Kate Tummarello

Executive Director @EngineOrg, working on intermediary liability, privacy, and Internet access issues. @EFF, @Politico, @thehill & @hamiltoncollege alum.

[Rachana D. Pradhan @rachanadpradhan]

The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades.

Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more.

Me + @K_Hought @KFFHealthNews for @CNN https://t.co/bzPGT1WR5d

[Adam Thierer @AdamThierer]

outstanding new @EngineOrg piece by @NathanLindfors on
"The pro-startup policy agenda to power AI innovation."
Highlights the enormous potential costs of over-regulation on Little Tech community.

[Kate Tummarello @ktummarello]

Looking forward to reading an FTC docket full of people outing themselves for sharing offensive and crude memes, and the government redacting the memes "for PII" (in an RFI about "censorship"!)

[Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw]

Having trouble making any sense of this proposed rule.

So IG would have to let me choose who I would want to moderate content for me, and that person could be a third-party moderator?

How could you possibly implement this? Why would you want to?

[Kate Tummarello @ktummarello]

@ryanbeckwith Yes! I was worried the Freddie Mercury mustache was too subtle. Glad you got it!!

[Kate Tummarello @ktummarello]

Can you guess the music icons (with "identifying characteristics") that inspired the ghosts in our animation on digital replica proposals?

[Engine @EngineOrg]

Legislative proposals that hold developers liable for their AI tools’ use in creating digital replicas will drive startups away from innovation. The looming threat of costly lawsuits will make it too risky for them to engage in AI development.

[Engine @EngineOrg]

Startups want to “chomp” away at creating novel products with AI, but navigating the maze of innovation increasingly involves dodging “ghosts” of poorly-conceived regulation, legal threats, and practical challenges. 🎃🧵

[Kate Tummarello @ktummarello]

So many points worth emphasizing in this great thread (we all rely on fair use! ruinous damages in copyright law! richard the plumber from this old house!), but this is the big one.

[Brandon Butler @bc_butler]

And that's where the logic of "AI is an infringement machine" will lead us. Every creative tool is an infringement machine, in the hands of an infringer. So what? Punishing the tool-makers or forcing them to lock down their tools only hurts creators, and that hurts culture.

[Brandon Butler @bc_butler]

This is funny, but it raises important points that merit exploration. Some thoughts on this:
1) Big rights holders are, indeed, suing AI cos. over stuff like this. They don't want to sue it out of existence, though. Their goal is to take a windfall profit by taxing these tools.

[Nathan @NathanLindfors]

Adobe-Figma isn’t happening and we have final merger guidelines. I guess that means it’s time for a thread to unpack the coal 🌑 delivered to tech M&A this week.

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

🍂Are you ready? We declare summer OVER in DC. That means we don't see much potential for sustained 90-degree weather. But we do see LOTS of nice days ahead.🍂
https://t.co/MSZSkBM1Il

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

What a fascinating piece by ⁦@mckaycoppins⁩’ book on ⁦@SenatorRomney⁩

So much in here.

Including: “I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance.” https://t.co/ed7Pc1FAms

[Caitlyn Yaede (she/her) @caitlyn_yaede]

The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

[Daphne Keller @daphnehk]

Powerful analysis of KOSA's threats to LGBTQ+ kids in @TeenVogue. Of course.

https://t.co/8TRTTQAFZ1

[Nathan @NathanLindfors]

The current #dataprivacy landscape doesn't work for startups (or anyone else). As @camilopez points out:

"To solve this problem, Congress needs to pass one uniform federal privacy framework that works for startups."

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

This is a really good little browser game that shows you the impossible task of being a content moderator on the internet, and how it's never as clear-cut as it seems.

(And note that the people doing this actual job frequently make minimum wage.)
https://t.co/epGL01s4dt

[Kate Tummarello @ktummarello]

@jrhuddles 💯 That's why @EngineOrg launched the Digital Entrepreneur Project (in 2021) and why we helped organize 18 creators to file in Gonzalez: https://t.co/8dXAfvgbVb