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Emmie Hine
@emmiehine.com
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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
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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!
An email in Italian and English. The English: Dear Emma Elizabeth Hine, this is to confirm that your thesis was successfully submitted on 26/10/2025 at 22:52. Kind regards
October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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We're getting there. #thesislife
An iPad in front of a flight monitoring. The notes doc on the iPad has a headline that says "acknowledgements"
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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And our piece outlining how the #AIActionPlan fits into US AI governance.

Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context: aire.lexxion.eu/arti...
Header of Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States: aire.lexxion.eu/arti...
Title page of From No-Win to No-Lose
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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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
A screenshot showing that From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States is an Editor's Pick in the Journal of AI Law and Regulation
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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🚨 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 page for Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context
September 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🚨 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.
🔗👇
The SSRN page for "Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality: XR Infrastructure and the Ethics of Experience"
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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#ICYMI, a post on #AI companies from last year that's just as relevant today with the continuation of the lawsuits, employee poaching, and sky-high valuations!
#philtech #sts
On a brown and red background: [REDUX] ER 30: On Beatlemania and OpenAI Or, why AI companies are better thought of as bands.
September 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I think my junk conference invites have peaked. #IEvenCompost
Dear Emmie Hine, We are thrilled to extend a special invitation for you to join us as a distinguished speaker at the International Recycling Event, to be held virtually in October, 14, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM ET.
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Word, you don't rest till I do. #DissertationLife
A Word file with a banner saying "we've made some fixes and improvements. To complete the process, the app needs to restart". Below: Part II: Theory.
August 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Maybe peer review takes so long because they're trying to fax invitations.
#academia
A text box that asks for suggestions for alternative referees, including an email, phone number, or fax number.
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Some "creative" ingredients in this Google shakshuka rundown... I can't say I'll be adding "mix" or "your fingers" (not mine, yours).
A screenshot of a google search page for shakshuka. Ingredients listed under them include "smoked," "mix", and "your fingers"
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#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) 🔗👇
On a swirly abstract green background: WR 71: AI psychosis; is Chrome for sale? Weekly Reckoning for the week of 18/8/25
August 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Next up: a short piece in the Australian Outlook about the US and China's different approaches to #AI governance, and possible points of engagement: www.internationalaff...
Article header screenshot: AI’s Great Power Paradox: Cooperation and Competition in the US-China Tech Rivalry By Emmie Hine A picture of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden shaking hands.
August 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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 🔗👇
On an abstract green background with a gate: WR 69: Age gates and chatbot vaccines Weekly Reckoning for the week of 4/8/25
August 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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
On an abstract blue background with the copyright C: ER 39: A Tale of Two Copyright Cases Or, is fair use fair?
July 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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.
Meta Unveils Wristband for Controlling Computers With Hand Gestures When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on your smartphone. Three pictures of a hand with a wristband making different gestures
July 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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US in AI Action Plan: "Impose strong export controls on sensitive technologies."
US in rare earth negotiations: "Sure, have some Nvidia H20s."
Still reading through the full AI Action Plan, but... off to a great start?
A screenshot: Align Protection Measures Globally America must impose strong export controls on sensitive technologies. We should encourage partners and allies to follow U.S. controls, and not backfill. If they do, America should use tools such as the Foreign Direct Product Rule and secondary tariffs to achieve greater international alignment. Reuters headline screenshot: Nvidia's resumption of AI chips to China is part of rare earths talks, says US By Jarrett Renshaw and Karen Freifeld
July 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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📬 Today's WR: Meta's kicked off AI researcher draft season, China drops a second “DeepSeek moment,” hosting sites deepfake model whack-a-mole, and Android phones quietly become earthquake sentinels.
Finally: why are people falling in love with AI chatbots?
🧵⬇️
On an abstract multicolored background: WR 68: AI researcher silly season has commenced Weekly Reckoning for the week of 21/7/25 Emmie Hine
July 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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New Haven is trying to set the world record for largest (a)pizza party. What constitutes an official pizza party? Mandatory observed consumption of two slices (crusts excluded). What's the official definition of the crust-slice border? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
EventBrite page for GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Largest Pizza Party - New Haven, CT "Each group of 100 will have a steward who will witness each participant eating the two slices (you don’t need to eat the crust)."
July 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🚨 How can #OpenSource principles keep pace with the rise of generative #AI?
A new #preprint from the @yaledec.bsky.social proposes the Contextual Copyleft AI (CCAI) license — a new way to extend copyleft protections from open source code to the models trained on it. 🧵⬇️
#sts #philtech #OSAI
The Case for Contextual Copyleft: Licensing Open Source Training Data and Generative AI 19 Pages Posted: Grant Shanklin Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; Yale University - Department of Computer Science Emmie Hine Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies; KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) Claudio Novelli Yale University - Digital Ethics Center Tyler Schroder The MITRE Corporation; Yale University - Digital Ethics Center Luciano Floridi Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies Date Written: July 16, 2025
July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📬 This week's newsletter: Grok goes max hate speech (again), the EU's new AI Code of Practice, and whether #AI helps coders (hint: it depends). Plus, why I *want* my content to be scraped... but not everyone will. 🔗👇
#philtech #sts
On a hazy abstract background: WR 67: Grokking the EU's new AI rules Weekly Reckoning for the week of 14/7/25 ethicalreckoner.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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I know I'm always on about how the publishing process takes too long, but I've never seen a more terrifying sight than this.
A screenshot of a peer review portal timeline. Peer review Submission status Date First reviewer(s) invited 08 Jul 2025 Reviewer(s) accepted 08 Jul 2025 Reviewer report(s) received 08 Jul 2025
July 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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🚨 How can we overcome the implementation gap and realize #AI’s potential benefits in global health? Spoiler alert: it’s not just more technology. We point out five fundamental infrastructure issues that need to be overcome for ethical AI implementation in global health.
#techethics #academia #paper
A screenshot of an article header: Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit Published: 03 July 2025 Volume 35, article number 31, (2025) There are many authors, starting with Jessica Rose Morley and Emmie Hine, and ending with Luciano Floridi
July 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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If you're interested in reading more, check out our paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3...
An SSRN screenshot: From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States 26 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2025 Emmie Hine Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies; KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) Luciano Floridi Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies Date Written: June 07, 2025 Abstract omitted Keywords: AI governance, AI policy, open-source AI, state AI legislation, technology regulation
July 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM