Emmie Hine
@emmiehine.com
AI governance research @ Safe AI Forum
Fellow @ Yale Digital Ethics Center
Interests: AI, XR, most other tech, China, climbing, baking.
ex-Oxford, ex-SWE
My tech newsletter: https://www.ethicalreckoner.substack.com
Fellow @ Yale Digital Ethics Center
Interests: AI, XR, most other tech, China, climbing, baking.
ex-Oxford, ex-SWE
My tech newsletter: https://www.ethicalreckoner.substack.com
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Emmie Hine
@emmiehine.com
· Nov 18
Allow me to re-introduce myself...
I'm a tech ethics & governance researcher @yaledec.bsky.social and former software engineer. I think a lot about AI, XR, and the state of the tech industry. And also other things, like climbing and baking 💻🧗🍞
#AcademicSky
I'm a tech ethics & governance researcher @yaledec.bsky.social and former software engineer. I think a lot about AI, XR, and the state of the tech industry. And also other things, like climbing and baking 💻🧗🍞
#AcademicSky
If things have been a little quiet around here recently, it's because I've been working towards this (slightly underwhelming) email... but now, it's #disserdone!
October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If things have been a little quiet around here recently, it's because I've been working towards this (slightly underwhelming) email... but now, it's #disserdone!
Pleased that my and @floridi.bsky.social's article on US state #AI legislation is an Editor's Pick in the latest issue of the Journal of AI Law & Regulation! Want to understand the major tensions in AI regulation?
🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan.
#STS #philtech
@yaledec.bsky.social
🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan.
#STS #philtech
@yaledec.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Pleased that my and @floridi.bsky.social's article on US state #AI legislation is an Editor's Pick in the latest issue of the Journal of AI Law & Regulation! Want to understand the major tensions in AI regulation?
🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan.
#STS #philtech
@yaledec.bsky.social
🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan.
#STS #philtech
@yaledec.bsky.social
🚨 new preprint from me and @floridi.bsky.social! We put the #AI Action Plan in context—how is it a continuation of existing US #AIgovernance efforts, what’s new, and what does it mean for China competition? 🔗👇
@ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
#academia #sts #philtech
@ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
#academia #sts #philtech
September 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨 new preprint from me and @floridi.bsky.social! We put the #AI Action Plan in context—how is it a continuation of existing US #AIgovernance efforts, what’s new, and what does it mean for China competition? 🔗👇
@ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
#academia #sts #philtech
@ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
#academia #sts #philtech
🚨 Interested in infrastructure ethics? (Wait, don’t go!)
New preprint “Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality” argues that XR isn’t just a cool tech, but infrastructures that shape our realities ➡️ urgent questions about equity, governance, and ethics.
🔗👇
New preprint “Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality” argues that XR isn’t just a cool tech, but infrastructures that shape our realities ➡️ urgent questions about equity, governance, and ethics.
🔗👇
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🚨 Interested in infrastructure ethics? (Wait, don’t go!)
New preprint “Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality” argues that XR isn’t just a cool tech, but infrastructures that shape our realities ➡️ urgent questions about equity, governance, and ethics.
🔗👇
New preprint “Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality” argues that XR isn’t just a cool tech, but infrastructures that shape our realities ➡️ urgent questions about equity, governance, and ethics.
🔗👇
📬 Anthropic settles its copyright case, Google avoids a break-up, and Grok swings right. Plus, why the EU needs a DeepSeek, not a Mistral. All this in today’s newsletter:
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#philtech #sts #newsletter
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#philtech #sts #newsletter
WR 72: Anthropic settles; Google persists
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 8/9/25
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September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📬 Anthropic settles its copyright case, Google avoids a break-up, and Grok swings right. Plus, why the EU needs a DeepSeek, not a Mistral. All this in today’s newsletter:
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#philtech #sts #newsletter
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Reposted by Emmie Hine
1. If passengers book a flight from the EU and it is canceled or significantly delayed, they are entitled to cash compensation — $300 to $700.
In the US, flyers were supposed to get similar rights soon.
But those plans have been scrapped by the Trump administration.
Here's how it happened.
🧵
In the US, flyers were supposed to get similar rights soon.
But those plans have been scrapped by the Trump administration.
Here's how it happened.
🧵
How airlines lobbied away your flight compensation
After a $62 billion federal bailout, the airline industry secures the repeal of a key consumer protection.
popular.info
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1. If passengers book a flight from the EU and it is canceled or significantly delayed, they are entitled to cash compensation — $300 to $700.
In the US, flyers were supposed to get similar rights soon.
But those plans have been scrapped by the Trump administration.
Here's how it happened.
🧵
In the US, flyers were supposed to get similar rights soon.
But those plans have been scrapped by the Trump administration.
Here's how it happened.
🧵
Anthropic is very, very relieved about this. Max penalties would have been extinction; this is <1% of their valuation.
"In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books."
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Anthropic is very, very relieved about this. Max penalties would have been extinction; this is <1% of their valuation.
