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California Privacy Agency Releases Draft Rules for Automated Decision-Making Technology, Including Opt-Out for Behavioral Ads

As momentum to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) continues to build on the federal level, yesterday the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published draft regulations for automated decision-making technology, which includes machine learning and AI.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Urges the Department of Education to Invest in Strong Privacy Safeguards when Funding EdTech through Seedlings to Scale

In comments filed November 13th, EPIC urged the Department of Education to establish safeguards that guide the development and deployment of any AI technologies funded by the Seedlings to Scale program. The Department of Education filed a Request for Information asking for insight to guide its efforts in funding technology intended to improve educational outcomes for all students.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Data Protection

• Government AI Use

• Student Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Urges NTIA to Back Data Minimization, Address Wide Range of Harms to Minors Online

As children and teens continue spend so much of their lives online in recreational, social and educational settings, it has become clear that existing laws and regulations do not sufficiently protect minors from online harms. In the face of emerging risks from AI and other technologies, EPIC recommended that the NTIA center safeguards like data minimization or a ban on targeted advertising to minors in any of its future recommendations.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Children's Privacy

• Commercial AI Use

• Data Protection

• Student Privacy

• Updates

Former President Obama Adds EPIC-Backed ‘Zero Trust AI Governance’ Framework to AI Reading List

Earlier today, three days after President Biden's Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, former President Obama posted a piece entitled "What I’m Reading on the Rise of Artificial Intelligence." One of the articles the former President highlighted was a framework developed by EPIC, AI Now Insitute, and Accountable Tech entitled "Zero Trust AI Governance".

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Government AI Use

• Updates

OMB Publishes Draft Guidance Implementing Procedural Requirements for Agencies Developing, Using, and Procuring AI

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released draft guidance outlining federal agencies’ obligations and suggested actions around the responsible development, use, and procurement of AI technologies. The OMB guidance establishes new agency roles and resources for managing government AI systems; requires agencies to build internal processes, strategies, and capacity to increase their use and procurement of responsible AI; and sets out minimum AI risk management practices that most executive agencies are expected to follow.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Government AI Use

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

DC Attorney General Charges Landlords with Using Algorithmic Tool to Illegally Raise Rents

“RealPage and the defendant landlords illegally colluded to artificially raise rents by participating in a centralized, anticompetitive scheme, causing District residents to pay millions of dollars above fair market prices,” said DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Updates

White House Publishes Wide-Ranging AI Executive Order

The Biden-Harris Administration issued an Executive Order entitled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” that emphasizes the need for regulation of high-risk AI and critically recognizes the link between privacy and AI.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Updates

EPIC Testifies at New York Assembly Hearing on Labor and AI

"Automated decision-making systems have become increasingly prevalent throughout the hiring and employment process in recent years, and the bias, opacity, and inaccuracy of such systems has caused significant harm to workers," EPIC Senior Counsel Ben Winters said.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Updates

Press Release: EPIC Applauds White House for Issuing Landmark Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

systems, including requiring disclosure of safety testing results to the federal government, and provisions that address algorithmic discrimination.  “EPIC commends the Biden-Harris Administration for this landmark executive action, which calls on agencies throughout the federal government to combat algorithmic discrimination and establish human rights safeguards around AI,” said EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Updates

EPIC Urges FEC to Clarify Fraudulent Misrepresentations Using Generative AI Are Illegal

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Updates