Andy Liddell
@andyliddell.bsky.social
Principal, EdTech Law Center
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The CIA has the OK to undertake covert ops in Venezuela.
The FBI is spying on immigration activists.
DHS is spying on almost all of us.
It's a good time for @nsarchive.bsky.social to highlight the Church Committee report, which investigated intel abuses.
Who's going to be the next Frank Church?
The FBI is spying on immigration activists.
DHS is spying on almost all of us.
It's a good time for @nsarchive.bsky.social to highlight the Church Committee report, which investigated intel abuses.
Who's going to be the next Frank Church?
CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Washington D.C., November 20, 2025 - Fifty years ago today, a special Senate Committee led by Idaho Senator Frank Church lifted the veil of secrecy on the clandestine efforts of the Central Intelligen...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The CIA has the OK to undertake covert ops in Venezuela.
The FBI is spying on immigration activists.
DHS is spying on almost all of us.
It's a good time for @nsarchive.bsky.social to highlight the Church Committee report, which investigated intel abuses.
Who's going to be the next Frank Church?
The FBI is spying on immigration activists.
DHS is spying on almost all of us.
It's a good time for @nsarchive.bsky.social to highlight the Church Committee report, which investigated intel abuses.
Who's going to be the next Frank Church?
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Part 2 of a series exploring the history of OpenAI, and people saying they’ve been harmed by ChatGPT:
Newly released court documents now allege that ChatGPT cheered on a serial harasser who several times physically and sexually attacked his victims.
latenfour.com/2025/12/04/t...
Newly released court documents now allege that ChatGPT cheered on a serial harasser who several times physically and sexually attacked his victims.
latenfour.com/2025/12/04/t...
The ChatGPT Deaths: Part 2. ChatGPT, OpenAI and Cyberstalking.
oncerns about OpenAI leader Sam Altman pushing past employee and safety experts’ concerns have only intensified after numerous lawsuits have alleged that Altman’s disregard led to the death of seve…
latenfour.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Part 2 of a series exploring the history of OpenAI, and people saying they’ve been harmed by ChatGPT:
Newly released court documents now allege that ChatGPT cheered on a serial harasser who several times physically and sexually attacked his victims.
latenfour.com/2025/12/04/t...
Newly released court documents now allege that ChatGPT cheered on a serial harasser who several times physically and sexually attacked his victims.
latenfour.com/2025/12/04/t...
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
I am hearing from multiple sources that the EU Commission is announcing its first DSA fine tomorrow against X on ad transparency, blue check & dark pattern, and researcher access to data.
The fine is in the "100s of millions of Euros."
Elon about to get big mad.
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Legal commentator and author, @barristersecret.bsky.social told Byline Times that David Lammy's plans were “badly thought through, expensive and likely to backfire.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
David Lammy's Plans to Scrap Automatic Right to Appeal Risk 'Increasing Miscarriages of Justice'
Lawyers and legal campaigners say the changes risk removing "vital safeguards" and shutting out vulnerable defendants from justice
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Legal commentator and author, @barristersecret.bsky.social told Byline Times that David Lammy's plans were “badly thought through, expensive and likely to backfire.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/d...
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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It's so common in science that it's systemic to hide who funds you. Here Phillip Morris tobacco... These days AI companies
Diederik Stapel was a massive watershed moment in psychology.
However, he was -- and let's be slightly glib here -- some guy from The Netherlands who wrote social psychology papers.
The full accounting of the Eysenck case is approx, at minimum, TWO STAPELS.
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...
However, he was -- and let's be slightly glib here -- some guy from The Netherlands who wrote social psychology papers.
The full accounting of the Eysenck case is approx, at minimum, TWO STAPELS.
retractionwatch.com/2025/12/03/n...
