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Summary: What Does Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence Actually Say?

Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration issued its Executive Order on AI: “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The EO emphasizes the need for regulation of high-risk AI and—critically—recognizes the link between privacy and AI. The order promises federal support for the development and use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and requires agencies to evaluate how they use commercially available information containing personally identifiable information, including data obtained from data brokers. In announcing the order, President Biden also called on Congress to pass bipartisan data privacy legislation.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Analysis
CHRON.: Controversial gunshot detection system violates Civil Rights Act: report
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
EPIC Letter to Attorney General Garland Re: ShotSpotter Title VI Compliance
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Surveillance Oversight
Fox 11: New gunshot detection system aids Sparks Police in shootings, but critics fear overpolicing in minority neighborhoods
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Privacy in Public
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
Biometric Update.com: EPIC urges changes to UK ICO’s biometric data guidance
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- International Privacy
- News
Assessing the Assessments: Maximizing the Effectiveness of CCPA Risk Assessments

With the support of the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment, EPIC is launching our latest project in this field: Assessing the Assessments: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Algorithmic & Privacy Risk Assessments. Through this project, EPIC will develop model privacy and algorithmic risk assessments and further materials to educate consumers and promote best practices for entities processing personal data.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Enforcement of Privacy Laws
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Analysis
Techdirt: EPIC Asks The DOJ To Take A Closer Look At ShotSpotter Deployment
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
EPIC Files Petition Urging Attorney General Garland to Investigate ShotSpotter for Civil Rights Violations

EPIC has filed a petition urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether federal funding of acoustic gunshot detection tools, particularly ShotSpotter, complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Government AI Use
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Wired: US Justice Department Urged to Investigate Gunshot Detector Purchases
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Surveillance Oversight
- News
Draft California Risk Assessment Regulations Are a Promising Start

The comments include proposals on cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated decision-making systems and urge the agency to protect Californians by drawing on strong existing frameworks and ensuring that consumers’ rights to opt out and receive information are easy to exercise.
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- Analysis

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