America’s AI Action Plan is out, and it has three pillars: innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy and security.
This is different from the (now rescinded) AI Blueprint Executive Order issued by President Joe Biden. It lays out specific action items for the many federal agencies that are meant to effectuate each pillar.
Of note to
The Attorney Generals of California, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Oregon and Vermont wrote a letter June 23, 2025 to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, objecting to a proposed AI enforcement moratorium that is in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
The key arguments against the ban are:
Following the Federal Trade Commission’s decision in December 2023 to ban Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition, it has become crystal clear that U.S. regulators expect a risk assessment when a retailer uses facial recognition technology.A new, and detailed, report from the New Zealand privacy commission provides helpful considerations for such Data Protection
The National Security Agency’s Artificial Intelligence, Security Center (AISC), together with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), the New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK),
Just as the European Union is reassessing the EU AI Act, Colorado is considering a bill to narrow the scope of the Colorado AI Act before it even takes effect.
Here are some points regarding SB 318 in Colorado:
Is the EU AI Act a Jenga piece that can easily be removed from the regulatory tower?
Here are some key points from the “AI Regulation – a critical comment” workshop at the Alpine Privacy Days Conference, courtesy of Florent Thouvenin, Professor of Information and Communications Law, The Faculty of Law of the University of
On the heels of the formation of the House Privacy Working Group, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding a Federal Privacy Law.
“The challenge of
Hawaii’s State Data Office recently issued a series of guidance documents for its state agencies on how to handle artificial intelligence. This includes guidance on data protection, data retention and use of Generative AI.
For data protection, the agencies are requires to abide by principles of:
Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Melissa Holyoak spoke last week at a conference in Miami about “a new season at the FTC.”
What can we learn from Holyoak’s comments about the FTC’s plans for AI regulation and free speech?
TL;DR: AI should be facilitated, but not if it restricts competition or engages in fraud. Also, collusion
The European Commission recently issued a formula for identifying Artificial Intelligence Systems:
Machine-based system
Designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy
That may exhibit adaptiveness after