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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 11h

It's publication day! "The Supply Chain is a Circle: AI, Privacy, and People" is now live. Download here: ndlawreview.org/the-supply-c....

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Colleen Chien @colleenchien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@BerkeleyLaw is hiring a tenured professor in AI, Law and Society, as part of an interdisciplinary campus-wide cluster. Please spread the word, and consider applying! Deadline is September 4. Happy to field questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05397

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Professor - Artificial Intelligence, Inequality, and Society - School of Law

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Interested in chatbots, agencies, and law? I’ve just posted my latest draft, Clickwrap Accountability, which is part of a great Fordham Law Review symposium on GenAI and Con Law! Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

Abstract: Picture a public-facing generative AI chatbot on a government website that can answer questions about benefits eligibility. Systems like these expose a sociotechnical-legal divide: they route around the standard due process framework, because there has been no formal government determination, yet they induce reliance from users, above and beyond past rounds of automated legal guidance. Moreover, if there is an error, current doctrine on government errors and equitable estoppel makes relief unlikely.

This Essay focuses on government deployment of public-facing generative AI chatbots and critically assesses the front-end power dynamics that determine who is filtered out of government programs before traditional procedural protections even attach. The only reliable backstop, right now, is what I call “clickwrap accountability:” a disclaimer, borrowed from contract law, that shifts responsibility for the tool’s performance to its users.

Importing this private law accountability measure into public law is a mistake. And we should know better, given the deficiencies of “notice and choice” consent paradigms in information privacy law and mounting critiques of clickwrap contracts, in general. At a moment when more and more government actors are deploying generative AI chatbots for public-facing services, and when the federal government continues to push for greater AI adoption, we must insist on better public law protections than clickwrap accountability.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thank you to the fabulous @stanlrev.bsky.social editors and to everyone else (too many to name) whose input and support helped me to bring AI and Doctrinal Collapse to fruition. Download here: www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/articl....

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AI and Doctrinal Collapse | Stanford Law Review

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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We filed an amicus brief in Chatrie v. US, which will argued be at SCOTUS in two weeks. Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We had the opportunity to talk with @aliciasn.bsky.social (George Washington University Law) about inter-regime doctrinal collapse in #data governance and AI regulation, privacy, copyright, and standards collide, challenging courts and regulators. Read: spkl.io/63320A29hg #AI #Law

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Meet the Author: Alicia Solow-Niederman

Alicia Solow-NiedermanAssociate Professor of LawGeorge Washington University Law School

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GW Center for Law & Technology: The Bernard Center @gwclt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Aspiring privacy & tech law scholar? GW Law's Privacy and Technology Fellowship is open to candidates from clerkships, private practice, and beyond. Two years of mentoring, research support, and conference funding. Learn more: www.law.gwu.edu/privacy-and-... #LegalAcademia #FutureProfessors

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Thank you to Prof. Stacy-Ann Elvy for the generous Jot of my forthcoming article!

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thank you for your engagement and generative questions and comments, and thank you for the invitation!

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I'm fortunate to be headed to the ISP today for an Ideas Lunch on my paper, retitled "The Supply Chain is a Circle: Emergent Challenges, Privacy, and AI." Can't wait for feedback, community, and of course the silly question!

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Crowdsourcing a nerdy, rather niche Q: Are there any databases of pending GenAI litigation that track which models are (not) involved in a case? Noticed today that the OpenAI MDL doesn't include GPT‑4V, GPT-4.5, or GPT-5 (as of Judge Stein's Oct. 27, 2025 Opinion & Order). Thanks for any leads!

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I'm delighted to share that my article, AI and Doctrinal Collapse (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....), was awarded an honorable mention in the 2026 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition. Congrats to the winner, Prof. Ela Leshem (Fordham) and the other honorable mention, Prof. Roberto Tallarita (Harvard)!

