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The Danish Data Protection Agency and the Danish Agency for Digitalization announced the opening of a second round of applications to their AI regulatory sandbox. The sandbox provides companies with access to free guidance on the General Data Protection Regulation and risk classification under the EU AI Act.
Kentucky’s technology office “shall prioritize personal privacy and the protection of the data of individuals and businesses as the state develops, implements, employs, and procures” generative, high-risk and other AI systems, said a bill passed Friday by the state Senate. Kentucky senators voted 30-3 to approve SB-4 by Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe (R).
After a contentious hearing last week on a New Mexico comprehensive privacy bill, the sponsor presented an amended version of the legislation to the House Commerce Committee at a Monday meeting. The panel cleared the bill 9-0.
Washington state bills requiring privacy and AI transparency are apparently dead after missing a Friday cutoff to clear fiscal committees in the legislature. However, child privacy bills in the House and Senate cleared their respective fiscal committees in time.
The Utah Senate Business Committee unanimously cleared a bill Friday that enacts provisions related to social media data portability and interoperability.
Maryland should create an AI working group instead of passing high-risk AI legislation modeled after Virginia’s potential AI law, tech industry representatives told Maryland’s Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.
Buddy AI is now complying with child privacy law, BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) said Wednesday (see 2502260053).
Having humans understand and actively involved in implementing AI systems and tools in businesses can help counter privacy and ethical concerns, said tech experts on a Microsoft webinar Thursday.
European privacy law changes might be needed to address legal uncertainty related to interplay between Europe’s AI Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), said the European Parliamentary Research Service in a report released Wednesday.