Tag: Artificial Intelligence

  • California Privacy Agency Releases Draft Rules for Automated Decision-Making Technology, Including Opt-Out for Behavioral Ads

    As momentum to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) continues to build on the federal level, yesterday the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published draft regulations for automated decision-making technology, which includes machine learning and AI.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • EPIC Urges the Department of Education to Invest in Strong Privacy Safeguards when Funding EdTech through Seedlings to Scale

    In comments filed November 13th, EPIC urged the Department of Education to establish safeguards that guide the development and deployment of any AI technologies funded by the Seedlings to Scale program. The Department of Education filed a Request for Information asking for insight to guide its efforts in funding technology intended to improve educational outcomes for all students.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Children's Privacy

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Student Privacy

    • Updates

  • 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

  • Summary: What Does Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence Actually Say? 

    Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration issued its Executive Order on AI: “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The EO emphasizes the need for regulation of high-risk AI and—critically—recognizes the link between privacy and AI. The order promises federal support for the development and use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and requires agencies to evaluate how they use commercially available information containing personally identifiable information, including data obtained from data brokers. In announcing the order, President Biden also called on Congress to pass bipartisan data privacy legislation.

    • AI in the Criminal Justice System

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Analysis

  • OMB Publishes Draft Guidance Implementing Procedural Requirements for Agencies Developing, Using, and Procuring AI

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released draft guidance outlining federal agencies’ obligations and suggested actions around the responsible development, use, and procurement of AI technologies. The OMB guidance establishes new agency roles and resources for managing government AI systems; requires agencies to build internal processes, strategies, and capacity to increase their use and procurement of responsible AI; and sets out minimum AI risk management practices that most executive agencies are expected to follow.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Data Protection

    • Government AI Use

    • Government Databases

    • Government Records & Privacy

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • DC Attorney General Charges Landlords with Using Algorithmic Tool to Illegally Raise Rents

    “RealPage and the defendant landlords illegally colluded to artificially raise rents by participating in a centralized, anticompetitive scheme, causing District residents to pay millions of dollars above fair market prices,” said DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial 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

  • Tracking Real Algorithmic Harms in California as CCPA Obligations Near

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Commercial AI Use

    • Consumer Privacy

    • U.S. State Privacy Laws

    • Analysis

  • EPIC Testifies at New York Assembly Hearing on Labor and AI

    "Automated decision-making systems have become increasingly prevalent throughout the hiring and employment process in recent years, and the bias, opacity, and inaccuracy of such systems has caused significant harm to workers," EPIC Senior Counsel Ben Winters said.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

    • Updates

  • EPIC Letter to White House Emphasizes Need for More Staff, Resources for AI Oversight

    EPIC sent a letter to the White House ahead of the forthcoming Executive Order on AI urging the Biden-Harris Administration to prioritize building agency workforce and resources for AI oversight and accountability.

    • AI Policy

    • Government AI Use

    • Updates