Hello What’s Next readers, I’m your correspondent Ben Hancock. It’s that time of year again: the buds are opening, people are mucking out their homes, and Stanford Law School is hosting its annual CodeX FutureLaw conference! It’s a day chock full of the stuff I cover here: blockchain, AI ethics, privacy — you name it.

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