As AI development and use accelerate, companies must ensure they have strong AI governance and that employees know how to use the technology and be aware of its risks, speakers said on a Friday webinar hosted by technology consultancy StarCIO.
Onerous data-minimization regulations like Maryland’s threaten domestic AI innovation and economic competitiveness, the Software & Information Industry Association said in a white paper released Monday.
Chatbot deployers need privacy, safety and security guardrails in place for users to benefit from the tool, the Software and Information Industry Association said Monday, releasing its Chat Safe Principles.
Parents should avoid giving AI toys to children younger than five, and use “extreme caution” when purchasing them for kids six to 12, said Common Sense Media in guidance published Thursday. AI smart toys, with voice-based interactions, pose risks to children’s privacy, safety and development, the nonprofit's researchers found after conducting a risk assessment.
Machine unlearning is no “panacea” to complexities raised by generative AI for protecting an individual’s right to be forgotten, said a paper published Wednesday in the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Calling for “a nuanced regulatory approach,” the article finds that the unlearning technique “can meaningfully bolster privacy governance when it is treated as a partial remedy layered alongside data‑minimization, purpose‑limitation, differential privacy, and rigorous oversight.”
Though New York’s Responsible AI Safety and Education (Raise) Act is largely identical to California’s AI safety and transparency law, SB-53, there are key distinctions between them, said Justine Gluck, a policy analyst at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), in a blog post.
Privacy professionals don’t need a technical mind to expand into the field of AI governance, Azelya Tanriverdi, Fitch Ratings data privacy director, said in an IAPP op-ed Wednesday.
A consumer privacy advocate raised concerns over a new OpenAI health and wellness tool, unveiled Monday.
Punishing harmful uses of AI and protecting children should be at the top of the list for Congress when passing AI policies, attorneys from Andreessen Horowitz said in a post Wednesday.
Mattel is right to delay the release of its first toy with OpenAI, child advocates said in a statement Tuesday. The advocates raised privacy and safety concerns about the toy.