The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against IntelliVision Technologies Corp. for making false, misleading or unsubstantiated claims that its AI-powered facial recognition software was free of gender and racial bias and making other misleading claims about the technology. Under a proposed consent order settling the FTC’s allegations, IntelliVision will be prohibited from misrepresenting the accuracy and…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft says it’s not using your Word, Excel data for AI training
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Microsoft has denied claims that it uses Microsoft 365 apps (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to collect data to train the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) models. This comes after a Tumblr blog post claiming that Redmond used a “Connected Experiences” feature to scrape customers’ Word and Excel data for AI training spread on social media. “Microsoft does…
Trump Wants Even Looser AI Guardrails. Why California, Despite Passing Over 20 AI Bills This Year, Might Not Push Back
President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind an executive order that imposed AI safeguards, and could use tech to enable mass deportations. How far will California go in the other direction? By: Alex Shultz California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to wage a legal war against President-elect Donald Trump, convening a special legislative session next month…
Texas Legislature to Consider Sweeping AI Legislation in 2025
Matthew Shapanka, Jayne Ponder, and August Gweon of Covington and Burling write: On October 28, Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione (R-Tarrant County) released a draft of the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (“TRAIGA”), after nearly a year collecting input from industry stakeholders. Representative Capriglione, who authored Texas’s Data Privacy and Security Act (discussed here) and currently co-chairs the state’s AI Advisory Council, appears likely…