Professor Dan Solove writes: I’m excited to share with you a draft of my forthcoming essay with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law), Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control, 104 B.U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024). It’s a quick read at just 20 pages! You can download the article for free on SSRN.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Italian DPA Says OpenAI in Breach of GDPR
Elizabeth Greenberg reports: The new ruling could challenge the very foundation of how large language models are able to function and process data. The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has claimed that OpenAI is in breach of GDPR, the EU’s data protection laws, in a new announcement. This follows the initial ban the Italian authority placed on the…
Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users
Matthew Guariglia of EFF writes: Amazon’s Ring has announced that it will no longer facilitate police’s warrantless requests for footage from Ring users. This is a victory in a long fight, not just against blanket police surveillance, but also against a culture in which private, for-profit companies build special tools to allow law enforcement to more easily…
Google Contractor Pays Parents $50 to Scan Their Childrens’ Faces
Joseph Cox reports: Google is collecting the eyelid shape and skin tone of children via parent submitted videos, according to a project description online reviewed by 404 Media. Canadian tech conglomerate TELUS, which says it is working on Google’s behalf, is offering parents $50 to film their children wearing various props such as hats or…