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Andrea Matwyshyn

@andreamm.bsky.social
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Professor, Penn State Law & Engineering Me: andreamm.com My labs at Penn State: pilotlab.org & manglonalab.org @andreamm@mastodon.social

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 9h
Taking a beat to appreciate Fat Bear Week. Likely the all-time most successful government social media campaign by every metric. NASA has to send people to space to get the same amount of attention. Remarkable work from NPS every year to coordinate the public observation of fat bears.
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Nate Miller @atarifan2600.bsky.social · 9h
@ubiquity75.xyz I’m not crying over my coffee, you are.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 9h
"Valar Atomic’s [data center] site would include over 400 small reactors near Price, Utah" www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 10h
"Fewer than half of directors (43%) reported that their company’s risk appetite is formally articulated and documented — a percentage that drops to 30% when excluding financial services companies, where regulations mandate stricter procedures around risk appetite." www.ey.com/en_us/board-...
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How boards can support risk-aligned strategy
Boards can strengthen resilience and growth by integrating risk into strategy, defining risk appetite and anticipating emerging threats.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 22/09/2026
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: It’s Fat Bear Week! I do love a fat bear 🐻 explore.org/fat-bear-week
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Fat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Some tasks included placing a compressed-air canister on a lit stove, dropping a power bank into water and mixing bleach with ammonia...[and] stab[bing a]...baby doll...[A] change in context can cause AI models to prioritize task completion over safety guardrails" www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Disturbing Experiment Points to Dangers of Using AI Models Not Meant for Robotics - CNET
The point of the unsafe prompts was to test what happens when you hand physical agency over to LLMs.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When someone else expresses your worldview better than you can
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Staff at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind have also publicly complained of similar issues, with many top researchers quitting due to the mental toll or coming to a belief that their work was unsafe for public release." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society
Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The law firm representing the family said Uber had initially proposed a settlement that would give the parents $10m and require them not to speak about the incident, which they declined." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Uber ordered to pay $40m to family of woman killed after driver left her on highway
The 23-year-old was returning home with a friend who got sick in the car when the Uber driver allegedly ordered them to get out of the vehicle on a California highway.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Many of the problems of "AI" are just the latest version of older computer security problems + continuing corporate governance FAILs + weak/ gaps in enforcement. Tech debt + legal debt. More on Galactica: p. 124+ scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol61/i...
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Nice grid you have there... it's a shame what happened to Hugging Face."
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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 29/08/2026
Are you a current student interested in writing and researching for Lawfare? Apply today to join our Student Contributor Program for the 2026-2027 academic year! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stud...
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Student Contributor Program Applications Are Now Open
Are you a current student interested in writing and researching for Lawfare? Join our Student Contributor Program for the 2026-2027 academic year!
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A Whole Skeptic @awholeskeptic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Modern life can be challenging. But let us not forget; the internet has brought many wonders into our living rooms.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Legal Scholar : The issue is, what is a cup?
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Less tech is often more. Cheap corded headphones don't require charging, don't expose you to Bluetooth security risks in the same ways, and don't have embedded cameras. Yet, they still do their one job of being headphones. www.engadget.com/2241639/more...
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We have more details on Apple's camera-equipped AirPods and they are pretty dang weird - Engadget
Each earbud takes its own image, which is then synchronized for use by Visual Intelligence.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The OG autonomous brush clearing technology - goats.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@stephruhle.bsky.social Please do not give airtime to AI-booster doctors without disclosing their potential conflicts of interest and without including a tech expert to fact check technology assertions. We don't need another Theranos. Background reading: lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/59/...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Reminder of how little we understand even about our own bodies. We need to #Unlearn 20th-century hubris www.ft.com/content/403a...
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Blood clot discovery upends consensus about how wounds heal
Proteins stack up in layers like sheets of paper to start to form clots, scientists find
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tracking AI product capabilities versus human children's capabilities is a useful benchmark imho. Counting and math have been recurring failure points in the current generation of AI products. So have basic real-world interactions/ playing well with others. www.tiktok.com/@huskistaken...
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Maybe a 4th is needed
TikTok video by Husk
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Welcome to the future in all its (involuntarily loud) "optimized" glory. 😑
A sign that explains that the TV volume is controlled by the remote corporate office and cannot be altered. The giant screen with the previously-referenced sign.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The noble capybara, a friend to all and, imho, inspo for the future of tech regulatory design. See slide 43: www.linkedin.com/posts/amatwy...
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Are you looking for a funded PhD opportunity? Are you interested in neural tech, law, and human rights? If so, here's an *amazing* one. www.linkedin.com/posts/amatwy...
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Are you looking for a funded PhD opportunity? Are you interested in neural tech, law, and human rights? If so, here's an *amazing* one. PhD in Law Opportunity with Professor Jennifer A Chandler…...
Are you looking for a funded PhD opportunity? Are you interested in neural tech, law, and human rights? If so, here's an *amazing* one. PhD in Law Opportunity with Professor Jennifer A Chandler, Uni...
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
@neorsd.org I'm a fan of sewer and Cuyahoga River (on fire) history. Has Ohio ever had a sewer issue equivalent to the London Great Stink of 1858? If not, do you have a favorite comparably stinky (and toxic) US sewer drama? Thanks!
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
@velshi.com Appreciated your piece on AI and data centers today. But AI isn't "smarter" than humans, just faster; the AI biz hype is based on false assumptions. You might find my recent law review article Exploit Machina of interest, in particular Part III. lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/59/...
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Exploit Machina | UC Davis Law Review
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
What do I think the answer is for preventing tech history from unproductively repeating itself? See pages 1758 et seq. for the federal part of my answer. TL;DR: A new Bureau of Technology Safety (BoTS) with a futures/ policy branch + a pilot projects branch lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/file...
Screenshot of first page of my Exploit Machina article.
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michael veale @michae.lv · 30/05/2026
Meta's latest attempt to stop the progress of my 2018 GDPR access complaint dramatically failed in the Irish High Court last week www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Meta loses High Court challenge to possible €430m fine
Data Protection Commission has power in inquiry into individual complaint to make orders affecting general data access practices, High Court rules
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Unfortunately, it looks like it's time for me to repost my article about the relationship between First Amendment protection and security research (again). IYKYK. scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol107/...
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Hacking Speech: Informational Speech and the First Amendment
By Andrea M. Matwyshyn, Published on 01/19/15
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 17/04/2026
sewers are data centers.
i chat*GPT**
all the time.

