The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, directing federal agencies to potentially withhold discretionary funding from states with AI regulations that “hinder” innovation. California's privacy agency and legislators from two other states rebuked the proposal.
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Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) and Utah Rep. Doug Fiefia (R) will dig into AI policy as co-chairs of a new national task force, the Future Caucus said Monday.
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Companies operating in Latin America should be aware that data protection authorities (DPAs) there are increasing guidance and enforcement, said panelists during a webinar Tuesday sponsored by TrustArc, a privacy compliance vendor.
The California Privacy Protection Agency won't make further significant changes to proposed rules in a controversial rulemaking on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other subjects, according to a draft released Tuesday. Meanwhile, in a proceeding on creating a data-deletion mechanism, the agency proposed several clarifications on data broker responsibilities. The CPPA posted those and other materials ahead of Thursday’s scheduled board meeting (see 2507110055).
The U.S. should urge international trading partners to remove cloud service restrictions and cross-border data restrictions, the Business Software Alliance said Monday, launching its AI Adoption Agenda.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling in Gutierrez v. Converse raised the bar for plaintiffs filing lawsuits involving website chats, and questioned whether the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) applies to internet communications, said three Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Monday.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Monday introduced legislation that would ban AI companies from using copyrighted works to train their models.
Texas investigated data practices of more than 200 companies and issued “dozens of privacy violation notices” under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act during the past year, said Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in a Monday press release touting his office’s privacy accomplishments.
The proposed AI moratorium could “absolutely” be reintroduced in some form, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us last week.