Number of ‘unsafe’ publications by psychologist Hans Eysenck could be ‘high and far reaching’
Hans Eysenck A “high and far reaching” number of papers and books by Hans Eysenck could be “unsafe,” according to an updated statement from King’s College London, where the psychologist was a profe…
retractionwatch.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It's so common in science that it's systemic to hide who funds you. Here Phillip Morris tobacco... These days AI companies
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Google’s Antigravity AI vibe coder wipes your hard disk
‘built for user trust’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2m3... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251203-goo... - podcast
time: 5 min 57 sec
‘built for user trust’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2m3... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251203-goo... - podcast
time: 5 min 57 sec
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Google’s Antigravity AI vibe coder wipes your hard disk
‘built for user trust’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2m3... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251203-goo... - podcast
time: 5 min 57 sec
‘built for user trust’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2m3... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251203-goo... - podcast
time: 5 min 57 sec
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lmaooo
“The numbers remain dismal. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found earlier this year that even the best-performing AI agent, which was Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro at the time, failed to complete real-world office tasks 70 percent of the time.”
“The numbers remain dismal. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found earlier this year that even the best-performing AI agent, which was Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro at the time, failed to complete real-world office tasks 70 percent of the time.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
lmaooo
“The numbers remain dismal. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found earlier this year that even the best-performing AI agent, which was Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro at the time, failed to complete real-world office tasks 70 percent of the time.”
“The numbers remain dismal. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found earlier this year that even the best-performing AI agent, which was Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro at the time, failed to complete real-world office tasks 70 percent of the time.”
And here are Emily’s remarks for good measure: Six Myths and Six Truths about EdTech.
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
And here are Emily’s remarks for good measure: Six Myths and Six Truths about EdTech.
She shared Julie’s, too!
A must-read essay by Julie Liddell of the EdTech Law Center about the harms caused to children on school-issued tech.
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
Neither Essential nor Safe: Predators and Porn on School-Issued Laptops.
Real-world harms caused by giving children internet-connected devices "for education."
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
She shared Julie’s, too!
Julie and I joined @emilycherkin.bsky.social in London over the Thanksgiving holiday to speak to Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords about edtech.
Emily was kind enough to share my remarks!
Emily was kind enough to share my remarks!
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Julie and I joined @emilycherkin.bsky.social in London over the Thanksgiving holiday to speak to Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords about edtech.
Emily was kind enough to share my remarks!
Emily was kind enough to share my remarks!
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A must-read essay by Julie Liddell of the EdTech Law Center about the harms caused to children on school-issued tech.
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
Neither Essential nor Safe: Predators and Porn on School-Issued Laptops.
Real-world harms caused by giving children internet-connected devices "for education."
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A must-read essay by Julie Liddell of the EdTech Law Center about the harms caused to children on school-issued tech.
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
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“it’s really important for families to have, to be inspired to learn about a citizen’s duty to keep a democracy alive and strong. Democracy is not a spectator sport. You have to, as a citizen, be a part of creating the conditions that allow liberty to thrive, you know? So, I wrote ABC Democracy…”
Children’s entertainer Raffi releases new single in response to ‘rise of fascism’
Raffi on democracy, 'rise of fascism,' 'tough times'
For decades, the man who has been called the most influential children’s entertainer in the English-speaking world has created and performed music that parents today are sharing with their own children.
www.cp24.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“it’s really important for families to have, to be inspired to learn about a citizen’s duty to keep a democracy alive and strong. Democracy is not a spectator sport. You have to, as a citizen, be a part of creating the conditions that allow liberty to thrive, you know? So, I wrote ABC Democracy…”
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especially when Open AI already knows about major mental health problems bsky.app/profile/loui...
We’re about to live through a big cause/effect obfuscation where OpenAI will claim all these cases are just preexisting conditions coming into contact with their product, and not caused FROM interacting with their product. but I want to reemphasize the problem scope here
bsky.app/profile/cout...
bsky.app/profile/cout...
NEW: "The company’s estimates therefore suggest that every seven days, around 560,000 people may be exchanging messages with ChatGPT that indicate they are experiencing mania or psychosis." @lmatsakis.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
especially when Open AI already knows about major mental health problems bsky.app/profile/loui...
