Following months of discussion about revising Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI discrimination law, a legislative task force recommended more meetings in a report released Monday.
The European Commission hasn't taken formal steps under the AI Act (AIA) concerning the DeepSeek AI chatbot, an EC spokesperson told us. However, several EU data protection authorities (DPAs) are probing whether DeepSeek has complied with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Privacy advocate Vinhcent Le learned at the end of last week he was no longer a board member of the California Privacy Protection Agency, he told us Monday. A strong voice for the consumer and one of the CPPA board’s founding members, Le's exit is concerning, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.
Poland wants closer ties with the ITU as the nation begins its EU Council presidency (Jan. 1 - June 30), Secretary of State Michal Gramatyka, Ministry for Digital Affairs, said at the recent Data Protection Day conference in Brussels. This initiative has implications for privacy and data protection issues and policies, Gramatyka wrote in an email Friday.
There’s no evidence that basic transparency and reporting requirements stifle AI innovation, the Electronic Privacy and Information Center said in a statement Friday, criticizing President Donald Trump for rescinding the Biden administration’s AI executive order.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) on Friday issued a ban against using social media apps and artificial intelligence affiliated with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party on government-issued devices.
A Hawaii House committee on Friday voted unanimously in favor of a bill that would establish an AI Advisory Council.
The Council of Europe has begun work on data protection and neurotechnology guidelines, which it expects to complete in around two years, sources told us. The interplay between neurotechnology and data protection is important given the growing use of the technology beyond the medical sphere, speakers said at a Data Protection Day conference in Brussels on Tuesday.
AI legislation drawing opposition because of its private right of action and potential conflicts with federal privacy law passed a New Mexico House committee Thursday.
Plaintiff Alessandro De La Torre dropped a class-action complaint against LinkedIn that alleged the company used subscriber data to train its generative AI without consent.