The Human Rights Watch article mentioned in the article on photos of Australian children has also had an impact in Brazil, where the government has now blocked Meta from training AI on Brazilian personal data. The Paypers reports: Data protection authority in Brazil (ANPD) has blocked Meta from training its AI models on Brazilian personal data, citing…
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Photos of Australian children used in dataset to train AI, human rights group says
Josh Taylor reports: Photos of Australian children have been included in the dataset used by several AI image-generating tools without the knowledge or consent of them or their families, research by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found. An analysis of less than 0.0001% of the 5.85bn images contained in the Laion-5B dataset, used by services…
Clearview AI Used Your Face. Now You May Get a Stake in the Company.
Kashmir Hill reports: A facial recognition start-up, accused of invasion of privacy in a class-action lawsuit, has agreed to a settlement, with a twist: Rather than cash payments, it would give a 23 percent stake in the company to Americans whose faces are in its database. Clearview AI, which is based in New York, scraped…
Colorado and Utah Artificial Intelligence laws: what you need to know
Here is some info from privacy law firms about two states’ AI laws. Colorado Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild writes: Colorado recently enacted its Artificial Intelligence law, launching a new era of state AI laws. What do you need to know? The bill is effective February 1, 2026 and enforceable by the Attorney General. This is…