Shaping AI: How data redefines the obligations and responsibilities to our future
Mallory Knodel examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping governance, arguing that while AI promises efficiency, it often deepens societal inequalities.
author: Mallory Knodel
Old Protocol, New Problems: Robots.txt
This week, in our main story: we examine how robots.txt, a decades-old web protocol, has become central to discussions about consent, copyright, and web scraping to power new generative AI tools.
Robots.txt Is Having a Moment: Here's Why We Should Care
By Mallory Knodel and
GSMA Embraces E2EE Standards
GSMA’s latest update to RCS adopts a clear, research-backed definition of end-to-end encryption, developed by Internet Exchange’s Mallory Knodel, Sofía Celi (Brave), Olaf Kolkman (Internet Society), and Gurshabad Grover. This update paves the way for secure, cross-platform messaging.
iPhone and Android Users Will Soon
AI Has Entered the Encrypted Chat
In our main article today, Mallory and Cornell University PhD student Andrés Fábrega break down how AI bots are creeping into encrypted chats, and what that means for privacy.
Can Bots Read Your Encrypted Messages? Encryption, Privacy, and the Emerging AI Dilemma
By Mallory Knodel and Andrés Fábrega, originally published
The Future 🔮 of Messaging: Interoperability Meets Encryption
The EU’s Digital Markets Act is forcing end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms to play nice, starting with WhatsApp. But will interoperability actually open up the market, as it's intended to do, or make big players even stronger? Mallory Knodel breaks down the tech, the trade-offs,
Zuckerberg Scales Back Content Moderation—What Happens Next Is Up to Us
A Call To Build Better Social Media Spaces
Trump’s Second Term: Six Predictions for the Future of Encryption
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Teaching AI to Respect Boundaries
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) just announced a new working group (AI-Control) to help content publishers control how AI systems use their data. Building on tools like robots.txt—which was designed to manage web crawler access, not AI scraping—the