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May 30, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
The UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is investigating Microsoft over potential privacy concerns with its recently announced AI-powered “Recall” feature for Windows PCs. Microsoft Recall is designed to continuously capture screenshots of a user’s PC activity and use AI to create a searchable computer usage history.
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May 24, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
Anthropic has achieved a major milestone by identifying how millions of concepts are represented within their large language model Claude Sonnet, using a process somewhat akin to a CAT scan. This is the first time researchers have gained a detailed look inside a modern, production-grade AI system. Previous attempts to understand model representations were limited to finding patterns of neuron activations corresponding to basic concepts like text formats or programming syntax.
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May 16, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
In a significant setback for Elon Musk’s X Corp (formerly Twitter), a U.S. District Judge has dismissed the company’s lawsuit against an Israeli data-scraping firm, Bright Data Ltd. We previously reported on X’s recent spree of lawsuits against data-scraping companies. The court held X Corp failed to demonstrate that Bright Data violated its user agreement by enabling the scraping and sale of content from the platform.
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May 16, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Barbara Christianson |Jay Knight |Kathryn Rattigan |Blair V. Robinson
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and its partners recently issued helpful guidance for entities that have limited resources to address cyber threats.
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May 16, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Barbara Christianson |Jay Knight |Kathryn Rattigan |Blair V. Robinson
On May 10, 2024, CISA, along with the FBI, HHS, and MS-ISAC, issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory relating to Black Basta ransomware affiliates “that have targeted over 500 private industry and critical infrastructure entities, including healthcare organizations, in North America, Europe, and Australia.”The Black Basta Advisory provides information on how the threat actors gain initial access to victims’ systems, which primarily use spearphishing tactics.
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May 9, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Mark Wallin |Terri Shieh-Newton |Frank Gerratana |Blair V. Robinson
In the latest surge of lawsuits against retailers for embedding tracking technology into websites, yummy cookie company Crumbl was sued on May 1, 2024, for allegedly embedding web-tracking technology allowing third-party processing company Stripe to obtain, without consumer consent, customers’ names, email and delivery addresses, geographic locations, IP addresses, and payment information when consumers surf Crumbl’s website without their consent.
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May 9, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
Congress is once again entertaining federal privacy legislation. The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was introduced by Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). Unlike current laws, the APRA would apply to both commercial enterprises and nonprofit organizations, as well as common carriers regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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May 2, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
The privacy advocacy group noyb, founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, has raised concerns over how ChatGPT handles questions about real-life individuals. The group alleges that ChatGPT has been generating inaccurate personal data, such as incorrect birth dates, which they claim is a violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
The latest edition of the AI Index Report from Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Center provides a comprehensive look at artificial intelligence (AI) policy, regulation, and diversity trends across the globe. The number of AI-related regulations enacted by U.S. federal agencies like the FDA, EPA, and FCC has skyrocketed from just 1 in 2016 to 25 in 2023.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Blair V. Robinson
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) have made a breakthrough by agreeing on a bipartisan data privacy legislation proposal. The legislation aims to address concerns related to consumer data collection by technology companies and empower individuals to have control over their personal information. The proposed legislation aims to restrict the amount of data technology companies can gather from consumers.
