Eight technology companies signed onto the White House's voluntary pledge to foster safe artificial intelligence development, The New York Times reports. The companies include Adobe, IBM, Palantir, Nvidia and Salesforce. Previously, Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection AI, Microsoft and OpenAI were the first companies the White House announced signing onto the safe AI development pledge in July.
Reuters reports two consumer advocate groups filed a collective action against Google's data privacy practices and real-time bidding. The Netherlands' consumer association Consumentenbond and the Privacy Protection Foundation claimed Google carries out "constant surveillance and sharing of personal data through online advertising auctions." The groups said 82,000 consumers have joined the suit thus far.Full story
More than 100 parents of transgender teens are calling on Congress to "abandon" the Kids Online Safety Act, MediaPost reports. The parents say the proposed legislation "would make our kids less safe, not more safe." They added, "We are imploring you to abandon KOSA, which is deeply flawed and faces overwhelming opposition from human rights, LGBTQ, racial justice, and civil liberties organizations."Full story
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand opened a consultation seeking input from children, their families and wider community as part of a project on children's privacy. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said New Zealand's Privacy Act specifies requirements for the collection of children's and young people's personal information.
The Colorado attorney general's office is soliciting applications for an assistant attorney general with exclusive attention to privacy and cybersecurity.
G20 leaders recommitted to collaboration on artificial intelligence and privacy matters in their leaders' declaration during the recent meeting in New Delhi, India.
The Belgian Market Court rendered a decision in favor of IAB Europe's interim measures to protect ongoing work on its Transparency and Consent Framework.
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, R-La., is soliciting stakeholder comments on potential changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's privacy provisions.
State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Calif., spoke with Digiday regarding the potential effects of California Senate Bill 362, the Delete Act, which is pending final approval by the California State Assembly.