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Fifty Plus Advocate: Artificial intelligence a concern for discrimination in the job market
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Screening & Scoring
- News
EPIC Urges NTIA to Back Data Minimization, Address Wide Range of Harms to Minors Online

As children and teens continue spend so much of their lives online in recreational, social and educational settings, it has become clear that existing laws and regulations do not sufficiently protect minors from online harms. In the face of emerging risks from AI and other technologies, EPIC recommended that the NTIA center safeguards like data minimization or a ban on targeted advertising to minors in any of its future recommendations.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Children's Privacy
- Commercial AI Use
- Data Protection
- Student Privacy
- Updates
Comments of EPIC to the Department of Education on Seedlings to Scale

As a key driver of investment in and adoption of new technologies in the education space, the Department has an obligation to ensure that those systems do not cause harm to students. EPIC is concerned that deployment of data-extractive and mistake-prone AI systems in the education space could cause significant harm, and thus demands special safeguards.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Data Protection
- Government AI Use
- Student Privacy
- APA Comments
Commonweal Magazine: Is AI Poised to Replace Humanity?
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- News
The Record: Biden AI order could lead to reforms in how federal agencies work with data brokers
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Consumer Privacy
- Data Brokers
- News
Former President Obama Adds EPIC-Backed ‘Zero Trust AI Governance’ Framework to AI Reading List

Earlier today, three days after President Biden's Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, former President Obama posted a piece entitled "What I’m Reading on the Rise of Artificial Intelligence." One of the articles the former President highlighted was a framework developed by EPIC, AI Now Insitute, and Accountable Tech entitled "Zero Trust AI Governance".
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- Updates
White House Publishes Wide-Ranging AI Executive Order

The Biden-Harris Administration issued an Executive Order entitled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” that emphasizes the need for regulation of high-risk AI and critically recognizes the link between privacy and AI.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Updates
Bloomberg Law: AI Order Puts Agencies Front and Center in Building Safeguards
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Government AI Use
- News
The Guardian: How the UK’s emphasis on apocalyptic AI risk helps business
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- International Privacy Laws
- News
Press Release: EPIC Applauds White House for Issuing Landmark Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

systems, including requiring disclosure of safety testing results to the federal government, and provisions that address algorithmic discrimination. “EPIC commends the Biden-Harris Administration for this landmark executive action, which calls on agencies throughout the federal government to combat algorithmic discrimination and establish human rights safeguards around AI,” said EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Updates

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