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Specific Terms for Specific Risks: The Need for Accurate Definitions of AI Systems in Policymaking

Despite our cultural tendency to refer to a huge variety of different technologies as “AI,” it is essential to be specific about what we mean, both in common conversation and in legislators’ efforts to regulate technology.

October 1, 2025 Kara Williams, EPIC Counsel & Ben Winters, Director of AI and Data Privacy at Consumer Federation of America
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Assessing the Assessments lays out the ideal elements of a risk assessment framework and engages with the CA Privacy Protection Agency’s development of risk assessment rules under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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