![On a brown and red background:
[REDUX] ER 30: On Beatlemania and OpenAI
Or, why AI companies are better thought of as bands.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4o7gu25nbkgoejlw3hcixboc/bafkreiecdvvtfmhkfofix44jl4fjsa5oay2l4izsaanngnmejiusjw652u@jpeg)
This should have said "an inevitable future business model"--because we all know ads are coming 🫠
At least in the case of OpenAI, there are no ads and they claim to not sell your user data. Are companies just trying to lock users in and maximize loyalty to continue subscriptions, or are they preparing for a future business model where eyeballs are $?
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This should have said "an inevitable future business model"--because we all know ads are coming 🫠
Recently have been seeing the "attention economy" narrative applied to #genAI--ie, that gen #AI companies are trying to maximize engagement to maximize profit. But I'm not convinced this is the case.
#tech
#tech
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Recently have been seeing the "attention economy" narrative applied to #genAI--ie, that gen #AI companies are trying to maximize engagement to maximize profit. But I'm not convinced this is the case.
#tech
#tech
I think my junk conference invites have peaked. #IEvenCompost
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I think my junk conference invites have peaked. #IEvenCompost
Word, you don't rest till I do. #DissertationLife
August 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Word, you don't rest till I do. #DissertationLife
#AIsafety collaboration could be a gateway to broader #AIgovernance cooperation between the US and China. Thinking a lot about cooperative levers these days...
time.com/7308857/chi...
#AI
time.com/7308857/chi...
#AI
China Is Taking AI Safety Seriously. So Must the U.S.
"Chinese leaders may have a lesson for the West’s AI boosters: true speed requires control," writes Brian Tse.
time.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#AIsafety collaboration could be a gateway to broader #AIgovernance cooperation between the US and China. Thinking a lot about cooperative levers these days...
time.com/7308857/chi...
#AI
time.com/7308857/chi...
#AI
Some "creative" ingredients in this Google shakshuka rundown... I can't say I'll be adding "mix" or "your fingers" (not mine, yours).
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some "creative" ingredients in this Google shakshuka rundown... I can't say I'll be adding "mix" or "your fingers" (not mine, yours).
#ICYMI: The week's tech news you need to know--including what's behind "AI psychosis," Meta's shocking guidelines allowing "sensual" chats with children, and how AI is helping design antibiotics. Plus, the opening bid for Chrome is in (no, it's not for sale... yet) 🔗👇
August 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#ICYMI: The week's tech news you need to know--including what's behind "AI psychosis," Meta's shocking guidelines allowing "sensual" chats with children, and how AI is helping design antibiotics. Plus, the opening bid for Chrome is in (no, it's not for sale... yet) 🔗👇
ICYMI: ChatGPT-5 murdered a bunch of AI "boyfriends" (and girlfriends). That and more in this week's newsletter: ethicalreckoner.subs...
WR 70: The death of an AI boyfriend
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 11/8/25
ethicalreckoner.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ICYMI: ChatGPT-5 murdered a bunch of AI "boyfriends" (and girlfriends). That and more in this week's newsletter: ethicalreckoner.subs...
I don't think my local coffee shop set out to be the perfect place to distill all my thoughts about the AI Action Plan, but they somehow have become that.
August 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I don't think my local coffee shop set out to be the perfect place to distill all my thoughts about the AI Action Plan, but they somehow have become that.
Two pieces for your Monday enjoyment! First, the weekly newsletter, featuring UK #OnlineSafetyAct age gates, Anthropic's anti-evil chatbot work, and a special guest contribution arguing that a recent court case might make NFTs relevant again 🔗👇
August 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Two pieces for your Monday enjoyment! First, the weekly newsletter, featuring UK #OnlineSafetyAct age gates, Anthropic's anti-evil chatbot work, and a special guest contribution arguing that a recent court case might make NFTs relevant again 🔗👇
Now fascinated by #tsunami science. How can we have such granular understanding of hurricanes and earthquakes themselves but have such little idea of how many waves/how big they'll be? Is it a lack of observation infrastructure?
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Now fascinated by #tsunami science. How can we have such granular understanding of hurricanes and earthquakes themselves but have such little idea of how many waves/how big they'll be? Is it a lack of observation infrastructure?
What happened in the #Anthropic and #Meta copyright cases? Is fair use the fairest way to decide if training LLMs on copyrighted material is ok? This week's newsletter digs into these questions 🔗👇
#techethics #philtech #AI
#techethics #philtech #AI
July 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What happened in the #Anthropic and #Meta copyright cases? Is fair use the fairest way to decide if training LLMs on copyrighted material is ok? This week's newsletter digs into these questions 🔗👇
#techethics #philtech #AI
#techethics #philtech #AI
Between this very cool EMG wristband and the news that Ray-Ban Meta sales have tripled, it's a good day to be Meta XR.
July 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Between this very cool EMG wristband and the news that Ray-Ban Meta sales have tripled, it's a good day to be Meta XR.
Great translation from @jeffreyding.bsky.social of ChinAI confirming what we all kind of suspected: the DeepSeek integration wave was largely hype.
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ChinAI #321: Shallow, Narrow, and Slow — the reality of China's DeepSeek adoption
Greetings from a world where…
chinai.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Great translation from @jeffreyding.bsky.social of ChinAI confirming what we all kind of suspected: the DeepSeek integration wave was largely hype.
chinai.substack.com/...
chinai.substack.com/...