The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE), released a request for comment (RFC) on the growth, resilience, and security of U.S. data centers, as...more
President Biden’s October 2023 AI executive order (AI EO), which aimed to promote the development of guidance and regulations to support a safe, secure, trustworthy AI ecosystem, is spurring agencies across the federal...more
Employers in Illinois will soon need to (1) tell their employees and applicants when artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in employment and (2) be prohibited from using AI in a manner that discriminates against...more
Marking a major shift in digital accessibility regulation, by September 3, 2024, providers of real-time video conferencing services in the United States will need to be in compliance with the accessibility requirements of the...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would expand its Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules for callers when they use AI technologies to place calls...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently released its decision in Moody v. NetChoice, providing some much-needed guidance to lower courts on the application of the First Amendment to laws regulating content moderation practices of...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently released a request for information (RFI) seeking comment on financial institutions’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential benefits and challenges AI may...more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) and Stanford University’s Institute for Economic Policy Research recently hosted a public workshop on the state of competition in industries building or using...more
On June 24, 2024, a new DOJ rule will go into effect requiring state and local entities and their private contractors to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA digital accessibility standards for web content and mobile apps made available...more
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (CAIA), the first broadly scoped U.S. AI law. Similar to the EU AI Act, the CAIA takes a risk-based approach and focuses on...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a request for information (RFI) seeking input on artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the transportation sector. The RFI asks stakeholders to comment on current...more
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking comment on four draft publications meant to promote safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Two drafts provide guidance to...more
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently published a final memorandum (AI Memo) adopting requirements on federal agencies’ oversight, procurement, and use of artificial intelligence. The AI Memo requires...more
Maryland’s legislature passed consumer privacy bill SB 541 (the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA)), putting it on track to become the nation’s 15th comprehensive state privacy law (if you count the Florida Digital Bill...more
The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently released its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Accountability Policy Report (Report), which presents eight recommendations to improve the...more
What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the vehicles changing but we are now focused on mobility: different modes of...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for information (RFI) on artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential to enhance U.S. electric grid infrastructure, expand the domestic electric energy supply, and mitigate...more
The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a request for comment (RFC) on the availability of “model weights” used in highly capable AI models. The Biden Administration’s AI Executive...more
The Biden Administration has issued an executive order to curtail access by China, Russia, and other countries of concern to Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Department of Justice and other agencies are tasked to take...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at reducing the risk of malicious foreign interference in U.S. cloud services and threat actors’ use of cloud services to develop...more
The Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) published a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) last fall about the implications of emerging artificial intelligence technologies on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and related...more
Adding to the growing list of heightened privacy and data protection requirements imposed on consumer health data and other categories of sensitive personal data, the Washington Attorney General recently updated its guidance...more
The New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed consumer privacy bill S332/A1971. The bill now goes to Governor Phil Murphy for his signature. If signed, the law will become the 13th state to pass a broadly applicable privacy bill....more
The California Privacy Protection Agency’s proposal of new regulations for automated decisionmaking technology marks a significant step to govern how businesses may leverage those automated tools. The new framework focuses on...more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staked out its role in policing the potential competition and consumer protection implications of generative AI technologies’ use of copyrighted materials in comments submitted in the...more