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Advocacy groups call on Colorado lawmakers to strengthen the state’s AI Act

December 10, 2024

The groups called on lawmakers to retain several strong provisions as well as add other key protections to ensure the Colorado AI Act effectively protects residents of the state.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Updates
EPIC Executive Director Testifies Before the House Financial Services Committee

December 4, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- Updates
EPIC Commends FTC Order Prohibiting DoNotPay’s Deceptive AI Claims

November 1, 2024

The FTC’s complaint alleged that DoNotPay violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by misrepresenting its AI system as being equivalent to a human lawyer and falsely claiming it could analyze legal violations in websites and documents.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Minimization
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Files Complaint Urging the FTC to Investigate OpenAI’s GPTs and Third-Party APIs

October 29, 2024
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Data Protection
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Updates
CFPB Issues New Guidance to Protect Workers from Digital Surveillance Using Third-Party Consumer Reporting Tools

October 25, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued guidance to protect workers from digital surveillance.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- Updates
PRESS RELEASE: EPIC and Consumer Advocates Sue Tenant Screening Company for Unfair and Deceptive Algorithmic Practices

October 3, 2024

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) have filed suit against tenant screening company, RentGrow, for unfair and deceptive practices tied to their automated tenant screening reports.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Updates
FTC Takes Action Against Businesses Using Unproven, Deceptive, and Fraudulent AI Systems

September 25, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission’s Operation AI Comply is in full swing. The Commission’s new initiative aims to crack down on AI-infused frauds and deceptions to protect consumers from deceptive, inaccurate, and fraudulent AI-powered practices like chatbots, fake online reviews, or false claims of huge earnings. The Commission has taken action against DoNotPay, Ascend Ecom, Ecommerce Empire Builders, Rytr, and the FBA Machine for deceptive uses of AI that harmed consumers.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Protection
- Updates
EPIC Urges FCC to Require More Disclosures Around AI Content in Political Ads—and Restrict AI Disinformation

September 5, 2024
- Access to Information
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Updates
EPIC Releases its AI Legislation Scorecard

June 25, 2024

Today, EPIC published its AI Legislation Scorecard, a first-of-its-kind rubric for lawmakers, journalists, advocates and academics to use when evaluating the strength of state and federal AI bills.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Updates
EPIC Pushes NIST to Focus its Approach to Generative AI Risks Around Who and How AI Harms

June 4, 2024

This past weekend, EPIC submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with feedback on three draft documents the agency has produced in response to President Biden’s AI Executive Order, including additional recommendations on generative AI risk classification, AI transparency, and stakeholder engagement.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- Updates

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