Brett Frischmann
@brettfrischmann.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary researcher & teacher (Villanova Univ.). Infrastructure. Knowledge Commons. Re-Engineering Humanity. Tech & Humanity/Society. IP Theory. Lately, Friction-in-design, Age Gating. TEDx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgbC3hmhHAU
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
In class today, we get to revisit this piece from 2018 cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2018/11...
Unfortunately, most of the arguments remain relevant
Unfortunately, most of the arguments remain relevant
The Promise and Peril of Personalization
Authored by Brett Frischmann and Deven Desai
Google, Amazon, and many other digital tech companies celebrate their ability to deliver personalized services. Netflix aims to provide personalized enter...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In class today, we get to revisit this piece from 2018 cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2018/11...
Unfortunately, most of the arguments remain relevant
Unfortunately, most of the arguments remain relevant
You seem surprised. This happens all the time I stopped getting bothered by the practice a few years ago.
I do not know the author, but this really chaps my hide. It reads like a blended smoothie made of the work of everyone in my field (myself included - ‘AI is a mirror’, okay) without attribution or even any mention of the field, nor a single one of us who have built it for the past decade. WTF
AI Regulation is Not Enough. We Need AI Morals
"The challenge of our time is to keep moral intelligence in step with machine intelligence."
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You seem surprised. This happens all the time I stopped getting bothered by the practice a few years ago.
How people use, or importantly, get used by, ChatGPT. It’s misleading from the get go to refer to these engineered interactions as chats and conversations. I suppose that ship has sailed (like referring to supposedly smart tech as AI). Mounting evidence of manipulative design, engineered sycophancy
"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 12:35 PM
How people use, or importantly, get used by, ChatGPT. It’s misleading from the get go to refer to these engineered interactions as chats and conversations. I suppose that ship has sailed (like referring to supposedly smart tech as AI). Mounting evidence of manipulative design, engineered sycophancy
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If your post about your research starts with "Breaking:" ... well, I'm surprised you expect other researchers to take you seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If your post about your research starts with "Breaking:" ... well, I'm surprised you expect other researchers to take you seriously.
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We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold". indeed, so stupid
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold". indeed, so stupid
That’s my oldest son youtu.be/wM8m-99LbxQ?...
Government shutdown leaves AmeriCorps team stranded in Houston without pay
YouTube video by KPRC 2 Click2Houston
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
That’s my oldest son youtu.be/wM8m-99LbxQ?...
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LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
Computational Turing Test Reveals Systematic Differences Between Human and AI Language
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in the social sciences to simulate human behavior, based on the assumption that they can generate realistic, human-like text. Yet this assumption rem...
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
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60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is currently being described as “nuts.” There are all sorts of crazy moments to call out, but let’s start with the recursively meta nonsense. 60 Minutes edited out a segment where Donald Trump tells them to edit out a segment in which he brags about getting CBS to pay him because of them editing out part of an answer by Kamala Harris, and he notes that CBS clearly did the wrong thing in editing Harris in the same fucking sentence he tells them to edit out what he’s saying.
www.techdirt.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
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Budget robot vacuum that ran sophisticated mapping software phoned home with everything including info about the home network. When an engineer blocked the secret uploads the makers bricked it. Turns out paranoia about"smart devices is fully justified.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started ...
codetiger.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Budget robot vacuum that ran sophisticated mapping software phoned home with everything including info about the home network. When an engineer blocked the secret uploads the makers bricked it. Turns out paranoia about"smart devices is fully justified.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
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A "close call" on deference to the executive's determination of an emergency?
If trade deficits are an emergency, then so are Tuesdays. The word loses all meaning.
See the brief signed by leading economists (and me):
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
If trade deficits are an emergency, then so are Tuesdays. The word loses all meaning.
See the brief signed by leading economists (and me):
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A "close call" on deference to the executive's determination of an emergency?
If trade deficits are an emergency, then so are Tuesdays. The word loses all meaning.
See the brief signed by leading economists (and me):
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
If trade deficits are an emergency, then so are Tuesdays. The word loses all meaning.
See the brief signed by leading economists (and me):
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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"This has nothing to do with policy. This certainly has nothing to do with leadership. It’s just a Presidency that is there to troll people it doesn’t like. That’s literally all they do."
Great column from @mmasnick.bsky.social at Techdirt that dovetails with what I've been thinking.
Great column from @mmasnick.bsky.social at Techdirt that dovetails with what I've been thinking.
Trump’s Government Of Spite: Political Performance Art For Assholes
A couple weeks ago, as millions of Americans took to the streets in what may have been the largest single day of protest in U.S. history, the President of the United States responded by… posting a …
www.techdirt.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"This has nothing to do with policy. This certainly has nothing to do with leadership. It’s just a Presidency that is there to troll people it doesn’t like. That’s literally all they do."
Great column from @mmasnick.bsky.social at Techdirt that dovetails with what I've been thinking.
Great column from @mmasnick.bsky.social at Techdirt that dovetails with what I've been thinking.
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microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
What a fantastic paper!!! Really well researched, case studies, interviews, history, theory, genuinely adds new insights … and relevant
Highly recommended
Highly recommended
Excited that my new article is now out in the @yalelawjournal.bsky.social! The article takes a look at intramural research (R&D funded and performed by the government) from an innovation law perspective: yalelawjournal.org/article/gove...
Government Research | Yale Law Journal
Previous scholarship has analyzed a host of innovation institutions––including patents, prizes, and grants––but has overlooked government-conducted...
yalelawjournal.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What a fantastic paper!!! Really well researched, case studies, interviews, history, theory, genuinely adds new insights … and relevant
Highly recommended
Highly recommended
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Excited that my new article is now out in the @yalelawjournal.bsky.social! The article takes a look at intramural research (R&D funded and performed by the government) from an innovation law perspective: yalelawjournal.org/article/gove...
Government Research | Yale Law Journal
Previous scholarship has analyzed a host of innovation institutions––including patents, prizes, and grants––but has overlooked government-conducted...
yalelawjournal.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Excited that my new article is now out in the @yalelawjournal.bsky.social! The article takes a look at intramural research (R&D funded and performed by the government) from an innovation law perspective: yalelawjournal.org/article/gove...
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Unitary executive theory is not wearing well, to say the least. Soon the judges and legal scholars who hatched it (based mostly on some tiny bits and pieces of constitutional text and a tendentious historical account) are going to be lepers. And they are going to richly deserve it.
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Unitary executive theory is not wearing well, to say the least. Soon the judges and legal scholars who hatched it (based mostly on some tiny bits and pieces of constitutional text and a tendentious historical account) are going to be lepers. And they are going to richly deserve it.
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Literally admitting that he's starving kids to put political pressure on his opponents.
BASH: Even Hawley says you should move money around to feed people. Why not consider it?
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Literally admitting that he's starving kids to put political pressure on his opponents.
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Love your neighbors, cover your Rings if you have em
‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Love your neighbors, cover your Rings if you have em
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Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
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November 15 is the deadline for the call for papers for the 2026 University of Cambridge Disinformation Summit, 8-10 April 2026.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Cambridge disinformation summit (2026) - Cambridge Judge Business School
Connect with Cambridge Judge! Explore our full calendar of upcoming events, learn about our programmes and connect with world-class speakers.
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