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Lawrence Lessig

@lessig
10 posts
2026-02-27
This is a beautiful act of integrity and principle, incredibly rare for our time.  Thank you, Anthropic.  —  www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
2026-02-27 View on X
Axios

President Trump calls Anthropic a “radical left, woke company” and says he is directing every federal agency in the US to stop using its products

The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date …

This is a beautiful act of integrity and principle, incredibly rare for our time.  Thank you, Anthropic.  —  www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
2026-02-27 View on X
Anthropic

Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot “in good conscience” accede to DOD's request to remove safeguards and will work to ensure a smooth transition if offboarded

I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.

2025-10-11
This is awful. Aggressive lawyering is always a bad sign.
2025-10-11 View on X
Fortune

Nathan Calvin, general counsel of AI safety nonprofit Encode, says OpenAI used intimidation tactics to undermine California's SB 53 while it was being debated

one which buried that the recipient, the GC of a company who Amicus-ed us, received a broad subpoena with advance notice— was not the way. @lessig : This is awful. Aggressive lawye...

2024-08-29
SB 1047 has passed the Assembly floor vote with support from both sides of the aisle. We need this regulation to give whistleblowers the protections they need to speak out on critical threats to public safety. Governor @GavinNewsom, you should sign SB 1047 into law.
2024-08-29 View on X
Reuters

California's State Assembly passes the AI safety bill SB 1047, which now goes back to the Senate for a process vote before requiring Governor Newsom's signature

California lawmakers passed a hotly contested artificial-intelligence safety bill on Wednesday, after which it will need …

2024-08-10
@GavinNewsom @CASpeakerRivas @ilike_mike : Whistleblowers at frontier labs say the risks from AI models are real; SB 1047 gives them the protection they need to come forward.  Professors Bengio, Hinton, and Russell — the real experts — agree the risks are real.  We all urge you to pass it into law.
2024-08-10 View on X
@martin_casado

[Thread] A roundup of recent announcements from researchers, businesses, and academic institutions opposing California's AI safety bill

the real experts — agree the risks are real.  We all urge you to pass it into law. Titus Wu / @tituswu100 : Pressure is intensifying on #SB1047, California's controversial #AI safe...

2023-02-23
This will feel like a win for creators. It is a loss. The cost of competitive artwork has just fallen dramatically. The US Copyright Office says an AI can't copyright its art https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge
2023-02-23 View on X
Reuters

Letter: the US Copyright Office says a graphic novel's images that were generated using the AI tool Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection

Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection …

2022-12-20
You realize you are just relearning in real time what 400 years of democratic experimentation has taught. Maybe just take a beat and read a book? https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change”

Elon Musk is actively searching for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc., CNBC's David Faber reported …

2022-12-18
A brilliant unpacking of the insanity raging around @elonmusk. Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/...
2022-12-18 View on X
The Verge

Twitter reactivates some journalists' accounts, after 58.7% of participants in Elon Musk's poll voted to lift the suspension “now” compared to 41.3% “in 7 days”

(The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.)  Out of the two poll options, “now” …

2022-12-17
A brilliant unpacking of the insanity raging around @elonmusk. Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/...
2022-12-17 View on X
The Verge

Twitter begins reactivating some journalists' accounts, after 58.7% of participants in Elon Musk's poll voted to lift the suspension “now”, beating “in 7 days”

(The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.)  Out of the two poll options, “now” …

2021-03-06
This is super @Superwuster news! A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-03-06 View on X
New York Times

Tim Wu, an outspoken critic of Big Tech, is joining the National Economic Council as a special assistant to President Biden for tech and competition policy

Tim Wu's appointment to the National Economic Council would signal a confrontational approach by the Biden administration.