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Matthew Tokson
@mtokson.bsky.social
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Law professor at U. Utah, teaching criminal law and procedure, privacy, AI, cyberlaw. My writing is here: tinyurl.com/ycw29snm Bio here: https://faculty.utah.edu/u6012359-Matthew_Tokson/hm/index.hml
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Mar 17
My new article, for a symposium at UPenn, is now up on SSRN. It's about Artificial Intelligence and the 4th Amendment.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It makes 2 claims:
1) AI surveillance and policing facilitates authoritarianism.
2) Anti-authoritarian 4th Amendment theory can help address it.
Artificial Intelligence and the Anti-Authoritarian Fourth Amendment
<p>Today, the most influential branch of Fourth Amendment scholarship conceives of the Fourth Amendment’s central purpose as preserving citizen privacy against
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 1d
My car made me feel old today
Radio description of Lovefool as Oldies
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 5d
ICE has resumed purchasing location data on hundreds of millions of Americans: www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
This violates the Fourth Amendment, as I explain in a recent article: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
www.404media.co
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 6d
Having meaningful Fourth Amendment remedies in place is important because without them you eventually get this - federal agents dragging US citizens from their homes without cause.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 7d
Incredible album
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB7X...
The Black Crowes - Thorn In My Pride
YouTube video by TheBlackCrowesVEVO
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 29d
Finally, there will be lots of podcasts.
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Aug 15
And here's a story on the emerging problem of "AI psychosis" by Psychology Today

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains the risks.
www.psychologytoday.com
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Aug 15
Even today's relatively primitive AIs are directly hurting people and ruining lives. They're largely unregulated and AI companies have ignored safety issues.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 13
I filed a FOIA request with the FTC to get user complaints about ChatGPT.

In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.
'This Was Trauma by Simulation': ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints
Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints to FTC through a FOIA request.
gizmodo.com
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Aug 4
I'm late to the news that a cert petition has been filed in the US v. Chatrie geofence case. Thanks to Adam Unikowsky and the EDVA public defenders' office for the shout-outs. Fingers crossed for a grant.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jul 25
+1, I was also going to recommend the first Black Sabbath album
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jul 25
Relistening to Elastica youtu.be/djjw3BKUV28?...
Elastica - Car Song
YouTube video by ElasticaVEVO
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jul 24
I have a paper on that: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Artificial Intelligence and the Anti-Authoritarian Fourth Amendment
AI-based surveillance and policing technologies facilitate authoritarian drift. That is, the systems of observation, detection, and enforcement that AI makes po
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jul 21
Art Brut, Modern Art only references the color of a Hockney, but it rocks. youtu.be/ATvs7E1NrEk?...
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jul 2
I recently came across this Ohio Court of Appeals case that adopts the Carpenter Test overtly - the first court to do so! (Hundreds of courts have used these factors informally.) Thank you to Judges Mental, Boggs, and Edelstein for their kind references to my work.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Jul 1
In a stunning reversal, the Senate voted 99-1 this morning to strip from Trump's big bill a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations.

Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium
A GOP-led bid to stop states from regulating AI collapsed after a deal to save it fell through.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 26
That's correct
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 26
The Senate Parliamentarian asks Senators to rewrite the proposed 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation. An important development that might limit the scope of this extremely wrongheaded provision.

(It might also be removed by amendment because many Senators of both parties oppose it outright).
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Jun 26
"The Senate parliamentarian is asking the Senate Commerce Committee to rework its 10-year moratorium on enforcing state artificial intelligence laws, according to ranking member Maria Cantwell." www.politico.com/live-updates...
Parliamentarian requests AI moratorium rewrite
At issue is the scope of funding that will be conditioned on states complying with a 10-year pause on enforcing their AI laws.
www.politico.com
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 19
If you could get a review copy of this to me (and even if you can't) I might write a review of this when it comes out. The Church Report is pretty foundational to Fourth Amendment and surveillance studies.
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 16
I hit 10,000 SSRN downloads today! Grateful to all my readers.
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 12
The Supreme Court unanimously holds that a lawsuit can proceed against an FBI SWAT team for raiding the wrong house.
www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...
Martin v. United States
www.scotusblog.com
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 11
Our new paper, Decentering Property in Fourth Amendment Law is now out in the U. Chicago Law Review! It argues that property concepts should be used very carefully, and very little, in modern Fourth Amendment law.
lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 11
Are many law professors on Linkedin? I've never tried it.
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 11
Our new paper, Decentering Property in Fourth Amendment Law is now out in the U. Chicago Law Review! It argues that property concepts should be used very carefully, and very little, in modern Fourth Amendment law.
lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 4
I largely side with the Princeton School folks on AI timelines. I don't think supercapable AI is just around the corner. But I side with the AI 2027 folks on the need for robust regulation of this dangerous technology. We need more than these two viewpoints.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · May 28
For @newyorker.com, Joshua Rothman spoke with @randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social, authors of AI Snake Oil and a recently published paper “AI as Normal Technology”, which argues that practical obstacles will slow AI’s uses and potential: www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Two Paths for A.I.
The technology is complicated, but our choices are simple: we can remain passive, or assert control.
www.newyorker.com
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 2
It's also kind of funny to have a major case named Case.
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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · Jun 2
The Supreme Court grants Case v. Montana, on whether police need Probable Cause to enter a home for community caretaking purposes (i.e. to break up a fight or save a heart attack victim). Interesting case! It'll be nice to have clarity on the issue, whatever happens.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jun 2
The Supreme Court grants four new cases. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
CERTIORARI GRANTED 24-568 BOST, MICHAEL, J. ET AL. V. IL BD. OF ELECTIONS, ET AL. 24-624 CASE, WILLIAM T. V. MONTANA 24-758 24-924 GEO GROUP, INC. V. MENOCAL, ALEJANDRO, ET AL. The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. HENCELY, WINSTON T. V. FLUOR CORP., ET AL. The motion of Center for Military Law and Policy, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
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