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New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms 

EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose! While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products has undermined years-long efforts to make AI development transparent and accountable.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Big Data

• Commercial AI Use

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Online Harassment

• Privacy & Racial Justice

• Updates

EPIC Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Tech Companies Using Police as Promoters

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Census Bureau Director Defends Use of Differential Privacy

• Big Data

• Census Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Updates

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC to Federal Trade Commission: It is Time to Protect Consumers from Commercial Surveillance

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Updates

FTC Announces Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Security

• Updates

European Parliament Adopts DSA, DMA

• Access to Information

• Big Data

• Children's Privacy

• Competition and Privacy

• International Privacy

• International Privacy Laws

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Urges Federal Reserve to Prioritize Privacy If Designing a Central Bank Digital Currency

• Anonymity

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Screening & Scoring

• Updates

EPIC Recommends CFPB Strengthen Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Market Inquiry on Customer Acquisition and Data Practices

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Big Data

• Commercial AI Use

• Consumer Privacy

• Screening & Scoring

• Updates

EPIC Testifies at House Hearing on Need for U.S. Privacy Law

EPIC Deputy Director Caitriona Fitzgerald testified before the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on House Administration in a hearing regarding "Big Data: Privacy Risks and Needed Reforms in the Public and Private Sectors."

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Enforcement of Privacy Laws

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Updates

EPIC and Consumer Reports Urge the FTC to Initiate a Data Minimization Rulemaking

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Updates