Tag: AI policy

  • It’s Time for Courts to Tackle AI Harms with Product Liability

    July 25, 2024

    After this past Supreme Court term, federal agencies' ability to regulate AI is up in the air. But AI regulatory efforts in Europe show us that agencies aren't the only way to regulate this technology. Our courts have a role to play too, and product liability may just be a path forward.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • Analysis

  • EPIC Releases its AI Legislation Scorecard

    June 25, 2024

    Today, EPIC published its AI Legislation Scorecard, a first-of-its-kind rubric for lawmakers, journalists, advocates and academics to use when evaluating the strength of state and federal AI bills.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Government AI Use

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Updates

  • At White House AI Aspirations Conference, EPIC Urges Agencies Considering AI to Center Public Trust

    June 20, 2024

    On Thursday, June 13, EPIC Executive Director Alan Butler joined experts from across the federal government for a White House panel discussing government service delivery, AI deployment, and data privacy.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Government AI Use

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Updates

  • PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Launches AI Legislation Scorecard with Virtual Panel Discussion 

    June 13, 2024

    WASHINGTON DC – The Electronic Privacy Information Center is hosting a virtual launch event for our AI Legislation Scorecard at 12 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 25.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC, Coalition Publish Shadow Report in Response to Senator Schumer’s AI Roadmap

    May 21, 2024

    On May 20, 2024, EPIC and 52 other organizations and advocates released Put the Public in the Driver’s Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy Roadmap, a groundbreaking report intended to serve as a complement and counterpoint to Leader Schumer’s AI Roadmap and the industry narratives that underpin it.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Government AI Use

    • Updates

  • Colorado is first state to pass broad AI legislation  

    May 10, 2024

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Government AI Use

    • Updates

  • EPIC, Coalition Urge OMB to Adopt AI Procurement Guidelines with Civil Rights and Transparency in Mind

    April 29, 2024

    Today, a cross-cutting coalition of civil society organizations led by EPIC and the Brennan Center for Justice filed joint comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) laying out the need for additional federal AI procurement guidance to adequately mitigate the risks of procured AI.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Government AI Use

    • Screening & Scoring

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

    • Updates

  • What U.S. Regulators can Learn from the EU AI Act

    March 22, 2024

    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.

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • Face Surveillance & Biometrics

    • International Privacy

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Analysis

  • Summary: What does the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act Actually Say?

    February 23, 2024

    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).

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • International Privacy

    • International Privacy Laws

    • Privacy Laws

    • Analysis

  • Senator Markey Introduces EPIC-Supported Bill to Ensure Federal Agencies Monitor and Combat AI Harms

    December 14, 2023

    • AI Policy

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Government AI Use

    • Updates