Holly Fechner, Micaela McMurrough, Jennifer Johnson, Robert Huffman, Matthew Shapanka, and August Gweon of Covington and Burling write: On July 23, the White House released its AI Action Plan, outlining the key priorities of the Trump Administration’s AI policy agenda. In parallel, President Trump signed three AI executive orders directing the Executive Branch to implement the AI Action Plan’s policies on “Preventing…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out. Think twice before granting consent!
Jude Karabus reports: WeTransfer this week denied claims it uses files uploaded to its ubiquitous cloud storage service to train AI, and rolled back changes it had introduced to its Terms of Service after they deeply upset users. The topic? Granting licensing permissions for an as-yet-unreleased LLM product. Agentic AI, GenAI, AI service bots, AI…
The ICO’s AI and biometrics strategy
Madelaine Harrington and Stacy Young of Covington and Burling write: On June 5, 2025, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) launched its new AI and biometrics strategy. The strategy aims to increase its scrutiny of AI and biometric technologies focusing on three priority situations, namely where: stakes are high; there is clear public concern for the…
On July 7, Gemini AI will access your WhatsApp and more. Learn how to disable it on Android.
Lena of Tuta writes: Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp – even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity. But what does this Android update really mean, and how can you stop it? Let’s take a…