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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
Supreme Court Avoids Major Section 230 Ruling in Case About Digital Platforms Recommending Terrorist Content

The Supreme Court has declined to address whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that encourages tech companies to moderate content on their platforms, immunizes companies like Google and Twitter from lawsuits alleging that their recommendation algorithms promoted terrorist activity. In a pair of decisions released today—Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Online Harassment
- Updates
EPIC to Congress: Reform Section 230
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves EARN IT Act
- Online Harassment
- Updates
EPIC Backs Strong Crypto and 230 Reform
- Cybersecurity
- Encryption
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Facebook Announces Deepfakes Ban
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Danielle Citron Testifies on Corporate Responsibility for Online Activity
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Top European Court Rules Global Takedown of Defamatory Content Permissible
- Data Protection
- International Privacy
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Grindr User Asks Supreme Court to Hear Dating App Abuse Case
- Online Harassment
- Updates
Senator Hawley Bill Would Mandate Algorithmic Transparency, Limit 230 Immunity
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Online Harassment
- Updates

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