Artificial Intelligence Companies will Implement Safeguards in AI tools

Seven leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies based in the United States have agreed to voluntarily implement safeguards in AI development. The companies are Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta (formerly Facebook), Inflection, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Their announcement came after a meeting with President Biden at the White House, where the companies pledged to implement new measures for safety, security, and trust in ...

China Begins Regulating Generative AI Services

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has published interim measures for the regulation of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) services. These measures will apply to organizations and individuals providing GAI services in China, including content generation (text, images, audio, and video). Developers who do not offer services based on GAI will be exempt from these rules.

The measures require the prevention ...

The European Court of Human Rights Says Facial Recognition Violates Freedom of Expression and Privacy

The Israeli Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, will establish a governmental investigation commission to examine the Israeli police’s use of NSO’s Pegasus spyware. The committee will be headed by retired Judge Moshe Drori, who is recognized as a supporter of the Israeli government’s plans to overhaul the judiciary. Judge Drori will be joined by the former chief of public defenders, ...

EU Commission Announces U.S. Adequacy under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

The European Commission has announced that the United States is an adequate country for the transfer of personal data under the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The adequacy recognition means that the United States provides a level of protection of personal data essentially equivalent to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The announcement concludes a trans-Atlantic process triggered ...

France Authorizes Police Spying on Suspects through Connected Devices

The French National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) approved a legislative amendment authorizing the French police to access smart devices to locate the whereabouts of suspects in crimes punishable by at least five years imprisonment. The police will also be authorized to remotely record and take pictures of suspects in terrorist offenses, juvenile delinquency, and organized crime. The amendment would allow tracking ...

Israeli Government To Establish an Investigative Commission on Police Use of Spyware

The Israeli Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, will establish a governmental investigation commission to examine the Israeli police’s use of NSO’s Pegasus spyware. The committee will be headed by retired Judge Moshe Drori, who is recognized as a supporter of the Israeli government’s plans to overhaul the judiciary. Judge Drori will be joined by the former chief of public defenders, ...

FTC Investigates OpenAI Regarding Deceptive Practices and Data Breach

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent OpenAI a letter of inquiry, demanding that the company explain how it deals with risks arising from artificial intelligence. The FTC is requiring that OpenAI describe all complaints it has received about its products (such as ChatGPT) which involve receiving ‘false, misleading, derogatory, or harmful’ information about people. The commission is also demanding ...

New Data Protection Laws in Texas, Oregon, Connecticut, and Nevada

Earlier this month, the governor of Texas signed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act ("TDPSA") into law. Meanwhile, the Oregon legislature passed the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (“OCPA”), sending it to the Governor of Oregon for signature. These two laws mark Texas and Oregon as the tenth and eleventh states in the U.S. to enact data protection legislation, following ...