AI Policy

EDPB Clarifies Ban on Meta’s Processing of Personal Data for Targeted Advertising

On December 7th, the EDPB clarified that a contract is not a legitimate purpose for Meta’s processing of personal data, striking down the subscription service model.

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Office of Management and Budget Memorandum on Use of AI in Government

• AI in the Criminal Justice System

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Fifty Plus Advocate: Artificial intelligence a concern for discrimination in the job market 

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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.

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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.

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Commonweal Magazine: Is AI Poised to Replace Humanity? 

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The Record: Biden AI order could lead to reforms in how federal agencies work with data brokers 

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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".

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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.

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Bloomberg Law: AI Order Puts Agencies Front and Center in Building Safeguards 

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