Anjana Susarla
@asusarla.bsky.social
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: https://anjanasusarla.substack.com
Some of my general writings can be found at: https://anjanasusarla.substack.com
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Many people don't know this but arXiv is maintained and operated by @cornelltech.bsky.social (that does NOT mean you can send me complaints or feature requests!)
Everyone in the community should be excited that arXiv got $7M to upgrade from Schmidt Sciences, NASA
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Everyone in the community should be excited that arXiv got $7M to upgrade from Schmidt Sciences, NASA
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
$7M grant from NASA, Schmidt Sciences to upgrade arXiv | Cornell Chronicle
The funding will help arXiv – which is maintained and operated by Cornell Tech – finish migrating to cloud infrastructure and modernizing its code.
news.cornell.edu
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Many people don't know this but arXiv is maintained and operated by @cornelltech.bsky.social (that does NOT mean you can send me complaints or feature requests!)
Everyone in the community should be excited that arXiv got $7M to upgrade from Schmidt Sciences, NASA
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Everyone in the community should be excited that arXiv got $7M to upgrade from Schmidt Sciences, NASA
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
Insurers AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots and to retreat from coverage of AI risk as multibillion-dollar claims mount
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Insurers are now seeking to exclude AI from corporate policies because the risks are too unpredictable and liability is unclear. This is a signal: we cannot rely on insurance markets or tort law to protect against AI harms. We need actual governance and policy.
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I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I'm finally reading this book - very impressive and exhaustive account based on careful research! Please read it..
Sam Altman isn't keen on you reading my book. EMPIRE OF AI is based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, and my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI's perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order here: empireofai.com.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm finally reading this book - very impressive and exhaustive account based on careful research! Please read it..
isn’t this really about an older person not wanting to be upstaged by a younger and charismatic person so he will be very nice to him..
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
isn’t this really about an older person not wanting to be upstaged by a younger and charismatic person so he will be very nice to him..
We need new versions of classic movies like “his girl Friday” to make journalists‘ and reporters’ jobs look great
Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, American journalists' median salary in 2024 was $60,280. Work hours are irregular, with night and weekend assignments common, and some roles entail occupational hazards. The profession is decline, with employment decreasing each year. www.bls.gov/ooh/media-an...
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We need new versions of classic movies like “his girl Friday” to make journalists‘ and reporters’ jobs look great
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Finally here! I've been working on this article for a few months now.
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
www.salon.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finally here! I've been working on this article for a few months now.
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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I am old enough to remember the movie Ring (about a cursed videotape that causes harm to whoever views it) was considered to be a horror movie #algorithmicliability #AIsafety
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I am old enough to remember the movie Ring (about a cursed videotape that causes harm to whoever views it) was considered to be a horror movie #algorithmicliability #AIsafety
Maybe one could term this poetic justice ..
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Maybe one could term this poetic justice ..
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Posting from the next workshop: Image Integrity in Research: Detecting Manipulation and Embedding Trustworthy Practices, led by Matt McCoy @proofigai.bsky.social , who shows a 'Hype cycle of his career" 😂
LLM as a tool -> LLM as an analyst -> LLM as a scientist?
github.com/HKUST-KnowCo...
#AIMOS2025
LLM as a tool -> LLM as an analyst -> LLM as a scientist?
github.com/HKUST-KnowCo...
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Posting from the next workshop: Image Integrity in Research: Detecting Manipulation and Embedding Trustworthy Practices, led by Matt McCoy @proofigai.bsky.social , who shows a 'Hype cycle of his career" 😂
LLM as a tool -> LLM as an analyst -> LLM as a scientist?
github.com/HKUST-KnowCo...
#AIMOS2025
LLM as a tool -> LLM as an analyst -> LLM as a scientist?
github.com/HKUST-KnowCo...
#AIMOS2025
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A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of the key arguments in the ruling.
Key Excerpts: Meta Wins Bout with FTC Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals | TechPolicy.Press
A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist. Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of the key arguments in the ruling.
www.techpolicy.press
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of the key arguments in the ruling.
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Meta isn't a monopoly, a judge ruled today, because it competes with YouTube and TikTok.
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Meta is not an illegal monopoly, judge rules
District Judge James E. Boasberg rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s argument that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Meta isn't a monopoly, a judge ruled today, because it competes with YouTube and TikTok.
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Story by @naominix.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Just a few years ago the economics profession completely marginalized @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for speaking out on this matter.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just a few years ago the economics profession completely marginalized @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for speaking out on this matter.
the new Frankenstein movie offers great parallels to the current top down discourse around AI
In the age of AI, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein gets the monster right:
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
the new Frankenstein movie offers great parallels to the current top down discourse around AI
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Cuts to NIH grants have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, with infectious disease research hit especially hard. A stark example of the real-world repercussions of Trump and co.'s health policy 🧪 my latest:
NIH grant cuts have disrupted hundreds of clinical trials, study finds
The second Trump administration has been defined by widespread cuts to federal spending, including at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | The second Trump administration has been defined by wid...
www.fiercebiotech.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cuts to NIH grants have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, with infectious disease research hit especially hard. A stark example of the real-world repercussions of Trump and co.'s health policy 🧪 my latest:
In my latest for @forbes.com I look at the complex energy demands from the race to build bigger and better AI models. We need a conversation about energy gentrification, sustainability and impacts on regional economies.
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
When Hyperscalers Meet the Grid: Energy Costs From Frontier AI Models
The growth of hyperscaler data centers needed to train AI models is straining the electricity grid. We need new pricing and policy solutions.
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In my latest for @forbes.com I look at the complex energy demands from the race to build bigger and better AI models. We need a conversation about energy gentrification, sustainability and impacts on regional economies.
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
www.forbes.com/sites/anjana...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Tell me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection without telling me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection..
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Tell me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection without telling me you don't understand risk pooling and adverse selection..
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Comprehensively covered here americanliterature.com/author/ts-el...
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Comprehensively covered here americanliterature.com/author/ts-el...
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The next online installment of ESTIMATE: The Reduced Form is coming on Dec 11-12. I've continued to unify and expand regression-based methods to apply to exit, non-binary treatments, DDD, discrete outcomes, and more.
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
Estimate Reduced Form | Economics | Michigan State University
econ.msu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The next online installment of ESTIMATE: The Reduced Form is coming on Dec 11-12. I've continued to unify and expand regression-based methods to apply to exit, non-binary treatments, DDD, discrete outcomes, and more.
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
All proceeds to the MSU economics PhD program.
econ.msu.edu/academics/es...
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I wrote a skeptic's guide to how to use AI, out soon.
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
How to AI by Christopher Mims: 9798217086184 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A frank, hands-on guide to using AI at work, unpacking for the curious and skeptical alike the “24 Laws” of AI and revealing strategies that businesses of every size can use to free up time,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I wrote a skeptic's guide to how to use AI, out soon.
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
Readers know I don't suffer fools -- or AI hype merchants -- gladly. I regularly write about the bubble that's formed as a result of their grift.
But AI *does* have utility.
You can pre-order here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/782388...
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New podcast! I discussed whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a potential crash could reshape policy and public sentiment with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
www.techpolicy.press
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New podcast! I discussed whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a potential crash could reshape policy and public sentiment with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
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Final call for papers for the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Final call for papers for the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Research on systemic risks from technology that affects information streams or the amplification or monetization of disinformation
Please see the Call for Papers link at the Summit’s website.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
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NBER launches initiative on economic measurement. nber.org/news/nber-la...
NBER Launches Initiative on Economic Measurement
nber.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NBER launches initiative on economic measurement. nber.org/news/nber-la...