Dean Balsamini reports: Here’s one New Yorker who is not jumping on the Mets’ bandwagon. The team uses facial recognition technology to collect information on unsuspecting Citi Field patrons, claims Chris Dowling in a new class-action lawsuit. Citi Field cameras “at the main fan entrance” collect “facial identifiers” from patrons as they enter the stadium,…
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Women’s Health on the Ballot in November: What the Election Could Mean for Reproductive Care and Beyond
Amanda Zablocki, Elizabeth A. Nevins, Arushi Pandya, and Krysten Thomas of SheppardMullin write: Over two years into the post-Dobbs era, women’s health is taking center stage in the presidential election. In Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court overturned protections relating to abortion established in Roe v. Wade. Since then, approximately half of the states across the country have enacted…
AB 2013: New California AI Law Mandates Disclosure of GenAI Training Data
Marc S. Martin and Sydney Veatch of Perkins Coie write: In the last 30 days, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 17 artificial intelligence (AI) bills and vetoed AI safety bill SB 1047. One of the AI-related bills signed into law, AB 2013 “Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency,” imposes new disclosure requirements on the developers of…
FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance is Out of Control
Lena Cohen writes: A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report confirms what EFF has been warning about for years: tech giants are widely harvesting and sharing your personal information to fuel their online behavioral advertising businesses. This four-year investigation into the data practices of nine social media and video platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, and X (formally Twitter),…