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Ryan Calo

@rcalo.bsky.social
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I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a new book about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s so embarrassing
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
To be fair, ANY form of intelligence is an enemy to Trump 
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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When AI agents go rogue, who's liable? @hartzog.bsky.social warns of "massive liability on both the criminal and civil side." @rcalo.bsky.social flags the gap: negligence and intent are hard to prove with unpredictable AI, leaving "victims without perpetrators." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/t...
nytimes.com
A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I Quit OpenAI because its Culture is Broken. By David Robinson who co-founded Upturn www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
theatlantic.com
I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety will guarantee more failures unless something changes.
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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thoughtful, stimulating conversation @teachprivacy.bsky.social "Teaching #AI Law" @gwlaw Alicia Solow-Niederman @ColoLaw @MargotKaminski @UWSchoolofLaw @rcalo.bsky.social @wmlawschool.bsky.social Margaret Hu @gwlaw.bsky.social @daniel-solove.bsky.social #LawOfTheHorse #AILaw #Robotics #ExistingLaw
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Annette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wow, reading these words about #DemocratizingAI from @rcalo.bsky.social (@uwlaw.bsky.social) means the world to me—I keep learning a huge amount from the law&tech community & esp Ryan’s absolutely pathbreaking work. I am so inspired by #techlaw scholarship &want #philosophers to be in dialogue w/it!
Philosophy Professor Annette Zimmermann book Democratizing AI, political philosophy of AI, AI policy and governance, AI ethics
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Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No magic bullets, but it would be a promising start.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don’t even care what your tech policy question is, the answer is restore the Office of Technology Assessment 🔥
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Harvard professor invents robot law www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 🙃
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Is A.I. Above the Law?
Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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ACM Ethics @acm-ethics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... by @rcalo.bsky.social and Veronica Paternolli
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Shadow Work and Protocols: A Contingent Case for Negligence in Agentic AI
At the turn of the 19th century, American courts held hot air balloon operators strictly liable while subjecting railroads only to negligence, shaping the traje
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here's a post from our 2024 operations documenting an earlier version of this framework. We added the "no evidence" category during post-hoc analysis, because so many 2024 rumors were broad, un-evidenced claims about the 2020 election being "rigged". www.cip.uw.edu/2024/09/09/2...
cip.uw.edu
What to expect when we’re electing: The 5 moves of misleading election rumors
Across the hundreds of rumors we have studied, we’ve found that there are five primary ways in which rumors about election processes and results mislead
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine. Today's @wsj.com cites Veronica Paternolli and my paper on liability for agentic AI. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-l...
wsj.com
AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine
Plus, Anthropic delays its IPO, and AI agents have trust issues.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Our AI is scary too” is the saddest PR play
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🎯
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wish I could 🫤
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Banning "superintelligent" 🤢 AI plays right into industry rhetoric and keeps the focus off immediate, real world harms such as privacy, bias, and labor. Literally the same name of the silly Bostrom book everyone was reading 12 years ago.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My computer and information science colleagues and I on supposed existential risks of AI. www.washington.edu/news/2026/09...
washington.edu
Q&A: UW researchers respond to recent concerns over AI risk | UW News
Recent news about AI safety is fueling a new wave of political and societal fear. Five UW AI researchers discuss the real risks of AI and what to do about them.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You don’t say
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/09/2026
One thing not getting as much attention re: Dario's essay. In it, he talks about the need for third party evaluators to review models for safety. But a few days before the essay, Anthropic... refused to submit its latest models to the UK's evaluator: www.ft.com/content/560e...
ft.com
Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What if AI gains are actually about to plateau and this call for a moratorium is the bar brawl equivalent of “hold me back”
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Uplifting News @upliftingnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Massachusetts requires large data centers to power themselves with 100% clean energy, spurring investment in renewable generation and protecting ratepayers from costs.
techcrunch.com
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order requiring data centers over 25 MW to meet 100% of their electricity demand with clean energy. They must provide the power themselves, fund new nearby generation or pay into a ratepayer pr…
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order requiring data centers over 25 MW to meet 100% of their electricity demand with clean energy. They must provide the power themselves, fund new nearby generation or pay into a ratepayer protection fund.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
four more years
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
distinguish this from protection rackets
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Guess it’s time to resurrect my essay from 2023 undark.org/2023/06/22/a...
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today I learned that you can inherit cravings for ultra-processed food from your parents 🤯
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Meta bragging about giving “every blind veteran” Meta-RayBan glasses is the cringiest, most cynical thing I can remember. Who okays this shit
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can Lawyers Stop Adapting to Technology and Start Shaping It? www.kcba.org?pg=News-Bar-...
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Can Lawyers Stop Adapting to Technology and Start Shaping It?
By Anita Nath\n\nEvery congressional hearing on technology follows the s
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The iconic weeping willow trees outside the Kennedy Center have been cut down by Trump.
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
saw a video from the CTO of Meta explaining that there's no way to take a video or picture without the indicator light going on 'the light is for everyone' etc. etc. but have any of these people considered what people are going to have to do once the notice the light.
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UVA Law School @uvalaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social examines Meta’s $17 billion settlement over claims that the company deliberately designed products to be addictive to children.
news.virginia.edu
Q&A: Will Meta’s $17 billion settlement make social media safer for kids?
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The people of AI ethics ethics.ai/people
ethics.ai
The people of AI ethics — a who's-who directory | ethics.ai
A directory of the 150 people shaping AI ethics, safety and governance — researchers, lab leaders, critics and lawmakers, each profile auto-matched…
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Margot @margotkaminski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What is speech, and can AI produce it? "AI and the Doctrine of Speakerless Speech" with @aselbst.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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AI and the Doctrine of Speakerless Speech
What makes speech “speech” for purposes of the First Amendment? Although the Supreme Court has developed elaborate doctrines governing when speech may be regula
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Lucy Pulls Football from Charlie Brown
ALT: Lucy Pulls Football from Charlie Brown
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We Robot 2027. At Oxford in April www.oxford-aiethics.ox.ac.uk/we-robot-2027
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
me: I’m a little nervous about the health effects of sugar substitutes Fanta:
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ari Ezra Waldman and I discuss McDonald's loyalty data with WIRED. www.wired.com/story/mcdona...
wired.com
McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There
I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program and received an extensive, personalized report that algorithmically predicts my next purchase.
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“I have so much, Smithers. But I’d give it all up, for just a little more.”
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🎯
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Washington has passed an AI chatbot companion law that is *very* involved if the AI is directed at kids. Effective in January. lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202...
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Moonshot
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
David Cross leaning into a mic. "America, should, must, and will blow up the moon."
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Commenting on the WA AI Task Force Final Report today (Aug 5) at 3:00 PM at the AI House in Belltown. lnkd.in/g8GzKkPC
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is disgusting. Shame on the (desperate) Marx campaign
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