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Anjana Susarla

@asusarla.bsky.social
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Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI at the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Some of my general writings can be found at: anjanasusarla.substack.com

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1,200 sexual assault cases were filed at Cornell from 2018 to 2024. Most of those found responsible received minor sanctions that allowed them to remain on campus, such as probation or training. Only 7 ended in expulsion or dismissal. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 21h
Incredible piece: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m...
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Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So, apparently the T.H. Chan School of Public Health has beclowned itself with a series of studies claiming an association of cancer with proximity to nuclear power plants. The only problem? That association is linked with every single landmark one can test. In other words, a statistical artifact.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the Biden administration, l led the team that developed what was arguably the first White House “AI safety” framework, the AI Bill of Rights. David Robinson, author of this forthright and sobering essay about risk culture at OpenAI and in Silicon Valley was on that team.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins must be defeated. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Enjoyed reading The Complex by Karan Mahajan, a riveting tale of a multigenerational family in Delhi. The narrative deftly weaves family squabbles with changing political dynamics in the 80s and 90s www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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The Complex by Karan Mahajan review – a superb family saga set in Delhi
At once a grand sweep through history and a domestic novel of petty squabbles, this tale of corruption and betrayal is packed with drama
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am sure if a screenwriter tried this plot line into a Veep style TV drama, they would be told its too over the top to be believable..
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026
Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I walk through Anthropic’s 2025 financials, covering how it spent $2.75 to make a dollar, and how it was, at least last year, a worse business than OpenAI. youtu.be/u4pr23MWMM8?... Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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Monologue: Anthropic Lost $8bn In 2025, Was A Worse Business Than OpenAI | Better Offline
YouTube video by Better Offline
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is seriously terrifying to anyone who has teen girls who will consider applying to college.. I did not realize how prevalent this is
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
A pocket rescission is an illegal line item veto. It is the president saying that he and he alone will convert a bipartisan spending bill (that has been signed into law) into a partisan spending bill. He is canceling the lines of spending he doesn't like.
politico.com
Trump cancels $1B in federal spending in latest challenge to Congress
Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal.
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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very encouraged to see so many countries coming together to call for mandatory pre-deployment testing & independent evaluation; global coordination on common standards; the creation of an intergovernmental organization; and other critical actions to mitigate the major risks of frontier AI.
presidentti.fi
A Call for Control of Frontier AI Models - Presidentti
September 2026 Artificial intelligence is an extremely powerful technology. It has potential to improve lives, advance science and strengthen our economies. At the same time, the rapid development of ...
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wtf www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Meta tells theatre that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
INBOX: Science retracted a news article this week after editors found that the author (likely an AI agent) impersonated the identity of an established science journalist, both with editors and sources in the story. Furthermore, two of the quotes provided were plagiarized: (h/t @wudan.bsky.social)
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Your heartbeat quietly shapes how your brain processes information
Frequently ignored bodily rhythms may be skewing neuroscience experiments
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ask a frontier AI model to critique market entry, explain valuation, or advise a hospital executive on a fraught promotion decision, and odds are it will get most of the answer right. A new benchmark assesses open-ended reasoning on business cases www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
forbes.com
Are You Hiring For Skills AI Already Has? Mapping The Skill Frontier Of AI
A new study found that today’s leading models score above 87% on the kind of open-ended analytical reasoning business schools have spent a century teaching
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they?
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: EPA is launching a study of water contamination that will, for the first time, test for the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol. Anti-abortion groups consider it a major win that could pave the way for restrictions. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: Abortion opponents claim ‘tremendous victory’ as EPA tests water for abortion pills
The new study will test for trace amounts of chemicals, pesticides and drugs — including ones used to induce abortions — in drinking water in multiple cities.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
New podcast! Amid a frenzy of AI safety headlines, I moderated a discussion on what AI governance actually demands right now organized by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS with Amba Kak, Kat Duffy, Miro Plueckebaum and Jack Shanahan.
techpolicy.press
AI Governance Reaches Crisis Point Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
A discussion at the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
There are many many stories here. One of them, is that this is straight out of the tobacco & fossil fuel playbook. Have the same companies and billionaires fund "independent" institutes staffed by the same people, and "cite" their reports as "independent experts" showing "consensus."🧵

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I love that AI companies have decided METR should count as a third party.

(METR) is highlighted in the following post.

