Mariam Baksh

The Information Technology Industry Council has brought together a diverse group of stakeholders in a letter pressing congressional leaders to authorize the U.S. AI Safety Institute, although specific legislation referenced is not endorsed by all signers.

Employers using reports gleaned from artificial intelligence systems designed to monitor their workers -- and determine their fates -- must first gain permission to implement them and otherwise adhere to requirements outlined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Developers and deployers of artificial intelligence can get a custom risk mitigation plan for their systems by answering detailed questions on a Google website, according to the company, which is using language similar to that of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to promote the exercise.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Recording Industry Association of America are urging the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to include information about material used to train frontier artificial intelligence models, as the agency finalizes reporting rules for developers of the technology.

The Bureau of Industry and Security should adopt language to facilitate and protect company insiders in a rule requiring developers of dual-use AI foundation models to submit regular reports on their activities, according to nonprofit groups concerned about a broad range of risks associated with the technology.

The Center for Data Innovation is criticizing a Biden administration national security memorandum on artificial intelligence as a missed opportunity to steer policymakers away from aggressive antitrust actions against major AI companies.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has lodged a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission appealing for an investigation and potential enforcement actions, citing OpenAI's failure to appropriately consider and mitigate risks associated with the company's artificial intelligence models.

The launch of Hiring Assistant -- an artificial intelligence enabled tool -- by Microsoft-owned LinkedIn highlights the need for high-risk deployment of the technology to be evaluated for harmfully biased outputs, according to the Center for Democracy and Technology.

A lawyer advising regulated entities on how they should prepare to manage data breach incidents is criticizing the Federal Communications Commission's announcement of a memorandum of understanding with California's privacy and data protection authority amid a live debate over the agency's “Title II” authorities, with implications for the governance of artificial intelligence.

The real extinction threat in the artificial intelligence space is not from a theoretical weapon of mass destruction, according to researchers at AI NOW, but rather to the use of commercial foundation models in military capabilities.