JT/DL: Justice AI regs; FBI gets encrypted texts
Plus new jobs
The JT/DL is a twice-monthly newsletter about justice technology news, events, and opportunities. My opinions do not reflect those of my employers or professional partners.
News
States can—and should—regulate AI in criminal justice. (Brookings)
How facial recognition led to a woman being wrongly jailed for six months. (Washington Post)
Florida opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI after its chatbot was implicated in a shooting. (New York Times)
How the FBI extracts deleted Signal messages. (404 Media)
A Colorado bill takes aim at Flock cameras and police surveillance technology. (Colorado Sun)
This is how we get moral AI companies. (New York Times)
Why AI alone cannot fix social problems. (Rest of World)
A Three Horizons Framework for government reform. (Jen Pahlka)
The World Bank has a digital justice series, they are currently on episode four. (World Bank)
There’s a new, open source Patrol Demographics Calculator. (New America)
Events
LawDroid’s AI Conference is April 28. (LD) (h/t David Gray)
RightsCon is May 5-8 in Zambia. (RC)
Wikimania will be in Paris July 23-25. (WM)
The A2J Network Conference will be in Cincinnati October 21-22. (A2JN)
Jobs & Opportunities
Arnold Ventures is looking for a criminal justice innovation fellow. (AV)
The Brennan Center for Justice has multiple openings. (BCJ)
[New] The Center for Democracy and Technology has academic externships. (CDT)
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative needs a counsel for AI and tech. (CZI)
Code for America has multiple openings. (CfA) (h/t Russ Finkelstein)
The Free Law Project is looking for court partners on its Litigant Portal project. (FLP)
The Institute for Law and AI has multiple openings. (ILAI)
The Kapor Foundation needs research fellows. (KF)
Maryland Legal Services Corporation needs a director of strategic technology. (MLSC) (h/t Dave Pantzer)
OpenMinded needs a senior policy manager. (OM)
The O’Shaughnessy Fellowships is accepting applications. (OF) (h/t Ben Metz)
[New] The Pew Charitable Trusts needs a data and policy officer for their courts work. (Pew)
[New] Recidiviz has multiple openings. (R)
[New] Recoding America Fund needs a chief digital and AI officer. (RAF)
Renaissance Philanthropy is hiring for multiple roles. (RP)
The University of Texas School of Law needs an AI and legal practice fellow. (UT)