*about
**the Gallons of Pollution we Treat

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/03/2026
A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all
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Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Another exciting—and slightly terrifying—book excerpt on @wired.com today: A chapter from @profferguson.bsky.social’s new book ‘Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance’. Read it here. www.wired.com/story/book-e...
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Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy
Attachment to smart devices and biometric surveillance leaves Americans more vulnerable to police searches than ever. Left unchecked it will only get worse.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"The jury stated that Meta's and YouTube's negligence were a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff...and that the companies failed to adequately warn users of the dangers of Instagram (Meta's platform) and YouTube (which is owned by Google)." www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark lawsuit on social media safety
The jurors awarded the plaintiff $3 million in damages, finding Meta 70% responsible for harm caused to her, and YouTube responsible for 30%.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Interested in tech procurement? Here's a new piece from me: www.andreamm.com/_files/ugd/2... It's part of a symposium coming up on April 17 at UVA Law. You can read all the papers here: www.vjolt.org
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"Using ChatGPT and failing to check the case citations it provides constitute not only a lapse in professional judgment, but also a violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11."
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Interested in what Hannah Arendt would have thought of our present moment in tech? She told us. New from me - Exploit Machina lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/archives/59/...
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Exploit Machina | UC Davis Law Review
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TJ McIntyre @tjmcintyre.com · 09/02/2026
#superbowl
It’s an owl. It’s superb. What more do you want? Ok, it also looks like it wants to kill you.
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 22/01/2026
in a world of social networks churning with artificial slop trends, we prefer to be your social network trusted for actual slop treatment.
brown wastewater cascades over a series of weirs into a churning frothy channel at a sewage treatment plant.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A "'Bespoke AI Family Hub' refrigerator received the overall 'Worst in Show'..'Everything is an order of magnitude more difficult,' [the award presenter] said of the fridge that also uses computer vision to track when food items...and can advertise replacements." apnews.com/article/ces-...
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'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"The study, published in Nature, found that the printed circuit board...accounts for 70% of its carbon footprint... The researchers suggest...chips using common metals like copper instead of rare minerals...and mak[ing] devices modular so the circuit board can be reused"
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
One panel comic with one person saying to another: Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
On the Internet, everyone knows you're a dog.
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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Well of course... Wait til they encounter hooked turns & trams in Marvellous Melbourne
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Andrea Matwyshyn @andreamm.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Botsplaining: When you instruct an AI tool to eliminate all sycophancy, but it still defaults to wasting your time with vaguely patronizing replies, e.g. "You have correctly identified a problem!," before it attempts to correct what it did wrong.
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a monkey is sitting at a desk with a laptop computer .
Alt: A monkey is sitting at a desk with a laptop computer that it shoves away from itself in disgust, channeling its dissatisfaction with the machine's proximity in what might be a metaphorical commentary on the state of the modern technology economy.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I think about this tweet a lot
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
A video pinball machine with a blue screen of death
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The Internet Ethics program--Markkula Center for Applied Ethics @iethics.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
California's Judicial Council "two weeks ago issued guidelines requiring judges and court staff to either ban generative #AI or adopt a generative AI use policy by Dec. 15": calmatters.org/economy/tech... #ethics #law #courts #tech
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California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications
The court of appeals issued an historic fine after 21 of 23 quotes in the lawyer's opening brief were fake. Courts want more AI regulations.
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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
FTC vs Amazon opens this week over dark patterns - design tricks that make you accidentally subscribe and struggle to cancel. "The question is when design crosses the line where a reasonable consumer doesn't have a fair shot of understanding what's going on" says @andreamm.bsky.social bit.ly/4mvJV2f
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The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon
This week, the trial starts in a consequential FTC lawsuit against Amazon. The suit alleges that Amazon for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.
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