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Singapore’s PDPC finalizes guidance on the use of personal data in generative AI

By: Dissent
1 August 2026 at 09:44
Charmian Aw, Ciara O’Leary, and Florence Seow of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader write: Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”) has issued its final Advisory Guidelines on Use of Personal Data in Generative AI (“Guidelines”), marking a significant development in Singapore’s AI governance framework. The Guidelines provide long-awaited clarity on how the Personal Data Protection Act 2012...

Dutch regulator publishes GDPR self-assessment framework for using generative AI

By: Dissent
29 July 2026 at 09:12
Joke Bodewits and Julian B. Flamant of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader write: On 13 July 2026, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (“AP”) published a practical self-assessment tool (“Tool”) and corresponding guidance document (“Guidance”) on generative AI systems. The Guidance outlines the AP’s expectations under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) across the generative AI lifecycle, while...

Illinois Governor Signs Frontier AI Model Law

By: Dissent
18 July 2026 at 08:16
From Hunton.com: On July 6, 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act (the “Act”), into law, making Illinois the third state, after California and New York, to enact comprehensive safety and transparency requirements for developers of the largest AI systems. The  Act positions Illinois as an aggressive player...

Meta’s new AI image tool allows others to share your pics and content in ways you may not want. Turn off sharing NOW.

By: Dissent
13 July 2026 at 16:22
Oh, FFS. Ravie Lakshmanan reports: Meta has announced that its new artificial intelligence (AI) model Muse Image lets people use public Instagram posts and reels to generate AI content, and it’s enabled by default. “You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific Instagram profiles right into your images,” the...

Do you want to train AI on your travel planes and timing? Really?

By: Dissent
9 July 2026 at 14:47
This arrived in my email today. I do have a ChatGPT account and checked the header and path to make sure it was not just a phishing attempt. The email appears to be a genuine email from ChatGPT/OpenAI. The email says, “Share your travel route and timing, then get a simple plan and pre-drive checks....

When AI Informs Diagnosis: Privacy, Consent, and Liability Considerations

By: Dissent
4 July 2026 at 07:19
Michael J. Madderra, Sydney Reed Swanson, and Roshni Edalur of Morgan Lewis write: AI is increasingly being used to support diagnostics, medical imaging, and remote patient monitoring. While these tools can improve efficiency and expand access to care, they also raise important questions about privacy, transparency, bias, patient consent, and responsibility for clinical decisions. Key...

‘Unprecedented’ jump in complaints to Ireland’s data protection watchdog

By: Dissent
30 June 2026 at 08:22
The use of AI technologies has added to the risk of harm and privacy violations. The use of AI has also helped people file complaints with the data protection regulator. We may need a “It’s a blessing… and a curse” file for AI stories. Brian O’Donovan reports: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has described as...

Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID

By: Dissent
23 June 2026 at 07:12
Zack Whittaker reports: Anthropic may ask Claude users to verify their age and identity by uploading their government-issued documents, according to a new version of the company’s privacy policy. The AI giant says the move was to allow users to appeal having their account flagged for potentially fraudulent activity rather than outright banning them, but...

EFF Testifies to Congress on Protecting Americans’ Rights from Government AI

By: Dissent
9 June 2026 at 07:44
Josh Richman writes: Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia testified to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection. During the hearing on “The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI,...

AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried.

By: Dissent
26 April 2026 at 09:18
Jared Perlo reports: The long-running fight to rein in the government’s power to search Americans’ phone calls, emails and text messages without a warrant has gained new urgency on Capitol Hill over concerns that AI will supercharge state surveillance. Lawmakers are currently jockeying over reforms to a key law that enables warrantless monitoring of Americans’...

Healthcare AI Firm Sued Over Alleged Unlawful Disclosures of Genetic Data

By: Dissent
23 April 2026 at 12:59
Steve Alder reports: Tempus AI, a publicly traded healthcare artificial intelligence company, is facing multiple class action lawsuits over the alleged unauthorized collection and disclosure of genetic testing results, which were derived from genetic testing by Ambry Genetics Corporation (Ambry Genetics). Tempus AI used Ambry Genetics’ genetic database to train its AI models. Tempus AI...

Californians sue over AI tool that records doctor visits

By: Dissent
12 April 2026 at 08:53
Cyrus Farivar reports: Several Californians sued Sutter Health and MemorialCare this week over allegations that an AI transcription tool was used to record them without their consent, in violation of state and federal law. The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, states that, within the past six months, the plaintiffs received...
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