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Independent analysis and commentary on AI and the law. We examine how AI changes legal responsibility, and how law shapes its development and use.
Featured analysis · A two-part series
A two-part analysis of automated hiring, the evidence behind a challenge, and the scrutiny of governance rules. Begin with part one, then read part two.
Four records suggest that as a hiring mechanism becomes less legible, a plaintiff may reach filing without the rule, the model, or the group-level evidence needed to test it. None establishes that opacity caused the gap, or that discovery will close it.
Read part oneOne city requires an automated hiring tool to be audited by an independent auditor and a summary of the result published. The official record through June 2025, which its auditors did not vouch for as complete, shows two complaints, no civil penalty, no notice of violation, and no proceeding at the city tribunal.
Read part twoThe filing describes risks in infrastructure, financing and oversight. Assessing them means examining whether safeguards can operate under pressure.
Read analysisThe Pelkey video joined a family's interpretation to a deceased person's face and voice. The legal problem survived its disclosure.
Read analysisHow social-media litigation is reshaping the argument over AI liability.
Read analysisA lawful instruction, an unauthorized intrusion, and the choices that should determine responsibility.
Read commentaryZola Valashiya connects constitutional limits to deployer duties, state institutions, evidence and routes to relief. Revised October 2026.
View publicationKey topics
Follow the analysis across liability, privacy, employment, enforcement, and criminal law.
How courts assign responsibility when automated systems cause or compound harm.
02Claims, enforcement, and governance questions arising from the use of personal data.
03Automated decision-making at work, from hiring to monitoring and termination.
04Regulatory authority, institutional design, and the limits of voluntary controls.
05Evidence, attribution, intent, and procedure where AI systems enter criminal matters.
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