President Donald Trump will name Ryan Baasch to replace outgoing FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, the White House confirmed Thursday.
AI Privacy
AI privacy concerns are growing as copyrighted works and personal data are used to train, optimize and operate machine learning systems. From facial recognition to inference risks, AI applications often test the limits of existing privacy laws. Regulators worldwide are developing safeguards to govern data use, bias, transparency and consent in AI development. This page tracks legislation, regulatory frameworks and enforcement actions at the intersection of AI and data protection.
Amid intensifying regulatory pressure about kids' online safety, Character.AI said Wednesday that it will roll out age assurance and remove “the ability for users under 18 to engage in open-ended chat with AI" on its platform by Nov. 25. The changes respond to questions raised by regulators and in recent news reports “about the content teens may encounter when chatting with AI and about how open-ended AI chat in general might affect teens,” the chatbot platform said.
There remains a need for the federal government to establish “lanes” limiting how states can regulate AI technology, Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., told reporters Wednesday.
Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Wednesday introduced a bill aimed at helping parents control students’ data privacy in public schools.
The Trump administration should work with Congress to preempt burdensome AI regulations at the state level, industry groups told the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in comments due Monday. Meanwhile, consumer advocates urged OSTP to protect civil rights through mandatory auditing, transparency standards and human oversight of high-risk AI systems.
Privacy and other civil society advocates are the "regulators of last resort" seeking to uphold human rights in the age of AI, speakers said Wednesday during a hearing of the U.K. Parliament Joint Human Rights Committee. Lawmakers are considering recommendations to the government on AI regulation and rights protections.
Now is a good time to get into privacy law, according to an American Bar Association blog post Monday.
Government intervention can either advance or harm human rights, so there needs to be transparency and accountability from governments and companies developing and deploying AI, said experts during a panel at a Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) event Tuesday.
LinkedIn will train AI systems using personal data of those who haven't opted out starting Nov. 3, Italian DPA Garante warned Tuesday.
Generative AI used by EU institutions must serve the public interest without compromising data protection standards, the European Data Protection Supervisor said Tuesday. The EDPS published updated guidance on EU agencies' use of generative AI to "reflect the fast-moving technological landscape and the evolving challenges" such systems pose.