Sharon Lurye of The Associated Press and Claire Bryan of The Seattle Times report: Thousands of American schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology for 24/7 monitoring of student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school shootings. Machine-learning algorithms…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Geofencing, High Tech Surveillance and the Future of the Fourth Amendment
Jon L. Mills and Alexandra Williams write: Several years ago, Zack McCoy became a criminal suspect simply for riding his bike. His crime? Using a fitness app that placed him near the scene of a burglary. While McCoy was eventually cleared, his story illustrates a troubling reality: emerging surveillance technologies pose unprecedented threats to our…
Re-use of Patient Data in Scientific Research to Train AI Systems — Important GDPR Considerations
Séverine Bouvy of Taylor Wessing writes: In the discovery phase of scientific research, AI systems can be used to review patents and identify potential new medicines for clinical trials. If an organisation develops its own AI system internally without using patient data, the AI Act should not apply, as it would under the research exemption….
Are Employees Receiving Regular Data Protection Training? Are They AI Literate?
Mary Costigan of JacksonLewis writes: Employee security awareness training is a best practice and a “reasonable safeguard” for protecting the privacy and security of an organization’s sensitive data. The list of data privacy and cybersecurity laws mandating employee data protection training continues to grow and now includes the EU AI Act. The following list is…