The New York Senate voted in support of a bill regulating high-risk AI with enforcement from the attorney general and through a private right of action.
While immigrants seem to be the current target of mass-data collection, the federal government's collection of massive amounts of personal information has implications for other populations, including those who speak out against Washington, panelists said during a webinar Wednesday hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights & Technology.
Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app is raising questions about whether all users understand they’re sharing their AI queries with the world. Users on X posted about the trend this week with many examples.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined Republican opposition to the proposed federal moratorium that would block enforcement of states' AI laws for 10 years (see 2506060019).
Representatives from Apple and Google highlighted some company differences in philosophy regarding data retention practices during separate panels at the Future of Privacy Forum’s DC Privacy Forum on Wednesday.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Privacy engineers should put their heads down and forge ahead with AI governance initiatives regardless of what’s happening in Congress, at the state level or elsewhere, said panelists Tuesday at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference. Legal uncertainty may just be a fact of life for the privacy practitioner, they said.
There are numerous overlaps between privacy and AI. Here's another one: those who are competent with privacy are most likely to be able to handle AI well, according to a 2025 global privacy benchmarks survey conducted by Golfdale Consulting at the request of TrustArc.
Humans live in a "paradoxical situation" in that we believe our personal data belongs to us while, in reality, it doesn't, Vilnius University professor Paulius Jurcys said in an article published Tuesday. He called for a new social contract where people own and control their data.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency and European Data Protection Supervisor Tuesday announced a report that analyzes how the decentralized technique of federated learning can increase privacy when data is collected and utilized to train AI models.
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