Consumer advocates oppose a Connecticut AI bill backed by Gov. Ned Lamont (D), the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Tuesday. EPIC said it raised red flags about SB-1249 in a letter to state legislators on March 28, along with Access Humboldt, Consumer Federation of America and TechEquity.
Having humans understand and actively involved in implementing AI systems and tools in businesses can help counter privacy and ethical concerns, said tech experts on a Microsoft webinar Thursday.
About half of U.S. workers worry about the future impact of AI use at work, Pew Research Center said in a Tuesday report. Nearly one-third believe AI will lead to fewer job opportunities in the future, found Pew, which surveyed nearly 5,300 employed adults in October. However, most workers (63%) said they don’t use AI much today.
While AI practices continue to raise privacy concerns, privacy laws may create a pathway for AI regulation, said Clark Hill privacy attorney Myriah Jaworski in a Tuesday webinar about the rise of AI liability.
Due to “misperceptions” about its multistate AI policymaker working group, Future of Privacy Forum “will be withdrawing from our work supporting the Working Group,” FPF CEO Jules Polonetsky said in a blog post Tuesday. FPF had convened the bipartisan group of 200 state legislators from more than 45 states to work on AI bills.
Assessments around AI should be done altogether and not split into separate categories of risk, privacy, cybersecurity or other issues, said chief privacy officers at an International Association of Privacy Professionals webinar Tuesday.
Microsoft is trying to implement compliance systems that put the company in good standing with privacy and AI regulations across countries and jurisdictions, Chief Privacy Officer Julie Brill said Tuesday during an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) livestream.
Privacy compliance is a good starting point for navigating risks and worries associated with future AI technology, said Matt Kelly, CEO of Radical Compliance, in a Navex blog Tuesday. “Privacy issues are inseparable from AI risks."
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed an AI executive order Wednesday that directs the state’s IT department to “conduct an inventory of all AI technologies being planned, piloted, acquired, developed, and/or utilized by each state agency.” Also, the department should “evaluate the processes, guidelines (including procurement) and/or uses of AI currently in place at each state agency,” it said. Moreover, the order directs the department to develop policy recommendations for state agencies to responsibly use AI and to work with the public and private sector on best practices.
Generative AI's sustainability and success are critically dependent on information governance, said Jim Merrifield, Robinson+Cole’s director of information governance and business intake, in a Thursday blog post.