American AI developers and deployers should determine whether they could be subject to the European Union’s general-purpose AI (GPAI) requirements under the AI Act, attorneys at Arnold & Porter said Monday.
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New Jersey’s proposed privacy rules might be the most “aggressive” in the country, particularly the potential limitations on AI-related data scraping, attorneys and a tech industry official said in interviews.
California’s Judicial Council adopted a rule July 18 requiring court staff who use generative AI in their work to do so within the parameters of a use policy. A task force that developed the rule understood "the rapid evolution" of generative AI and, instead of "prescribing whether and how" courts can deploy the technology, attempted "to situate" its use "into a framework reflecting and applying broad legal, ethical, and professional principles," Morgan Lewis lawyer Jeffrey Niemczura said in a Thursday blog post.
The world has changed so dramatically since the EU AI Act took effect last August that its assumptions have been upended and its focus on rights has shifted, two digital rights advocates wrote in an op-ed Thursday in Tech Policy.
There’s “no valid reason” to amend the Colorado AI Act, the law's House author, Rep. Brianna Titone (D) emailed Privacy Daily on Wednesday.
Asian AI developers looking to do business in the U.S., EU or U.K. face several key compliance challenges, Finnegan lawyers said Wednesday at the law firm's webinar.
The German Federal Data Protection Agency wants input from Irish stakeholders as part of its consultation into AI and memorization, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Wednesday.
New York Assemblymember Alex Bores (D) expects his AI safety bill, the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, could be revised through the chapter-amendment process, the legislator told Privacy Daily on Wednesday. “We’re open to amendments that … strengthen or clarify the bill.”
Colorado will reconsider its comprehensive AI law during a special session this month, Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced Wednesday, as expected (see 2505300046).
The privacy profession "is undergoing significant transformation" driven by the development of AI, IAPP reported Tuesday in a study on salaries.