As ICE has continued to use the facial recognition app Mobile Fortify, the Illinois AG has sued in order to prevent its use and to prevent other invasions of privacy.
The Wall Street Journal interviewed a lawyer representing a client alleging that xAI/Grok had made non-consensual deepfakes of her. The interview features a discussion of what pathways are available legally for such clients.
Child safety cases continue to percolate up through the courts, with quite a few states passing statutes constraining what ages kids can get on social media, and corresponding litigation from the companies.
Events coming up:
NYU’s LPE, ACS, Energy Law Society, and Rights Over Tech is hosting “Under the Hood of AI,” a discussion into the infrastructure—and financing—undergirding the AI craze. The event will be at 1pm on February 9th. RSVP here
Profs. Michal Shur-Ofry & Katherine Strandburg are teaching innovation policy colloquium this semester at NYU, on Law and Complex Systems. The colloquium will be on Thurs 4:45-6:45; reach out to Prof. Strandburg for more information. On Feburary 5, the colloquium will host Prof. Albert-László Barabási, a professor of network science.
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