JT/DL: To expand or ban license plate tracking; the algorithmic racial proxy
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
FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, saying it wants “data in near real time”. (Ars Technica)
A bipartisan amendment would end police license plate tracking nationwide. (Wired)
AI fabrications in legal filings grow in Oregon, the US. (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
AI is making fraud easier. (Bloomberg)
The Algorithmic Racial Proxy. (California Law Review)
ICE agents have a list of 20 million people on their iPhones thanks to Palantir. (404 Media)
New York City to renew Rikers’ phone deal amid AI surveillance concerns. (The City)
Nebraskan with disabilities sues over new disabilities assessment system. (National Health Law Program)
New Massachusetts law allows for thousands of eviction records to be sealed over last year.(GBH Boston)
Did faulty court data drive the legislative push to cut 11 judges and a clerk in Orleans Parish? (Louisiana Illuminator) (h/t Bill Raftery & Nicole Waters)
Events
The NYC Leadership Summit on AI in Criminal Justice is June 16. (JJC)
Wikimania will be in Paris July 23-25. (WM)
The A2J Network Conference will be in Cincinnati October 21-22. (A2JN)
Jobs & Opportunities
[New] Arnold Ventures is looking to fill multiple roles. (AV)
The Brennan Center for Justice has multiple openings. (BCJ)
The Center for Democracy and Technology has academic externships. (CDT)
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative needs a counsel for AI and tech. (CZI)
The University of Chicago Crime Lab has multiple openings, including internships. (UCCL)
Code for America has multiple openings. (CfA) (h/t Russ Finkelstein)
The Institute for Law and AI has multiple openings. (ILAI)
The Kapor Foundation needs research fellows. (KF)
[New] The Knight-Georgetown Institute needs a policy analyst. (KGI)
[New] The Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Unit needs a digital forensics analyst and a staff attorney. (LAS) (h/t Jerome Greco)
Maryland Legal Services Corporation needs a director of strategic technology. (MLSC) (h/t Dave Pantzer)
[New] OpenMinded has multiple openings. (OM)
The Pew Charitable Trusts needs a data and policy officer for their courts work. (Pew)
Recidiviz has multiple openings. (R)
[New] The Recoding America Fund needs a federal policy director. (RAF)
Renaissance Philanthropy is hiring for multiple roles. (RP)
[New] Stanford Law School needs an associate director for its AI initiative. (SLS)