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AI and Doctrinal Collapse

Artificial intelligence runs on data. But the two legal regimes that govern data—information privacy law and copyright law—are under pressure. Formally, each re

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Worried about privacy issues created by human interactions with GenAI systems like OpenAI's new browser (especially w/ agentic capabilities)? My essay on AI's demand side offers a framework to analyze emergent challenges and pinpoint where to intervene for meaningful accountability, over time.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

CFP: Looking to workshop your AI and accountability scholarship in an interdisciplinary environment? Details below on a fabulous upcoming opportunity (October 27 submission deadline).

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Jordan Francis @jordfran.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year. ⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...

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Privacy Papers for Policymakers Call for Papers

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to nominate finished papers for consideration for FPF’s annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers...

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GW Center for Law & Technology: The Bernard Center @gwclt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Join us for a discussion on @daniel-solove.bsky.social's newest book, 𝙊𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮. Panelists include: - margotkaminski.bsky.social - paulohm.bsky.social - aliciasn.bsky.social 📅 Thu, Sept. 25 | 🕓 4–5 PM 📍 Tasher Great Room, Jacob Burns Law Library 🔗 RSVP in comments

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Privacy & AI PSA: As of Sept. 28, Anthropic's privacy policy requires users to opt out of data sharing, w/ a pre-checked box that defaults to sharing (e.g., you'll share your data to help train the model, unless you toggle off when you get the notice). Curious if EU folks have the same pop up?

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I'm delighted to share that my article, AI and Doctrinal Collapse, is forthcoming in Stanford Law Review! Draft at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I’m excited to share my latest draft, developing a “demand side” theory of AI to complement the supply chain and focus on emergent human interactions in, out, and via GenAI systems. Comments welcome! Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

AI hivemind: Is anyone tracking updates to company privacy policies / GenAI ToS and whether there are correlations with legal and policy developments? Noticed a new Grok privacy policy on 4/25, and I'm wondering if it's a reaction to the Irish DPA or a signal of an upcoming product announcement.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The FTC has long been structured as an independent agency, and Humphrey’s Executor remains good law. Firing its democratic commissioners is a blatantly unlawful move, calculated to disempower the agency that’s best-positioned to actually change business models and contend with AI and privacy harms.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 18/03/2025

New: @trahan.house.gov will announce today a push to modernize a 50-year-old federal privacy law in response to concerns that Elon Musk's DOGE is improperly accessing and potentially mishandling Americans' personal data. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Analysis | Concerns about DOGE’s data grab fuel push to update privacy law

Massachusetts Democrat plans bill to toughen Watergate-era restrictions on government use of personal data.

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EPIC @epic.org · 11/02/2025

🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵 Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...

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Matthew Sag @matthewsag.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Call for papers: Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 (April 10-11, 2025). Please see announcement for details. docs.google.com/document/d/1... To apply to participate, comment, or present, please fill out the google form:( forms.gle/EyUghVd23tEB...). @emorylaw.bsky.social

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Call for Papers: Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025

Fourth Annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence 2025 Call For Papers Roundtable Emory Law is proud to host the fourth annual Legal Scholars Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence. ...

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

TFW you're both unbelievably grateful for incisive feedback on a draft and also wondering how on earth you're going to revise to account for it.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It was such a privilege to contribute to the ongoing Balkinization Symposium on @ignaciocofone.bsky.social’s timely book! I argue that taking privacy and power seriously requires engaging with the messy politics of privacy: balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/taki....

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Balkinization: Taking Power Seriously: The Politics of Privacy

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. @smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇 nature.com/articles/s41...

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Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature

A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Random AM AI thought: Has anyone studied the way that different media outlets cover the same AI developments? Thinking here of conflicting WaPo & NYT headlines on the same study of doctors' use of Chat-GPT: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...) versus www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/h....

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Ignacio Cofone @ignaciocofone.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Looking to supervise DPhil students on AI regulation or data protection at Oxford - particularly interdisciplinary or comparative law projects. Applications are open until January 29, with details here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/cour.... Please share with students who may be interested!

