The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) continues its regulatory focus on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the communications world, with the issuance of new proposed regulations designed to protect consumers from harmful AI-generated communications, targeting robocalls, automated texting, and political advertising.
The FCC has formally moved forward with a combined Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension proceedings against X in the Irish High Court. The DPC described this as the first time that any Lead Supervisory
Illinois continues to enact legislation regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technologies.
Keypoint: Last week, several privacy and AI bills passed out of committee (with some receiving amendments) while two bills died in committee.
We are currently tracking thirteen privacy and AI-related bills that previously crossed chambers prior to the legislative deadline. With the California legislature closing on August 31, we will be providing weekly updates on
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit recently settled with KidGeni – a generative art platform intended for children- for allegedly violating both CARU’s guidelines and COPPA. According to CARU, which is a self-regulatory organization that audits the privacy practices of companies in the child space, KidGeni collected personal information without first getting parental consent. CARU began its
On July 15, 2024, the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) released its Proposed Guide on Synthetic Data Generation (Guide). The Guide is a key resource within the Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) Sandbox which aims to assist organisations in understanding the techniques and potential applications of Synthetic Data (SD) generation, particularly in the context
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Los Angeles County District Attorney on July 9, 2024, announced a complaint and proposed stipulated order against NGL Labs, LLC, and two NGL co-founders concerning the “NGL: ask me anything” anonymous messaging app. The complaint alleges that NGL marketed the app to children and teens despite awareness of
Following laws enacted in jurisdictions such as Colorado, New York City, Tennessee, and the state’s own Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act, on August 9, 2024, Illinois’ Governor signed House Bill (HB) 3773, also known as the “Limit Predictive Analytics Use” bill. The bill amends the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act)
As we enter the end of the summer, the AI regulatory steam is not slowing down. Colorado is now the first US state to have a comprehensive AI law (going into effect February 1, 2026), and the EU published its sweeping AI law in July (with rolling applicability between February 2025 and August 2026).
Keypoint: Last week, the California legislature returned from its summer recess and began moving forward with privacy and AI legislation prior to the August 31 session closing date.
We are currently tracking thirteen privacy and AI-related bills that previously crossed chambers prior to the legislative deadline. With the California legislature closing on August 31, we