, negative social comparisons, but regulation may still be necessary
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Health
Crackers are past date on box. Should I toss them?
Policy expert says new California law highlights need for national standards on safety labels to cut high levels of U.S. food waste
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Nation & World
Making the case for independent science
Med School lecturer nods to wider implications in blueprint for Hungary
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Nation & World
What the framers were really thinking
Origin story of Declaration of Independence involves more than just embrace of Enlightenment ideas, scholars say
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Nation & World
Why we need to break the grip of ‘oldigarchy’
Legal historian’s new book argues older Americans control power, wealth — and lack sense of urgency to fix nation’s most pressing problems
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Nation & World
How AI may change public policy, how we lead
Kennedy School unveils 10-year strategic plan that features robust new focus on promise, perils of technology
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Nation & World
You’re getting a divorce. What happens to the frozen embryo?
Panelists dig into fraught legal, ethical questions at heart of fertility cases
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Science & Tech
Do you have a guilty AI secret?
Media, legal experts discuss angst of individuals over appropriate use of powerful technology as institutions, culture scramble to set boundaries
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Nation & World
Will Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance yield big changes for parties?
Nicholas Stephanopoulos says probably not, but it may make it easier for wealthy donors to bypass individual giving limits
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Science & Tech
Is that bot a Pomeranian or a wolf — and who to sue when it ‘bites’?
Legal expert says canine law provides useful framework for leashing AI
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Nation & World
How liberal Law School professors fueled rise of Federalist Society
New book traces broad campaign to combat what organizers viewed as takeover of nation’s legal system by forces of ‘radical’ liberalism
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Nation & World
Constitution was made to be amended. So what’s stopping us?
Jill Lepore argues in her new Pulitzer-winning history that it desperately needs update, traces emergence of roadblocks
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Work & Economy
Would it be fair if you could bet on date of your college reunion?
Financial regulation expert says greater oversight needed of wager-on-anything prediction markets given risk of insider trading, worsening of gambling problems
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Campus & Community
Lessons from Beyoncé on public policy
Professor sees parallels between songs on overlooked life experiences of the marginalized, unintended gaps in government safety net
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Nation & World
Warning: This debate ‘could be really combustible’
Conservative and progressive law scholars get together to trade views on SCOTUS legitimacy — and prove a chatbot wrong
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Nation & World
Breyer makes case for civic education
Retired SCOTUS justice says path to less polarization runs through the classroom
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Nation & World
Walking in Harvard’s ‘Revolutionary footsteps’
Exhibit traces University’s role in America’s birth — from campus barracks to Founding Father alumni
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Nation & World
Deterring the next nuclear arms race
Experts assess threat landscape amid war, lapsing treaties, declining faith in U.S. security guarantee
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Health
Dangers coming from inside the house
John D. Spengler reflects on 50-year career of clearing the air — including in hockey rinks and on airplanes
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Nation & World
Voting goes to court
Election law expert assesses challenges to state authority as parties look ahead to midterms
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Science & Tech
Time for government, business leaders to figure out AI cybersecurity regulation
Experts say capabilities of agentic AI rising, along with risk to personal data, economy, national security
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Nation & World
How 3 mayors are combating homelessness
City leaders meet to discuss ‘highly visible and highly unacceptable’ crisis
