Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken" by @dgrobinson www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comI Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is BrokenThe industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes. 022
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 03/10/2026San Francisco and the Valley have their billboards, but DC's tech billboards hit different. 010
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Quick initial take on Thompson-Reuters v Ross: opinion is a narrow holding w.r.t. a particular (and somewhat unusual) set of facts that don't go to the core fair use questions in generative AI training. 001
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Absolutely. I loved it!!! But almost no one has seen it. 011
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some tv recommendations (okay--but stop Game of Thrones before the final episodes!) 130
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I loved this AI doomer illustration in the @washingtonpost for this story by @nitashatiku: washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/21/is-this-how-world-ends-extinction-scenarios-are-taking-over-ai-debate/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006. (Also, will the robots who replace us reinvent gender?) 000
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 16/09/2026USG took down QWEN-enabled search, deprecating their own system! 011
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 16/09/2026US Government built a search tool for the Federal Register using Alibaba's QWEN model. This is my screenshot today. officechai.com/ai/us-govts-... 113
Reposted by Anupam ChanderAdil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Kian said the bomb had struck the section of the wedding set aside for women. “That is why most of those injured are women and children” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...nytimes.comIn Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a TragedyThe bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said. 03222
Reposted by Anupam ChanderTess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 02/09/20261/Today marks 1 yr of the President's extrajudicial killing campaign at sea, carried out by the military—220+ people dead @justsecurity.org has tracked the legal, policy, & moral fallout from day 1 In calmer times, it would be the story of our era A few must-reads below, plus the full Collection:justsecurity.orgCollection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute ResolveCollection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues. 8253104
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Filing is here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/68117...courtlistener.comThe New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation, 1:23-cv-11195 - CourtListener.comDocket for The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation, 1:23-cv-11195 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information. 000
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I just read the statement that the US DOJ filed in the NY Times v. OpenAI case. It strongly argues that LLM reading of copyrighted works for training is fair use. It also rejects Copyright Office's pre-publication theory of "market dilution" for AI outputs. It cites @edleeprof.bsky.social. 110
Reposted by Anupam ChanderDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This amount of parental supervision for teens' communications is ghastly. Drafters likely imagined kind parents helping an out-of-control kid. But the reality is that many, many kids have abusive parents. Imagine trying to reach out for help, but being trapped in the situation this describes. 37436
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I wrote an op-ed for China Daily on tort liability for AI, including some discussion of the EU AI Act and open source AI. www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202608/28/...chinadaily.com.cnDrawing the line on AI liabilityWho should be held liable when an artificial intelligence model is used in a way that causes harm? The question is being debated both in classrooms and courtrooms across the United States. 181
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I start with offer/acceptance as the natural starting point for understanding what a contract is. Remedies seem to naturally come at the end when we figure out that there is a breach that has no defense. 040
Reposted by Anupam ChanderPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026In his speech yesterday, Canada PM Mark Carney seemed to try to explain to the President what a “trade deficit” is. You’re not just giving another country 100s of millions of dollars… You’re buying things from them! That you want! 1202458427
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Georgetown's new student convocation ceremony yesterday was especially memorable because of its powerful exhortation of our values--including people for others--and the first such convocation led by President Eduardo Penalver. 030
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Legal startup Harvey's new AI model is built on Kimi K3, a Chinese open source model from Moonshot AI: "Harvey Tenet is a Kimi K3 base that we post-trained together with Fireworks research for long-horizon legal work." www.harvey.ai/blog/post-tr...harvey.aiUpdate on Harvey's Post-Training EffortIntroducing Harvey Tenet, our first post-trained open-weight model, with promising results for legal AI performance and cost-efficiency. 012
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 20/08/2026You're right: the decision I think is based in large part on the kids' rights to information. But it is also as I understand concerned about the privacy implications for adults. 010
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Do others share the view that Mimecast has an unreasonably high false positive rate for its spam filter--that is, marking email as spam/dangerous when they are useful or innocuous? 010
Reposted by Anupam ChanderTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Based on interviews with public defenders, Princeton's Dominik Stammbach & Peter Henderson mapped where AI helps—surfacing briefs, making sense of evidence—and where it doesn't. They make the case for careful adoption.techpolicy.pressWhy Public Defense Should Incorporate AI CarefullyIn interviews with public defenders, Princeton's Dominik Stammbach and Peter Henderson assessed their AI perspectives. 044
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I'd like to know who was abusing diet dog food so that I now have to get a prescription from our veterinarian before I can buy the food or even change its flavoring or brand. 030
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The French Constitutional Council is composed of judges in their sixties through eighties, who all likely grew up with Minitel, a system for which privacy was a key constitutive feature. 22912
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 14/08/2026France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s, @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/france...reuters.comFrance's top court blocks social media ban for under-15sFrance's top court on Friday blocked a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression and delivering a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who aske... 064
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Nice for the @nytimes.com to highlight a designer from Bombay. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/s...nytimes.comDiya Joukani, India’s ‘It’ Girl, Really Is That CoolDiya Joukani’s popular videos on social media documenting her daily life in Mumbai have earned her a reputation as “the cool girl from India.” She has parlayed it into her brand. 000
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I spoke with @verge about why Apple might have temporarily removed Telegram but did not remove X from the App Store because of concerns about CSAM. www.theverge.com/tech/976405/...theverge.comWhy does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?Telegram doesn’t have the same political backing as X. 043
