"With the passage of time and the exponential growth of generative AI,” it’s time to update Virginia’s 2021 privacy law “to keep pace with current technological advances,” Del. Michelle Maldonado (D) said in an emailed statement Friday.
Signaling a possible trend, an increasing number of state legislators are filing AI discrimination bills. Similar to Colorado's nation-first AI law, the bills focus on preventing businesses from discriminating by using AI algorithms.
Companies deploying AI in ways that the EU AI Act has banned have until Feb. 2 to stop using them, but exactly how to do that remains unclear, privacy experts told us. The European Commission consulted with stakeholders in December on the practical aspects of compliance and plans to issue guidance ahead of the deadline, an EC spokesperson emailed.
Boutique law firm ZwillGen will acquire Luminos.Law as the basis for launching an artificial intelligence division, ZwillGen announced Wednesday. ZwillGen AI Division will focus “on red team testing and audits for AI models and systems” as well as offering other legal and policy guidance about AI technology.
Virginia would establish a Division of Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy within the state’s Department of Law, under a bill that Del. Bonita Anthony (D) proposed this week.
The second U.S. state privacy law could be updated this year. Virginia’s legislative session opened Wednesday with a bill by Del. Michelle Maldonado (D) that would add protections for teens, include support for universal opt-out mechanisms and revise other parts of the 2021 Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. Maldonado's measure would also add an AI section called the "Artificial Intelligence Training Data Transparency Act,” which includes a private right of action.
New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores (D) plans to file legislation that regulates frontier AI models later this month, with concepts similar to a bill vetoed in California last year.
Husch Blackwell named former Adobe associate general counsel Michael Yang as the law firm’s first senior director of artificial intelligence advisory services.
TechNet named Liz O'Bagy its federal policy director. Previously senior foreign policy and defense adviser to Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., she will oversee the network's AI and trade policy advocacy.
Carnegie Mellon University is launching a part-time master’s program for professionals who want to gain knowledge and practical skills in privacy technology and policy, the university announced Tuesday. The part-time program lets students earn an M.S. in privacy technology and policy in as little as 24 months, the university said.