11th April 2025 — The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the commencement of an inquiry into the processing of personal data comprised in publicly-accessible posts posted on the ‘X’ social media platform by EU/EEA users, for the purposes of training generative artificial intelligence models, in particular the Grok Large Language Models (LLMs). The…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
The Ethics Crunch: Confronting Bias and Privacy in Data Science
Somatirha writes: In the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, the ethical challenges of bias and privacy have never been more urgent. As AI-based decisions increasingly determine our daily lives, from employment to medical diagnostics, fears of algorithmic discrimination and individual data protection are escalating. Governments, businesses, and advocacy organisations across the globe…
Virginia’s Governor Vetos AI Bill
While Virginia’s governor signed into law a bill protecting reproductive and sexual health data, he vetoed an AI bill. Michelle Dunkin of JacksonLewis writes: On March 24, 2025, Virginia’s Governor vetoed House Bill (HB) 2094, known as the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act. This bill aimed to establish a regulatory framework for businesses developing…
The AI Regulation Pendulum Swings: Innovation vs. Privacy Protection
Richart Ruddie writes: AI is no longer a futuristic promise — it’s a present-day juggernaut reshaping the world, perhaps the biggest global change since the internet was opened to the public. The issue with such a monumental change is we’re all being affected by it with or without our knowledge. The US stands at a crossroads…