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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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Forbes: An AI App Claiming To Detect STIs From Photos Of Genitals Is A Privacy ‘Disaster’
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Health Privacy
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Murthy v. Missouri and the Threat of Election Disinformation
As the 2024 U.S. Presidential election heats up, we’re returning to the thorny problem of election disinformation through the lens of content moderation and the recent Supreme Court case, Murthy v. Missouri.
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The Record: FTC investigating Reddit plan to sell user content for AI model training
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Social Media Privacy
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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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Yahoo! News: AI-generated ‘fake obituaries’ publishing incorrect information about deceased online
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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95.5 WSB: FCC makes robocalls using AI-generated voices illegal
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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EPIC Urges NIST to Center AI Transparency and Data Minimization in AI Risk Management Following Biden Executive Order
oday, EPIC submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) commending their efforts to develop additional AI risk management resources pursuant to President Biden’s AI Executive Order and recommending additional guidance around AI transparency, accountability, and data controls to mitigate the risks of both generative and non-generative AI.
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AI Policy
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Tech Policy Press: January 2024 US Tech Policy Roundup
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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The Texas Tribune: Federal complaint faults Texas Medicaid software glitches for removal errors
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Screening & Scoring
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