Trials & Errors

Can NeurIPS Be Required to Reject Papers from Sanctioned Institutions under the First Amendment?

Some quick thoughts and background on the state of the First Amendment.

Mar 26 • Peter Henderson

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September 2025

Quick Take: Are open-weight AI models really getting a fair shake in capabilities evals?

Thoughts on Anthropic's postmortem.

Sep 24, 2025 • Peter Henderson

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AI "Born Secret"? The Atomic Energy Act, AI, and Federalism

A law & policy deep dive.

Sep 17, 2025 • Kylie Zhang and Peter Henderson

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Anthropic Settles Its Copyright Litigation—and Why That Was the Right Move

As well as what it means for the broader landscape of litigation.

Sep 12, 2025 • Peter Henderson

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New Research Alert: Statutory Construction and Interpretation for AI

tldr; Models interpret rules inconsistently, leading to stochastic outcomes. But we can leverage new computational tools to "debug" laws for AI—and make…

Sep 5, 2025 • Peter Henderson

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July 2025

February 2025

Prompts ≠ Authorship?

Lots of AI copyright news, ChatGPT-Gov, DeepSeek, and more...

Feb 14, 2025 • Peter Henderson and Dan Bateyko

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December 2024

AI Terms of Service: Tricks of The Light?

Plus AI in the patent office, open source AI supply chain attacks, and ChatGPT in the courts

Dec 13, 2024 • Peter Henderson and Dan Bateyko

November 2024

AI Law & Policy Update: AI policy after the U.S. election

Also, OpenAI wins a preliminary motion to dismiss in one copyright lawsuit, major AI companies ramp up sales to the military, and the public sector uses…

Nov 13, 2024 • Peter Henderson and Dan Bateyko

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May 2024

AI Law & Policy Update: Copyright Lawsuits Escalate and New AI bills Advance

Artists overcome a motion to dismiss in their lawsuit against image generation systems, new AI Laws are proposed at the federal and state level, and…

May 13, 2024 • Peter Henderson

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April 2024

AI, Law, & Policy Update: From Copyright Disclosures to Privacy Protections

A proposed bill would require disclosure of copyrighted training data, Maryland passes major privacy bills, a judge blocks AI-enhanced video evidence…

Apr 16, 2024 • Peter Henderson

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August 2022

The Law, Policy, & AI Briefing #4

FTC takes action, China publishes algorithm descriptions, and content scanning makes the news (again).

Aug 26, 2022 • Peter Henderson

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