Amy Keller
@amyekeller.bsky.social
#ConsumerProtection and #Privacy attorney. Fan of dogs and democracy. Go Blue! Nazis and fascists are bad. Posts are my own personal views and opinions.
Illinois v. Trump: TRO granted in ruling from the bench in a thoughtful and careful analysis by Judge Perry. Memorandum opinion coming tomorrow.
October 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Illinois v. Trump: TRO granted in ruling from the bench in a thoughtful and careful analysis by Judge Perry. Memorandum opinion coming tomorrow.
We haven’t yet figured out how to effectively train AI on stuff that hasn’t happened—like deescalation to avoid war. So integration of more AI in war and defense will invariably lead to more aggression. Not great. Buckle up.
The Pentagon is racing to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia.
Where will that lead?
Read the full story: ow.ly/fxkN50WQT53
Where will that lead?
Read the full story: ow.ly/fxkN50WQT53
September 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We haven’t yet figured out how to effectively train AI on stuff that hasn’t happened—like deescalation to avoid war. So integration of more AI in war and defense will invariably lead to more aggression. Not great. Buckle up.
Moving fast and breaking things is… bad???
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” fears the technology he helped build could wipe out humanity — and “tech bros” are taking the wrong approach to stop it.
Details: cnn.it/4lv0DOO
Details: cnn.it/4lv0DOO
August 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Moving fast and breaking things is… bad???
What I find so interesting is that the ~*whims*~ of a few billionaires are gonna send the rest of us careening off of a cliff into climate catastrophe and job market collapse. We’re all buckled into a ride that they’re just…kinda…building…without any major regulation. Just vibes.
Zuckerberg claims ‘superintelligence is now in sight’ as Meta lavishes billions on AI
Zuckerberg claims ‘superintelligence is now in sight’ as Meta lavishes billions on AI
Ahead of Meta’s quarterly earnings report, CEO says his company aims to bring powerful AI into the lives of millions
Whether it’s poaching top talent away from competitors, acquiring AI startups or proclaiming that it will build data centers the size of Manhattan, Meta has been on a spending spree to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities for the better part of a month.
In a new memo posted on Wednesday ahead of the company’s quarterly earnings report, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg describes his ambitions for developing what he calls “superintelligence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What I find so interesting is that the ~*whims*~ of a few billionaires are gonna send the rest of us careening off of a cliff into climate catastrophe and job market collapse. We’re all buckled into a ride that they’re just…kinda…building…without any major regulation. Just vibes.
AI relies upon theft.
“What it really does is remove the barrier of skill. It lets people pretend they’re filmmakers when they’re not, by prompting software that wouldn’t even function without having stolen a hundred years of film and TV production made by real filmmakers.” www.latimes.com/entertainme...
De-aged stars, cloned voices, resuscitated dead icons: AI is changing the art and business of acting
AI isn’t hovering at the edges of acting anymore. It has reshaped faces, smoothed dialogue and fast-tracked everything from dubbing to reshoots. And its reach is growing.
www.latimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
AI relies upon theft.
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If we lose the ability to observe chain of thought (CoT) in AI models, stuff’s gonna go south REAL QUICK, you guys. Pay attention.
www.zdnet.com/article/rese...
www.zdnet.com/article/rese...
Researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google issue joint AI safety warning - here's why
Monitoring AI's train of thought is critical for improving AI safety and catching deception. But we're at risk of losing this ability.
www.zdnet.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If we lose the ability to observe chain of thought (CoT) in AI models, stuff’s gonna go south REAL QUICK, you guys. Pay attention.
www.zdnet.com/article/rese...
www.zdnet.com/article/rese...
A family came to Chicago seeking asylum. He was deported. Now she wants to leave. A heartbreaking account. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
A family came to Chicago seeking asylum. He was deported. Now she wants to leave.
They came for the ‘American Dream.’ He says conditions in detention were ‘inhumane.’ Now, she’s enrolled in the government’s program to self-deport.
chicago.suntimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A family came to Chicago seeking asylum. He was deported. Now she wants to leave. A heartbreaking account. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
“AI” is destroying us in so many ways.
A 2024 study found that 58 per cent of English majors at two Midwestern universities had so much trouble interpreting the opening paragraphs of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens that “they would not be able to read the novel on their own.”
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“AI” is destroying us in so many ways.
The TCPA has been quite gutted in recent decisions and does little to protect consumers from unwanted calls. Now that AI is involved? Welcome to the fourth circle of hell.
AI marketing meets the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: innovation at the legal edge reut.rs/44wUWuH
AI marketing meets the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: innovation at the legal edge
Marc Jacobs of Michelman & Robinson LLP discusses the reemergence of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in business development strategies.
reut.rs
July 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The TCPA has been quite gutted in recent decisions and does little to protect consumers from unwanted calls. Now that AI is involved? Welcome to the fourth circle of hell.
Perfect being the enemy of the good, here. Prepare to go hunting for how to cancel subscriptions, again.
Court cancels FTC click-to-cancel rule on a technicality
Court cancels FTC click-to-cancel rule on a technicality
Welcome back to the age of dark patterns
The US was supposed to celebrate the enforcement date for an FTC rule requiring companies to offer simple, clear, one-click subscription cancellations next Monday, but a panel of appeals court judges has decided otherwise.…
dlvr.it
July 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Perfect being the enemy of the good, here. Prepare to go hunting for how to cancel subscriptions, again.