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I spoke with NPR's All Things Considered about the allegations of Chinese distillation of U.S. AI models. www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...npr.orgAllegations of AI distillation spark debate about IP theft. But is it illegal?Distillation lets AI companies train new models using existing ones. The White House says Chinese firms are using it to gain an edge, raising questions about competition and intellectual property. 030
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Just realized why Belgium has passed long periods without a government--to avoid having a leader who meddles with FIFA. 050
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Seven amazing new colleagues at Georgetown Law starting this month, including: 020
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The '26 World Cup logo is the first to depict the actual trophy--an inexplicable choice given how odd the trophy looks. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...washingtonpost.comWhy designers loved the 1986 World Cup logo and can’t stand this year’sThe ’86 logo became a staple of Mexico City design. The 2026 edition has left designers mourning a missed opportunity. 010
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is not at all intentional, but beginning tomorrow Anthropic is going to be inundated by users eager to get their hands on the model that is too dangerous for mortals to touch. Forbidden fruit meets possible compute constraints. 010
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I can't be the only one who misread this as "Baidu-Alibaba-Tencent" rather than British American Tobacco. 000
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Alibaba sues US Dept of Defense for designating Alibaba as a "Chinese Military Company," alleging infringement of APA, First Amendment, and Fifth Amendment. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/b...nytimes.comAlibaba Sues Pentagon Over China Military Label 011
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If you believe that content moderation is not covered, please explain why kicking terrorists off is excluded from self-preferencing through a rule of construction: (4/) 010
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 12/06/2026See Eic Hovenkamp's X post describing the various offenses under the proposed statute. x.com/ErikHovenkam... 3/3x.comErik Hovenkamp (@ErikHovenkamp) on XI had ChatGPT make this table summarizing the new AICOA antitrust bill in terms of (1) violation types, (2) what the plaintiff has to prove, (3) available defenses. In most cases, the plaintiff doesn... 100
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 12/06/2026If a platform bans Infowars for disinformation or hate speech, an attorney general sympathetic to Infowars would declare that to be preferencing the platform's own news services and seek a penalty of 10% of the company's US revenues. 2/ 100
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Under AICOA, if a large platform disadvantages a competitor, it faces a fine of 10% of U.S. revenues, and possible forfeiture of CEO and other executive compensation. This would have huge negative impact for content moderation online, as major platforms offer news services. 1/ 120
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Yet another cost of our illegal war: "Based on current conditions, U.S. airlines will probably pay some $25 billion more for jet fuel in 2026 than they expected to. That’s more than what the industry earned in 2024 and 2025 combined." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Going to Europe This Summer? Good Luck. 021
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Limiting As to 20% (and not ever awarding A+s--the simplest mechanism to highlight extraordinary performance) replaces collaborative spirit with competition. More good points here from a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School. 2/ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Harvard students earn A’s. Is that so hard to believe?Readers respond to the news, including grade inflation, climate change and Democrats' 2024 autopsy. 030
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Nice letter to the editor from a high school senior, stating the obvious: if you admit the top students from around the world (in a process that has gotten substantially more competitive over the decades because of the addition of women/int'l students), high grades follow. 1/ 141
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I agree. At Harvard College also, students only receive their grades after they submit their teaching evaluations. So similar to what I think is the general law school practice. 010
Reposted by Anupam Chander🎃🎃🎃Michael Scare-anicolas🎃🎃🎃 @karanicolas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026In my, admittedly limited, experience, having students who think you're accessible, personally engaged in their learning, and fair, is a much more reliable avenue to strong evaluations than whether they scored a good grade. 041
Reposted by Anupam ChanderThiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 23/05/2026"KEI is pleased that WHO negotiators eliminated problematic language on technology transfer in the global action plan on AMR." @who.int #WHA79 @grahamdutfield.bsky.social @anupamchander.bsky.social @jamielove.bsky.social 013
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I'm curious what folks think is the mechanism here: 1. Students submit teaching evals long before exams are graded; 2. Grade distribution of any particular class not publicly available; hard to know who is an easy grader except unreliable anecdata. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 100
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 20/05/2026@theinformation.com interviewed me on "Why Elon Musk Lost His OpenAI Lawsuit" youtu.be/Pdp0aI3rgug?...youtu.beWhy Elon Musk Lost His OpenAI LawsuitYouTube video by The Information 010
Reposted by Anupam ChanderLuis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The long wait has finally come to an end. The Commission has finally published its draft guidelines for the classification of high-risk artificial intelligence systems under the EU AI Act. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d... 043
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Today at LSE, @madhavisunder.bsky.social gives the Prof. Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture on "Deepfakes and the Misuse of Copyright." LSE professors @hutko.bsky.social & Luke McDonagh will chair, and Oxford Prof. Dev Gangee will serve as discussant. Zoom option. lselaw.events/event/the-pr...lselaw.eventsThe Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2026 – “About-Face: Deepfakes and the Misuse of Copyright” - LSE Law School EventsThe Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture series was established as an annual event by LSE academics Dr Martin Husovec and Dr Luke McDonagh to honour the late Professor Bill Cornish who passed away ... 041
Reposted by Anupam Chandergeorgetownlj.bsky.social @georgetownlj.bsky.social · 13/05/2026In The National Security Internet, @anupamchander.bsky.social analyzes the modern ascent of digital borders in the name of national security, and the costs they impose on personal rights, global progress, and more. 121
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 13/05/2026In setting up the U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal, the U.S. promised: “(…) [t]he United States pledges that it is and from now on will be the policy of the United States not to intervene, directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in Iran’s internal affairs.” Apparently, Iran filed a claim. 041
Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Told the @nytimes that Musk was an awkward plaintiff in a case complaining about OpenAI's private arm -- when he was himself trying to take the company private, but under his control. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/t... 130
