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The Sunday ShowAI Companions and the LawConcerns about AI chatbots delivering harmful, even profoundly dangerous advice or instructions to users is growing. There is deep concern over the effects of these interactions on children, and a growing number of stories—and lawsuits—about when things go wrong, particularly for teens. In this conversation, Justin Hendrix is joined by three legal experts who are thinking deeply about how to address questions related to chatbots, and about the need for substantially more research on human-AI interaction: Clare Huntington, Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School;Meetali Jain, founder and director of the Te...2025-06-1554 min
Pondering AIRegulating Addictive AI with Robert MahariRobert Mahari examines the consequences of addictive intelligence, adaptive responses to regulating AI companions, and the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration. Robert and Kimberly discuss the attributes of addictive products; the allure of AI companions; AI as a prescription for loneliness; not assuming only the lonely are susceptible; regulatory constraints and gaps; individual rights and societal harms; adaptive guardrails and regulation by design; agentic self-awareness; why uncertainty doesn’t negate accountability; AI’s negative impact on the data commons; economic disincentives; interdisciplinary collaboration and future research. Robert Mahari is a JD-PhD researcher at MIT Media Lab and th...2025-04-1654 min
Daily Paper CastBridging the Data Provenance Gap Across Text, Speech and Video
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Shayne Longpre, Nikhil Singh, Manuel Cherep, Kushagra Tiwary, Joanna Materzynska, William Brannon, Robert Mahari, Manan Dey, Mohammed Hamdy, Nayan Saxena, Ahmad Mustafa Anis, Emad A. Alghamdi, Vu Minh Chien, Naana Obeng-Marnu, Da Yin, Kun Qian, Yizhi Li, Minnie Liang, An Dinh, Shrestha Mohanty, Deividas Mataciunas, Tobin South, Jianguo Zhang, Ariel N. Lee, Campbell S. Lund, Christopher Klamm, Damien Sileo, Diganta Misra, Enrico Shippole, Kevin Klyman, Lester JV Miranda, Niklas Muennighoff, Seonghyeon Ye, Seungone Kim, Vipul Gupta, Vivek Sharma, Xuhui Zhou, Caiming Xiong, Luis Villa, Ste...2024-12-2625 min
Ethical MachinesWhat’s Wrong With Loving an AI?People, especially kids under 18, are forming emotional attachments with AI chatbots. At a minimum, this is…weird. Is it also unethical? Does it harm users? Is it, as my guest Robert Mahari argues, an affront to human dignity? Have a listen and find out.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2024-12-0553 min
New York City Bar Association PodcastCould Agentic AI Be Your New Legal Intern?Presidential Task Force on AI and Digital Technologies members Wendy Butler Curtis and Robert Mahari are joined by Cai GoGwilt, founder of Ironclad, to discuss the power and potential of Agentic AI. Their conversation explores the definitions, capabilities, and notable limitations of the emerging Large Language Models. Building on Forbes’ “intern” analogy, the co-hosts highlight the ways in which Agentic AI can enhance productivity across several fields with its hyperintelligence and adaptability to complex tasks. Curtis, Mahari and GoGwilt conclude with thoughts on its future development, ethical considerations of its usage, and anecdotes of their most interesting encounters with these tools...2024-10-3046 min
The Lawfare PodcastLawfare Daily: Robert Mahari on Addictive Intelligence, Digital Attachment Disorders, and Other AI-related ConcernsRobert Mahari, a joint JD-PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, Assistant Professor at St. Thomas University College of Law and a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to explain how increased use of AI agents may lead humans to form troublingly and even addictive relationships with artificial systems. Robert also shares the significance of his research on common uses of existing generative AI systems. This interview builds on Robert’s recent piece in the MIT Tech Review, which he co-authored with Pat Pataranutaporn.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Suppo...2024-10-0136 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionLawfare Daily: Robert Mahari on Addictive Intelligence, Digital Attachment Disorders, and Other AI-related ConcernsRobert Mahari, a joint JD-PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, Assistant Professor at St. Thomas University College of Law and a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to explain how increased use of AI agents may lead humans to form troublingly and even addictive relationships with artificial systems. Robert also shares the significance of his research on common uses of existing generative AI systems. This interview builds on Robert’s recent piece in the MIT Tech Review, which he co-authored with Pat Pataranutaporn. Get for Ad Free Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See...2024-10-0136 min
Merging MindsTransformative AI in Translation & Legal Services (with Robert Mahari)As we explore a brave new world, can we seize the opportunities, address the challenges, and ultimately shape a future where #technology empowers us all? In today's episode, we're exploring the transformative potential of #AI in the realm of #translation and #legal services. Beyond the buzzwords and the fears of AI job replacements, we're striving to uncover a nuanced landscape where human expertise remains paramount. Gabriel’s special guest, Robert Mahari, a Ph.D. student in the MIT Human Dynamics Group and a J.D. candidate at Harvard Law School, joins us to share invaluable insights into how...2024-03-2651 min
AI 'N StuffTracing AI Data OriginsLet's say you're on the edge of developing an awesome new AI language model. But here's a critical question – how do you ensure that your use of training data aligns with its licensing terms? How do you even find out what the licensing terms of that data are? Here’s another question: how do you find out where the dataset came from and what's inside? And how do you prevent the dataset from introducing bias and toxicity into your model?
These are some of the key questions we're discussing in this week’s episode. I spoke with Robert...2023-12-1237 min
Stanford Computational AntitrustEpisode 3: Time for a New Antitrust Era (Mahari, Lera & Pentland)In this episode 3, Thibault Schrepel discusses Stanford Computational Antitrust's newest article, "Time for a New Antitrust Era: Refocusing Antitrust Law to Invigorate Competition in the 21st Century", with its co-authors, Robert Zev Mahari, Sandro Claudio Lera & Alex Pentland.2021-05-0339 min
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02. Daddy Yankee ft Ozuna - La Rompe Corazones
03. ABBY feat. Mike Diamondz - Drama (Robert Cristian Remix)
04. Becky G, Natti Natasha - Sin Pijama
05. Descemer Bueno, Enrique Iglesias, Andra ft. El Micha - Nos Fuimos Lejos (Romanian Version)
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07. J. Balvin, Jowell & Randy ft. Nicky Jam, Wisin, Yandel, Ozuna - Bonita (Remix)
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10. Ryon - Champion
11. Arilena Ara - Nëntori (Bess Remix)
12. Hakan Akkus & Ece Barak - Try Again (Extended Mix)
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