Yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which aims to embed protections throughout the AI design pipeline. The blueprint is centered on five principles, namely, rights to safe and effective systems; algorithmic discrimination protection; data privacy; notice and explanation; and human alternatives, consideration, and fallback.
Recently, concerns have been raised that corporations are outsourcing the work of data collection and training of machine learning models to academic non-commercial entities to avoid legal liability and accountability. These algorithms, such as Stable Diffusion and Google’s Imagen, may then be re-licensed for commercial use.
After a months-long dispute, Elon Musk has agreed to go forward with a $44 billion buyout of Twitter for $54.20 per share, far above its market price, in order to preempt a trial connected to Musk’s attempt to walk away from the original deal. Twitter has yet to respond to the offer.
The Council of the European Union approved the Digital Services Act, which aims to regulate large digital providers and protect fundamental rights. It requires platforms and search engines to be more transparent, to design recommender systems not based on profiling, and to be accountable for their role in the dissemination of harmful content online.
A provision of the Obama-era Cures Act intended to provide patients with direct access to their medical records has led some hospitals to send medical data and test results to patients before their doctors can consult with them. As a result, some are being confronted with stressful, traumatizing information and are left to process it alone.
The United Kingdom government has again paused its draft legislation of a data reform bill which is meant to replace the EU’s GDPR. The new prime minister Truss’ cabinet claims that this new legislation will eliminate bureaucratic red tape, though details of how exactly it will do so have yet to emerge.
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has given notice of a public hearing and opportunity to comment on proposed rules governing the use of automated tools in employment decisions. The hearing will take place on Monday, October 24th, 2022.
Erick Adame, a Spectrum News NY1 meteorologist, was fired after someone sent pictures of him nude on an adult webcam site to his employer and mother. Adame’s firing has sparked outcry as he was the victim of revenge porn and so-called ‘morality clauses’ in contracts are disproportionately wielded against LGBTQ people like him.
(Compiled by Student Fellow Nicholas Tilmes)