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although I'm a researcher, there are times “we need to take several years to study this” is a delay tactic…
how about “we need to take several years to study this” *while your product is not out in the world and constantly being tweaked to maximize usage and simulate progress!*
how about “we need to take several years to study this” *while your product is not out in the world and constantly being tweaked to maximize usage and simulate progress!*
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
although I'm a researcher, there are times “we need to take several years to study this” is a delay tactic…
how about “we need to take several years to study this” *while your product is not out in the world and constantly being tweaked to maximize usage and simulate progress!*
how about “we need to take several years to study this” *while your product is not out in the world and constantly being tweaked to maximize usage and simulate progress!*
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ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK’s leading psychologists have warned.
Research conducted by King’s College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
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I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
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Why are students “flagging inappropriate content & otherwise helping guide product development”?
Not the first time I’ve heard of classrooms being used as labs that bypass the IRB process, but definitely the largest in scale. He may not mean it in “…a bad or irresponsible way”, but it’s both.
Not the first time I’ve heard of classrooms being used as labs that bypass the IRB process, but definitely the largest in scale. He may not mean it in “…a bad or irresponsible way”, but it’s both.
I think a lot about this quote from a VC saying the quiet part out loud. The quote is from Vauhini Vara's article, "How Chatbots and AI Are Already Transforming Kids' Classrooms" at www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Why are students “flagging inappropriate content & otherwise helping guide product development”?
Not the first time I’ve heard of classrooms being used as labs that bypass the IRB process, but definitely the largest in scale. He may not mean it in “…a bad or irresponsible way”, but it’s both.
Not the first time I’ve heard of classrooms being used as labs that bypass the IRB process, but definitely the largest in scale. He may not mean it in “…a bad or irresponsible way”, but it’s both.
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British millennials are embracing an unlikely new cause: infrastructure, housing and the politics of economic growth.
Fed-Up UK Millennials Are Mobilizing to Push for Economic Growth
An emerging political movement aims to make infrastructure, housing and growth cool for a generation of frustrated Britons.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
British millennials are embracing an unlikely new cause: infrastructure, housing and the politics of economic growth.
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All these edtech and AIed testbeds don't follow the evidence-based "what works" policy model that's dominated education for years. They're *making* AI work in real-world school settings to generate insights for policy and tech. Schools are AI testing labs now.
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
All these edtech and AIed testbeds don't follow the evidence-based "what works" policy model that's dominated education for years. They're *making* AI work in real-world school settings to generate insights for policy and tech. Schools are AI testing labs now.
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And the Dept for Ed is spending a million on AIed testbed pilots too, to help generate evidence to support its AI ambitions in the schooling sector. Schools are being funded to become satellite AIed testing labs. >>
educationbusinessuk.net/news/1106202...
educationbusinessuk.net/news/1106202...
Schools invited to become ‘test beds’ for new EdTech
Schools and colleges are being invited to become ‘test beds’ for evaluating new EdTech products, creating an evidence base for technologies that genuinely improve both teaching quality and pupil outco...
educationbusinessuk.net
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And the Dept for Ed is spending a million on AIed testbed pilots too, to help generate evidence to support its AI ambitions in the schooling sector. Schools are being funded to become satellite AIed testing labs. >>
educationbusinessuk.net/news/1106202...
educationbusinessuk.net/news/1106202...
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Why is it "AI" in education is being treated to completely different evidentiary standards than other resources allowed in schools? ...
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Why is it "AI" in education is being treated to completely different evidentiary standards than other resources allowed in schools? ...
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I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
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If universities would prioritize smaller classes and fewer bells and whistles like third-party technology contracts, a significantly bigger number of PhDs would find a position in higher education.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If universities would prioritize smaller classes and fewer bells and whistles like third-party technology contracts, a significantly bigger number of PhDs would find a position in higher education.