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Safeguarding Democratic Elections in the Age of AI
As national elections approach in the United States, concerns about AI-generated robot calls and manipulated media have grown more urgent. The 2024 elections mark a pivotal moment in American history, as it stands as the first presidential election year poised at the intersection of the burgeoning advancements in AI-generated content. Both legal and technological interventions will be necessary to mitigate these threats in advance of November.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Analysis
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EPIC Urges the NTIA to Tackle Privacy Harms, Bias, and Regulatory Hurdles in New Comment on AI Model Openness
Yesterday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to its request for comments on the risks and benefits of dual-use foundation models with widely available model weights, highlighting key privacy, bias, and regulatory hurdles that both closed and open AI models must overcome.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Government AI Use
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Web Scraping
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Fortune: Good luck keeping up with the whirlwind of new AI regulation
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OMB Finalizes Long-Awaited Guidance on Federal AI Use
Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its final guidance on AI governance, innovation, and risk management within federal agencies.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Data Protection
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Government AI Use
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Government Records & Privacy
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Screening & Scoring
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Updates
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What U.S. Regulators can Learn from the EU AI Act
On March 13, the European Union Parliament passed the Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act” or “the Act”), taking the penultimate step in a years-long legislative process. Originally proposed in early 2021, the sweeping, harms-based Act categorizes artificial intelligence systems by preconceived risks to fundamental rights, public safety, and public health into prohibited, high-risk, or low or no-risk systems.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Data Protection
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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
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International Privacy
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Surveillance Oversight
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Analysis
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Cal Matters: If California government wants to use AI, it will have to follow these new rules
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Government AI Use
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Screening & Scoring
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Here Comes the Sun(shine Week): Celebrating Some EPIC Open Government Wins
In celebration of Sunshine Week, EPIC is highlighting some open government successes from the past year.
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Access to Information
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Freedom of Information Act
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Government AI Use
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Government Databases
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Intelligence Surveillance
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Open Government
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Privacy Impact Assessments
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Surveillance Oversight
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Summary: What does the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act Actually Say?
Covering everything from ChatGPT to the systems used to build freight truck cabins, the European Union’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act” or “the Act”) is a piece of tech legislation rivaled only in scope by the GDPR. The sweeping harms-based structure categorizes artificial intelligence systems by preconceived risks to fundamental rights, public safety, and public health (prohibited, high-risk, and low or no-risk systems).
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Data Protection
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International Privacy
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International Privacy Laws
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Privacy Laws
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Analysis
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FTC’s Strong Rite Aid Enforcement Order Is a Warning to Companies Using Biometric AI Systems
In December, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Rite Aid over the pharmacy’s discriminatory use of facial recognition technology in its stores. Between 2012 and 2020, Rite Aid deployed facial recognition surveillance systems to identify individuals who may be shoplifting—yet did so without assessing the accuracy or bias of the technology. Rite Aid also used facial recognition technology disproportionately in stores in plurality non-white neighborhoods.
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Analysis
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Bloomberg Law: Connecticut Lawmaker Gains Prominence as States Grapple With AI
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AI Policy
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Privacy Laws
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News
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