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DPhil in Law | Faculty of Law

Programme Full-time study for the DPhil usually comprises three to four years and part-time six to

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Thanks for the shoutout, @jvagle! AI changes social & economic costs of activities in ways that push longstanding legal assumptions about individual privacy & control past their breaking point. And +1 to @schneierblog that the connections b/t competition law/antitrust and privacy law are critical.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Great AI Snake Oil post on genAI lawsuits: www.aisnakeoil.com/p/generative.... As I argue in a forthcoming piece, “Do Cases Generate Bad AI Law?”, the thorniest issues entail mixed legal-social questions about how AI is regulating social affairs, arising from individualized private law claims. [1/2]

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Andrew Selbst @aselbst.bsky.social · 13/01/2024

This is happening, and I couldn’t be more excited to work with Margot and Paul on this! Let’s go!

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

Crowdsourcing: does anyone have tips on how to adapt a clip-on mic to women's clothing? I need to use a lapel mic for my larger classes, but many of my professional outfits don't have pockets or collars in the way the tech assumes . . .

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Interested in the broader social and legal impact of all of the recent generative AI lawsuits? I'm pleased to share a new draft, "Do Cases Generate Bad AI Law?," written as part of Columbia STLR's 2023 symposium. Abstract below; link to paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Really, really thankful to @willknight.bsky.social for covering this *critical* piece of the AI puzzle. It's something few would otherwise pay attention to, yet will affect everything that AI will become. Also great quotes from @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Yacine Jernite! www.wired.com/story/americ...

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America’s Big AI Safety Plan Faces a Budget Crunch

NIST, the US agency Joe Biden tasked with curbing the risks of AI, lacks the necessary resources. Lawmakers are concerned it could be forced to rely on private companies developing the technology.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

fun moments in class prep: that feeling when you realize that you should probably explain the Enron scandal to your students because a good number of them will be too young to know about it (*cues Miley Cyrus "Used to Be Young" and weeps quietly*)

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Thrilled to announce GW Law's brand new Center for Law and Technology! I'm so lucky to be at an institution that's prioritizing this field, and excited to contribute to the future of privacy and tech law: www.law.gwu.edu/gw-law-launc...

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GW Law Launches its New Center for Law and Technology | GW Law | The George Washington University

GW Law proudly unveils its Center for Law and Technology, focusing on Intellectual Property and Privacy and Technology Law.

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Officially, Jerry Frug taught me contracts and local government law. Unofficially, he taught me legal realism and the importance of chasing after work that you love, even when inertia makes it easier to do something else. I'm so fortunate to have learned from him. hls.harvard.edu/today/in-mem...

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

I'm so looking forward to speaking at the 2023 Columbia Science and Technology Law Review symposium, "Accountability and Liability in Generative AI: Challenges and Perspectives," later this week. Please come join us if you're around NYC! RSVP here: forms.gle/Mq61vL7i7HEG....

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Christoph Niemann @christophniemann.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

AI/privacy folks: check out French DPA's public consultation process on AI datasets and initial statements on GDPR & AI. Worth following; a lot of what AI companies can do w/ data in the near term will turn on these kinds of interpretations of existing law. More here: www.cnil.fr/en/artificia....

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Artificial intelligence: CNIL unveils its first answers for innovative and privacy-friendly AI

The CNIL is mobilising for an innovative AI that respects people The development of artificial intelligence brings great technological opportunities in all areas of the economy and society: for instan...

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Salomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Me and @amandaparsons.bsky.social in the @lpeblog.bsky.social today doing some *light* value theory to discuss the complex and messy ways that companies go about cultivating data's use value (prediction value) and converting it (or not!) into wealth (and power) -- and why all this matters legally

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David Bamman @dbamman.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

This might be flying under the radar (so please RT!), but the US Copyright Office is soliciting comments for its decisions on training ML/NLP/AI systems on copyrighted material (even *non*-generative AI). They need to hear from researchers, so please comment! Deadline Oct 30. www.copyright.gov/ai/

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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Tracking AI litigation? Check out this great database (h/t brilliant colleague Bob Brauneis, not on Bluesky): gwtoday.gwu.edu/database-gw-...

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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Looking forward to the first of the @yaleisp.bsky.social ‘s events this academic year. We’ll get to hear @scottjshapiro.bsky.social discussing ‘Fancy Bear Goes Phishing’.

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