Anjana Susarla
@asusarla.bsky.social
Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI at the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Some of my general writings can be found at: https://anjanasusarla.substack.com
Some of my general writings can be found at: https://anjanasusarla.substack.com
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A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of the key arguments in the ruling.
Key Excerpts: Meta Wins Bout with FTC Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals | TechPolicy.Press
A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist. Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of the key arguments in the ruling.
www.techpolicy.press
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of the key arguments in the ruling.
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Meta isn't a monopoly, a judge ruled today, because it competes with YouTube and TikTok.
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta is not an illegal monopoly, judge rules
District Judge James E. Boasberg rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s argument that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Meta isn't a monopoly, a judge ruled today, because it competes with YouTube and TikTok.
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Just a few years ago the economics profession completely marginalized @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for speaking out on this matter.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just a few years ago the economics profession completely marginalized @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for speaking out on this matter.
the new Frankenstein movie offers great parallels to the current top down discourse around AI
In the age of AI, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein gets the monster right:
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
the new Frankenstein movie offers great parallels to the current top down discourse around AI
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Cuts to NIH grants have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, with infectious disease research hit especially hard. A stark example of the real-world repercussions of Trump and co.'s health policy 🧪 my latest:
NIH grant cuts have disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds
The second Trump administration has been defined by widespread cuts to federal spending, including at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | The second Trump administration has been defined by wid...
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cuts to NIH grants have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, with infectious disease research hit especially hard. A stark example of the real-world repercussions of Trump and co.'s health policy 🧪 my latest:
In my latest for @forbes.com I look at the complex energy demands from the race to build bigger and better AI models. We need a conversation about energy gentrification, sustainability and impacts on regional economies.
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
When Hyperscalers Meet the Grid: Energy Costs From Frontier AI Models
The growth of hyperscaler data centers needed to train AI models is straining the electricity grid. We need new pricing and policy solutions.
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In my latest for @forbes.com I look at the complex energy demands from the race to build bigger and better AI models. We need a conversation about energy gentrification, sustainability and impacts on regional economies.
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Tell me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection without telling me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection..
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tell me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection without telling me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection..
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Comprehensively covered here americanliterature.com/author/ts-el...
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Comprehensively covered here americanliterature.com/author/ts-el...
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The next online installment of ESTIMATE: The Reduced Form is coming on Dec 11-12. I've continued to unify and expand regression-based methods to apply to exit, non-binary treatments, DDD, discrete outcomes, and more.
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
Estimate Reduced Form | Economics | Michigan State University
econ.msu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The next online installment of ESTIMATE: The Reduced Form is coming on Dec 11-12. I've continued to unify and expand regression-based methods to apply to exit, non-binary treatments, DDD, discrete outcomes, and more.
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
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I wrote a skeptic's guide to how to use AI, out soon.
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
How to AI by Christopher Mims: 9798217086184 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I wrote a skeptic's guide to how to use AI, out soon.
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
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New podcast! I discussed whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a potential crash could reshape policy and public sentiment with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
www.techpolicy.press
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New podcast! I discussed whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a potential crash could reshape policy and public sentiment with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
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Final call for papers for the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Final call for papers for the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
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NBER launches initiative on economic measurement. nber.org/news/nber-la...
NBER Launches Initiative on Economic Measurement
nber.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NBER launches initiative on economic measurement. nber.org/news/nber-la...
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"Emotional conversations were also common in the conversations analyzed by The Post... In some chats, the AI tool could be seen adapting to match a user’s viewpoint, creating a kind of personalized echo chamber in which ChatGPT endorsed falsehoods and conspiracy theories."
How people really use ChatGPT, according to 47,000 conversations shared online
What do people ask the popular chatbot? We analyzed thousands of chats to identify common topics discussed by users and patterns in ChatGPT’s responses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Emotional conversations were also common in the conversations analyzed by The Post... In some chats, the AI tool could be seen adapting to match a user’s viewpoint, creating a kind of personalized echo chamber in which ChatGPT endorsed falsehoods and conspiracy theories."
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I put it back up, although I may end up eventually taking it down if I just burn through all the searches (it's not free, shocker!)
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I put it back up, although I may end up eventually taking it down if I just burn through all the searches (it's not free, shocker!)
💯 ..truly sickens me to hear this discourse of underage girls..
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
💯 ..truly sickens me to hear this discourse of underage girls..
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I know that big numbers have lost all meaning in A.I., and this one is a forecast.
But truly:
"OpenAI forecasts its operating losses that year to swell to about $74 billion"
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
But truly:
"OpenAI forecasts its operating losses that year to swell to about $74 billion"
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
Anthropic Is on Track to Turn a Profit Much Faster Than OpenAI
Financial documents from both companies show the different approaches they are taking to the AI boom.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I know that big numbers have lost all meaning in A.I., and this one is a forecast.
But truly:
"OpenAI forecasts its operating losses that year to swell to about $74 billion"
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
But truly:
"OpenAI forecasts its operating losses that year to swell to about $74 billion"
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
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you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
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The amount of money that just four companies—Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—have spent on AI projects in the past year could fund the entire SNAP program for four years. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @shiraovide.bsky.social
Analysis | The AI spending frenzy is so huge that it makes no sense
Big companies could fund four years’ worth of SNAP benefits from what they’re spending on AI. It may not be a bubble but the numbers in AI are bonkers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The amount of money that just four companies—Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—have spent on AI projects in the past year could fund the entire SNAP program for four years. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... by @shiraovide.bsky.social
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Econ, artificial intelligence and machine learning …
#EconConf #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/econ...
#EconConf #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/econ...
Economics and CS (AI+ML) in Ithaca in June: call for papers
marketdesigner.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Econ, artificial intelligence and machine learning …
#EconConf #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/econ...
#EconConf #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/econ...
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“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Our forthcoming NeurIPS position paper, led by @aolteanu.bsky.social, makes this argument (along with several related ones) in more depth. Rigorous AI/ML work should flow from explicit and rigorous premises, not just have a final evaluation that checks some rigor boxes. arxiv.org/abs/2506.14652
Rigor in AI: Doing Rigorous AI Work Requires a Broader, Responsible AI-Informed Conception of Rigor
In AI research and practice, rigor remains largely understood in terms of methodological rigor -- such as whether mathematical, statistical, or computational methods are correctly applied. We argue th...
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Our forthcoming NeurIPS position paper, led by @aolteanu.bsky.social, makes this argument (along with several related ones) in more depth. Rigorous AI/ML work should flow from explicit and rigorous premises, not just have a final evaluation that checks some rigor boxes. arxiv.org/abs/2506.14652
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How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans:
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans:
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...