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We empirically assess the impact of ride-hailing platforms on the incidence of drunk-driving fatal crashes and fatalities in Chile. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we study heterogeneous effects in fatalities by gender and role in the crash (driver or passenger). Our results suggest that the introduction of ride-hailing platforms has significantly reduced fatal crashes and fatalities, especially the number of female passengers’ fatalities and the number of male drivers’ fatalities at night. The former result may evidence that ride-hailing platforms like Uber can contribute to the mitigation of the mobility bias against women in the traditional transport sector.

Generative AI (GenAI) systems raise fundamental challenges for copyright law at both the input and output stages. On the input side, legal uncertainty surrounds the large-scale scraping of copyrighted data for model training, with divergent rules across jurisdictions and limited transparency on how data is sourced. On the output side, courts struggle to determine when AI-assisted creations are sufficiently human to merit protection, leading to inconsistent or unclear legal outcomes. This paper outlines the “AI copyright conundrum” and examines its impact on the incentives to create, the accessibility of high-quality datasets, and the sustainability of cultural production. We discuss policy options and open questions for research.