Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., signed into law a bill banning the distribution of artificial intelligence-powered deepfake content depicting nonconsenusal sexual images. Violations of the law could yield a one-year jail sentence while victims can also invoke a private right of action for damages in civil court.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute reported a database containing their online users' identities was stolen. The ETSI worked with France's national Cybersecurity Agency to identify and repair the vulnerability that caused the breach. Users were asked to update their passwords.Full Story
As the IAPP launches its AI Governance Professional training, President and CEO J. Trevor Hughes, CIPP, issued an urgent call to professionalize the AI governance space.
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, appealed to the European Data Protection Board for a binding decision to uphold its penalty against Meta for its alleged illegal use of behavioral advertising.
The Cyberspace Administration of China may consider waiving security assessments for data exports involving "international trade, academic cooperation, cross-border manufacturing and marketing," so long as the data does not include personal information, Reuters reports.
Advancements in large language models are seizing attention and increasingly fueling generative artificial intelligence applications that have a growing impact on people's daily lives. Anonos co-CEO and General Counsel Gary LaFever discusses effective risk mitigation for AI projects and LLMs to avoid unauthorized re-identification of individuals.
Canada's Federal Court of Appeal ruled Google's search engine is covered by the country's federal privacy law, The Globe and Mail reports. The court determined an exemption for journalistic or artistic work does not cover Google searches, meaning Canadians have the right to request their names be unsearchable, known as the "right to be forgotten." Full story
The U.S Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a joint amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit seeking reversal of a ruling related to misinterpretation of required credit information removals under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
MediaPost reports social news aggregator Reddit will no longer allow users to opt out of targeted advertising. The move allows advertisers to target users based on the Reddit communities they join and leave among other targeting characteristics.