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Fan of computers, empiricism, creativity, California. Consulting now, former: Public Policy at Google X, Google, Creative Commons
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Amazon licensing the NYT recipe hub is sparking joy. Send help.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

TNG Chain of Command Part 2, but instead of Captain Picard it's two heavily diversified media conglomerates attempting to merge, and instead of 'five lights' it's ending DEI programs and journalistic independence. FCC is Cardassia, Schumer is Jelico

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

I regret to inform you this is a thing I just read with my own eyes (p 28) www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Clay Shirky should write a follow-up book on synthetic friends called "Here Comes Nobody"

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Calling for a pause on Men until we can figure this out

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Filmmaker James Cameron with simple, cogent advice for the AI copyfight - focus on outputs, not training inputs. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Reading between the lines, Schumer’s theory seems to be that SCOTUS is likely to rule on impoundment by September; that will crack the coalition dynamics that made it possible for House Rs to pass this CR; and budget talks will revert to “normal,” where House Rs can’t pass anything without D help.

submitted 84 days ago • 46 comments

tired: give exclusive to mainstream outlet wired: build audience and capacity for 1st party media inspired: give exclusive to trump

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Damian Lewis is Kierkegaard

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

First AI fair use ruling, but probably of little predictive value for the big pending genAI cases, as it involved an AI developer that copied Westlaw headnotes to train a legal research model to directly compete with Westlaw (at least that's how the court describes it).

submitted 114 days ago • 3 comments

[as I'm being mechanically harvested to feed the solar overmind's insatiable appetites] this is definitely a violation of the llama acceptable use policy

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

can't wait to see what hand gestures Australian teenagers show the government www.npr.org/2024/12/19/n...

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Fire sale!

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

can't a guy just learn to play kashakas in his own home

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

Also responsible for profits 🤦

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

The timing of this is truly bizarre. One of the most puzzling decisions in recent memory. www.theverge.com/2025/1/14/24...

submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

Life news: I'm officially partnered up with Derek and Betsy at Proteus Strategies, offering our brand of policy strategy & execution to some of the world's most exciting companies and civil society orgs. Super excited for 2025! More on the job website: www.linkedin.com/posts/alxkoz...

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

wrote about trying to find an album heavier than dopesmoker www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/243...

submitted 155 days ago • 16 comments

A venture firm for technology companies that pose no risk to humanity in any way.

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting. "Any text, images or videos created by these ‘user chatbots’ is ‘user-generated content’ and is regulated by the Act." www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

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Peter Henderson and I have a new paper on the problems that stem from the fact that AI companies purport to restrict various uses of their services, including use by competitors, but don't actually have any copyright in the things that are likely to be used. 1/2 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 178 days ago • 1 comment

something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens

submitted 184 days ago • 84 comments