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Californians can now add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to their digital wallets on both
Apple and Android devices. Other states – including Louisiana and Colorado – have rolled out
their own digital IDs that can be used during traffic stops and other police interactions. Showing
these IDs may waive privacy protections in interactions with law enforcement.
LinkedIn revealed that it had been training its AI model on user data. Under its new privacy
policy, LinkedIn now informs users that “we may use your personal data… [to] develop and train
artificial intelligence (AI) models, develop, provide, and personalize our Services, and gain
insights with the help of AI, automated systems, and inferences, so that our Services can be more
relevant and useful to you and others.” Users can opt-out of future data collection, but not
remove their information from past training datasets.
Meta will not voluntarily join the EU’s AI Pact, a temporary measure before the AI Act comes
into force in 2026.
Telegram has tweaked its policies to be able to share more data with government authorities, in a
reversal of longstanding policy
The US Commission on Civil Rights issued a report on the civil rights implications of the federal
use of Facial Recognition Technology. The report identified that there are no laws that expressly
regulate the use of FRT or other AI by the federal government, and no constitutional provisions
governing its use.
(Compiled by Student Fellow Anthony Perrins)