Technology meets policy. The regulators, courts, and committees deciding what gets built and what gets blocked.
The group is advocating for the Biden administration to transform the AI Bill of Rights, a blueprint of which was published last October, into official government policy governing the use of AI by federal agencies, contractors, and recipients of federal grants.
Jay Goldberg · 1169 DAYS AGO
In letters addressed to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, and Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, the GOP members of the Oversight Committee requested a briefing from each department within the following week.
TechEchelon Staff · 1170 DAYS AGO
The findings, taken in totality, suggest that Facebook users tend to gravitate towards content that resonates with their existing views. The emergence of "echo-chambers" further enables political factions to depend on and consume information and misinformation from differing sources.
Jay Goldberg · 1175 DAYS AGO
This legislation, known as the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act, was presented on Thursday, proposing the establishment of a new agency responsible for supervising tech powerhouses like Meta, Google, Amazon, and others.
Sara Montes de Oca · 1177 DAYS AGO
On Tuesday, a GOP-backed argument that claimed efforts to tackle disinformation infringe on protected speech led a federal judge to limit the interaction between the Biden administration and social media platforms. Experts fear this decision may suppress attempts to regulate false information on the internet.
Jay Goldberg · 1198 DAYS AGO
Starting from August 1, the country's Ministry of Commerce declared that exports of germanium and gallium would only be permitted if the necessary licenses are obtained from the ministry. It justified this decision as crucial to "safeguard national security and interests."
Sara Montes de Oca · 1200 DAYS AGO
Experts widely agree that the US military's future competitiveness hinges on its speed in acquiring and deploying AI and other state-of-the-art technologies. These tools are crucial to enhancing intelligence gathering, operating autonomous weapons, improving surveillance platforms, and advancing robotic vehicles.
Jay Goldberg · 1206 DAYS AGO
The senators urged the impartial government body in their letter dispatched on Friday to perform an exhaustive technological analysis of the hazards associated with generative AI tools, as well as strategies to lessen these risks.
TechEchelon Staff · 1207 DAYS AGO
Pat Dennis, president of the Democratic-led opposition research group American Bridge 21st Century, expressed his concerns over the impending situation, emphasizing the ease with which unscrupulous players could use AI to spread disinformation at an unprecedented rate.
Jay Goldberg · 1215 DAYS AGO
The proposed bill, named the "Protecting Americans’ Data From Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023", was initially introduced in 2022 and has now been updated with various new provisions.
Sara Montes de Oca · 1215 DAYS AGO
A letter addressing these apprehensions was recently sent to Twitter by a group of Democratic senators. They voiced worries that the recent resignation of senior data security executives might jeopardize user data security and privacy, and possibly infringe upon a 2022 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Sara Montes de Oca · 1223 DAYS AGO
Lawmakers and legal experts are grappling with the implications of this rapidly advancing field for copyright protection while aiming to retain America's competitive edge globally. As patent law comes into focus, strategies for sensible regulation are being deliberated in Congress.
Sara Montes de Oca · 1224 DAYS AGO
Written for readers who already know the basics — markets, AI, and the policy decisions that shape both.