After several lawsuits, AT&T finally offers SIM swap protection. Hope springs eternal.
AT&T Finally Offers Protection Against SIM Swap Attacks
AT&T Finally Offers Protection Against SIM Swap Attacks
AT&T now offers an Account Lock feature that can protect customers from attacks that intercept messages and security codes. It's a setting available for post- and pre-paid consumers in the myAT&T app. Business customers can access Account Lock from their account controls on the web site. Other carriers already offer similar tools.
www.phonescoop.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
After several lawsuits, AT&T finally offers SIM swap protection. Hope springs eternal.
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The web scraping wars continue: www.wired.com/story/cloudf...
Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default
The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.
www.wired.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The web scraping wars continue: www.wired.com/story/cloudf...
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Kinda funny AI commercials don't have a person asking the AI to do the kind of task they'd actually ask of a person with a brain.
At various points I've tested AI products by asking them to do things I'd ask of an intern, secretary, or paralegal. 100% failure rate.
At various points I've tested AI products by asking them to do things I'd ask of an intern, secretary, or paralegal. 100% failure rate.
every AI phone commercial is just someone having an extended, spoken conversation that could also have been a Google search before Google turned into AI slop
June 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Kinda funny AI commercials don't have a person asking the AI to do the kind of task they'd actually ask of a person with a brain.
At various points I've tested AI products by asking them to do things I'd ask of an intern, secretary, or paralegal. 100% failure rate.
At various points I've tested AI products by asking them to do things I'd ask of an intern, secretary, or paralegal. 100% failure rate.
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Sorry to hear Brian Wilson has died. The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers, from "Surfin' Safari" on.
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sorry to hear Brian Wilson has died. The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers, from "Surfin' Safari" on.
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Today's reading distraction: "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" (2025) by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today's reading distraction: "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" (2025) by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
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At the same time, in court:
“We own none of this. Not our fault. And even if it was our fault, no one suffered any damages. That credit card fraud? Couldn’t be us. Identity theft? Probably the individual’s fault.”
“We own none of this. Not our fault. And even if it was our fault, no one suffered any damages. That credit card fraud? Couldn’t be us. Identity theft? Probably the individual’s fault.”
90% of the emails I receive: We f*ck3d up. BIG TIME. All of our customer data has been leaked to evildoers and we 👏 own 👏 that 👏
And call us old fashioned, but we think it’s our DUTY to our loyal customers to offer 5% off your next order. Because that’s just what we believe in.
Me: ooh thank you 😌
And call us old fashioned, but we think it’s our DUTY to our loyal customers to offer 5% off your next order. Because that’s just what we believe in.
Me: ooh thank you 😌
June 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
At the same time, in court:
“We own none of this. Not our fault. And even if it was our fault, no one suffered any damages. That credit card fraud? Couldn’t be us. Identity theft? Probably the individual’s fault.”
“We own none of this. Not our fault. And even if it was our fault, no one suffered any damages. That credit card fraud? Couldn’t be us. Identity theft? Probably the individual’s fault.”
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The Onion does not use AI in any way. Our newspaper is proudly made by actual living people. AI makes bad, boring shit, and people make art. Subscribe to us instead:
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June 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Onion does not use AI in any way. Our newspaper is proudly made by actual living people. AI makes bad, boring shit, and people make art. Subscribe to us instead:
membership.theonion.com
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Just saw a TikTok of a kiosk in a Chinese airport that when you look at it, it shows you your flight info and which way to walk to your gate.
Like, *your* flight info.
Fast and reliable facial recognition is here and we need to think hard about how to regulate it, not hide from it.
Like, *your* flight info.
Fast and reliable facial recognition is here and we need to think hard about how to regulate it, not hide from it.
June 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just saw a TikTok of a kiosk in a Chinese airport that when you look at it, it shows you your flight info and which way to walk to your gate.
Like, *your* flight info.
Fast and reliable facial recognition is here and we need to think hard about how to regulate it, not hide from it.
Like, *your* flight info.
Fast and reliable facial recognition is here and we need to think hard about how to regulate it, not hide from it.
“Move fast and break things.” #AI
Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline
Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch
Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.
techcrunch.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Move fast and break things.” #AI
The complaint alleges that the U.S. Government used Native Nations’ own funds to finance a program of prison-like boarding schools, spread throughout the United States, designed to separate Native children from their families, and destroy their language, customs, and cultural identities.
Native Tribes File Landmark Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Indian Boarding School Program
Lawsuit Alleges U.S. Government Violated Trust Responsibilities, Misused Tribal Funds
dicellolevitt.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The complaint alleges that the U.S. Government used Native Nations’ own funds to finance a program of prison-like boarding schools, spread throughout the United States, designed to separate Native children from their families, and destroy their language, customs, and cultural identities.
“…growing recognition that women’s pain should be treated.” Wild headline. Wait until you hear about what they do during a colposcopy.
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
Doctors urged to treat pain for IUD insertion and other procedures
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
www.npr.org
May 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“…growing recognition that women’s pain should be treated.” Wild headline. Wait until you hear about what they do during a colposcopy.