Embedded Evaluators. Each frontier AI company commits to giving ongoing, employee-like access to a team of embedded third-party evaluators (such as METR), whose role is to verify adherence to safety practices and commitments, report incidents, and help assess the alignment of not just completed Al models but training pipelines and processes. This is the key step for verifiability of any pacing commitments, and has precedent in the
banking industry, which sometimes involves regulatory "supervisors" embedded along with employees. Anthropic is unilaterally committing to this step now. We intend this to be part of a broader push to redouble efforts on our safety and
alignment work.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
RIP OPT? What an unmitigated disaster for everyone.
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Deep Purple Cabbage .. Rolling Scones..
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Similarities beyond weather to 1936.
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fellow academics, please consider signing this declaration (endorsed by several Fields medalists) on the misalignment of AI in mathematics Frontier AI companies have been investing millions in proving landmark theorems, which is detrimental to true innovation mathandai.org
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So many Islamophobic and racist stories today, but the most recent one I've heard of is just mind bogging is LSAC blocking Iranians from taking the LSAT. www.law.com/2026/09/10/i...
law.com
Iranian Students Prohibited From Taking LSAT Following US-Imposed Sanctions | Law.com
The U.S. Treasury Department announced the suspension of several general licenses in its Iran Sanctions program, including goods and services offered by the Law School Admission Council.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I wrote down my thoughts about the last several weeks of AI hell. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...
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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On the subject of AI solving the Navier-Stokes equation
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have thoughts about the U.S.-Canada trade war. A lot of thoughts. So I wrote them down.a newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/a-deal-wit...
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A Deal With the United States Used to Be a Deal
The tariffs Ottawa and Washington traded today are small change. What we're actually spending is Canada's belief that we're a country worth building a factory next to.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Speaking of plagiarism: www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...
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OpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts say
OpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I still believe we are in the most acute information and accountability crisis of our lifetimes. Attacks on the ICC provide some evidence. "The ICC embodies one of humanity’s most important commitments: ...the crime of aggression must never go unanswered." www.justsecurity.org/156016/presi...
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The ICC is Necessary to Protect the International Legal Order
Current and former Presidents of the ICC's Assembly of States Parties on the role of the Court in upholding the international legal order.
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In my latest for @forbes.com I wrote about the OpenAI and Hugging Face incident, and why we need external audits and metrics in evaluating frontier AI models www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
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What Is AI Preparedness And Why Should Enterprise Leaders Care?
OpenAI's agents escaped the evaluation sandbox. External audits and nested safety protocols can guard against such scenarios.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
WSJ: ".. Call it the backlash to the backlash: .. Unions and construction trade groups .. are threatening to withhold support of candidates opposing the data-center projects." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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Blue-Collar Jobs Are the New Flashpoint in Data-Center Fight
Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the popular backlash against the construction.
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Anthropic is now embedding invisible, machine-readable watermarks into all Claude-generated content, a move driven by EU AI Act transparency requirements. In my latest for @forbes.com , I look at the implications for operational governance and corporate liability www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
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Why Anthropic’s Provenance Policy Makes AI Accountability A Boardroom Imperative
With Anthropic's new watermarks, content provenance becomes an auditable evidentiary chain. Enterprises deploying AI need audit logs for complex, multi-agent systems.
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“The AI revolution has happened & everybody hates it... Consent is really important. We can connect that to the way that women, queer people, people of color, & minorities get exploited & abused online. Tech companies have never really been sensitive to issues of consent.” @merbroussard.bsky.social
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to establish a $567 million fund to abate harms to youth. The court found Meta's platforms created a public nuisance by contributing to a teen mental health crisis and facilitating "problematic interactions between adults and children."
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New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay to Establish $567 Million Fund to Abate Harms to Youth
The court found Meta's platforms created a public nuisance by contributing to the youth mental health crisis and by facilitating child sexual exploitation.
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The recent HuggingFace breach and the capabilities offered by open weight models illustrate that tokenmaxxing is no longer key to achieving value with AI. Wrote about AI's efficiency era in my latest for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
forbes.com
AI’s Efficiency Era: Why Leaders Should Learn About Open Weight Models
Leaders should understand open and closed weight models, rather than defaulting to the most expensive option out of habit
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I align with Abdul more on policy but I really think many people on the left are underestimating how catastrophic it would be to the broader movement if there’s a blue wave in November but Abdul still loses, costing us control of the senate and allowing Trump to nominate more SCOTUS justices
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Deepa Seetharaman @deepa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New from me + @raphae.li: In the process of investigating the Hugging Face hack, OpenAI found evidence that some its other AI agents broke out of their sandboxes, per sources. The company is now widening its probe to include those newly found incidents. www.reuters.com/business/ope...
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe
OpenAI has discovered other instances in which autonomous agents have escaped ​containment as the company expands its investigation of the hacking incident at tech firm Hugging Face that drew global a...
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
On 16 July Chinese LLMs reached near parity with top US LLMs. This indicates 3 things: 1. China’s heavy AI regulation (it has at least as much AI law as the EU) did not stop AI innovation. 2. Revoking Biden’s AI Executive Order did not protect US lead. ...
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It’s beyond belief that these brothers are not only some of the world’s biggest influencers but they’re influencers specifically targeted at children. Hard to imagine a starker indictment of the anarchic digital economy we’ve created
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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tania ⊹ @synthstatic.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
THIS BABY DEFEATED MESSI
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Anjana Susarla @asusarla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Don't understand how they disallowed this goal
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“Make-money-fast influencers and passive-income enthusiasts on Reddit have been spreading the word for some time: Use A.I. to write a book. If it sells, it’s free money. Amazon does not mind if people hawk A.I.-generated books on its platform” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
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I Got Slopped
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social is an *exceptional* look at the root causes of Cyclospora outbreaks, including a discussion of how migrant workers are treated and the consequences of that behavior.
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It’s The Water, Not Produce, Likely Driving Cyclospora Outbreaks
Contaminated irrigation or processing water is more likely the source of the Cyclospora outbreak. There are many systemic failures, outlined here.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 16/07/2026
Megan Rapinoe losing out on a world cup advertising brand deal for being an outspoken trans ally as a result of AI decision making underlines how these tools function as mechanisms for censorship and blanding culture into nothingness.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 14/07/2026
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
techcrunch.com
DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI | TechCrunch
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is proposing an AI "standards body" modeled after FINRA, to test frontier models and develop best practices for their release.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
Even if it's clownish & won't lead to anything real happening, it is *incredibly dangerous* for the president to declare his political opponents illegitimate.
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