🚨BREAKING: The European Parliament has just APPROVED the AI Act. What everyone should know:
➵ The AI Act follows a risk-based approach. Some AI systems are banned, such as those involving:
- Cognitive behavioral manipulation of people or specific vulnerable groups;
- Social
🚨BREAKING: The
@Stanford
Institute for Human-Centered AI publishes its Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024, one of the most authoritative sources for data and insights on AI. Below are its top 10 takeaways:
1. AI beats humans on some tasks, but not on all;
2. Industry
🔥Regulate us, but not really
I've just left an in-person event with Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever (OpenAI's CEO & Chief Scientist) at Tel Aviv University, and these were my impressions:
🚨BREAKING: The European Commission sent formal requests to Bing, Facebook, Google Search, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and X:
Following these companies' designation as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) or Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) by the DSA, the
🚨 AI Policy Alert: The German Federal Office for Information Security publishes the report "Generative AI Models - Opportunities and Risks for Industry and Authorities." Quotes & comments:
"LLMs are trained based on huge text corpora. The origin of these texts and their quality
If you have kids (or take care of kids), it is a bad idea to document their lives on social media. This behavior is called sharenting, and it can have negative consequences for the child.
An uncomfortable thread about children's
#privacy
:
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🚨EXCELLENT AI PAPER ALERT: "Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Decision Making" by
@teppofelin
& Matthias Holweg is all you need to read about AI today. Quotes:
"The differences between human and machine learning—when it comes to language (as well as other
🚨BREAKING: US
@NIST
publishes 1st draft of its "AI Risk Management Framework: Generative AI Profile." Important information & quotes:
➡️This is a comprehensive document that contains an overview of risks unique to or exacerbated by generative AI (GAI) and an extensive list of
ChatGPT is not a search engine, there are no attached sources, context & liability, it's information digested from the internet, there is bias & misinformation (& no promotion of fact-checking). In my view, it is irresponsible to incentivize people to use it as a research tool >>
🚨 BREAKING: The UN General Assembly adopted the first global resolution on AI. Important points below:
➡️ A first important aspect of this resolution is that the UN recognizes that AI can help accelerate the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and it stresses
🚨BREAKING: tentative ruling in AI copyright lawsuit is FAVORABLE to artists
@SarahCAndersen
,
@kortizart
&
@Kelly_McKernan
, allowing discovery to proceed. Quotes:
"Beyond the Training Images theory (that suffices for direct infringement as to Stability, Runway, and Midjourney),
So far, I've read 707 articles for my Ph.D. (
#privacy
,
#dataprotection
law,
#fairness
at
@TAU_LAW
). Below are some of the articles that have most influenced my research: (and they are free)
*The list is not in order of preference
**For the book thread, see the last Tweet
🚨BREAKING: The US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK publish the joint cybersecurity information sheet "Deploying AI Systems Securely." Quotes:
"Understand the organization’s risk level and ensure that the AI system and its use is within the organization’s risk
🚨AI policy alert: The new report from the Dutch Data Protection Authority is out, and it has bad news for AI developers & entrepreneurs (automatic translation below):
Today I used Bing for the first time (incognito) to check the AI hype. It looks like Microsoft still has to catch up with 2016 discussions on algorithmic bias, algorithmic amplification, racism, etc.
Compare below professional hair vs. unprofessional hair. cc.:
@satyanadella
- there was no mention of OpenAI's role or plans in mitigating existing AI-related problems, such as bias, disinformation, discrimination, deepfakes, non-compliance with data protection rules, etc. It looked like talking about a future AGI was a way to distract from reality>>
🔥 BREAKING: New privacy lawsuit against OpenAI filed by a resident of Florida, FULL OF strong statements and allegations. Important quotes below:
"Together with Defendants’ scraping of our digital footprints—comments, conversations we had online yesterday, as well as 15 years
🚨BREAKING:
@OECD
revises its AI principles. What you need to know:
➡️According to the official release: "In response to recent developments in AI technologies, notably the emergence of general-purpose and generative AI, the updated Principles more directly address AI-associated
- I hopefully thought that the next generation of tech leaders (after Zuckerberg) would behave in a way that is much more accountable, responsible, and socially/ethically/legally grounded. It looks like I was wrong.
(/end)
🚨BREAKING: The Italian Data Protection Authority notifies breaches of privacy law to OpenAI.
"Following the temporary ban on processing imposed on OpenAI by the Garante on 30 March of last year, and based on the outcome of its fact-finding activity, the Italian DPA concluded
🚨BREAKING: Today, the Members of the European Parliament will vote on the AI Act. This is what happens next:
The AI Act is expected to officially become law by May or June, and its provisions will start taking effect in stages:
- 6 months later: countries will be required to
- there was a disproportional time talking about the risk of a super powerful and perhaps dangerous Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). It felt like part of a PR move to increase the hype and interest in AI-based applications >>
🚨BREAKING: The authors of one of the privacy lawsuits against OpenAI answer its request to dismiss the case. Arguments on fire here (which the internet should know):
"OpenAI chastises Plaintiffs, their counsel, and by extension all the concerned everyday citizens featured in
🚨BREAKING: The US Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum that requires government agencies to hire Chief AI Officers (CAIOs). They will be responsible for:
➵ Coordinating Agency Use of AI
➵ Promoting AI Innovation
➵ Managing Risks from the Use of AI
➡️CAIOs
🚨BREAKING: A few days ahead of its IPO, Reddit has just been notified by the US Federal Trade Commission that they are investigating the company's AI training deals. This is what Reddit disclosed:
"(...) on March 14, 2024, we received a letter from the FTC advising us that the
🚨 Excellent AI paper alert: "Can AI Standards Have Politics?" by
@Alicia_S_N
. A must-read for everyone interested in AI policy, governance & regulation:
"The very formation of standards is political because the standards development and diffusion process reflects a particular
An uncomfortable post about children's privacy:
If you have kids (or take care of kids), it is a bad idea to document their lives on social media. This behavior is called sharenting, and it can have negative consequences for the child.
Most adults don't realize they are sharing
⚖️ Generative AI vs. Copyright Law - a timeline. If you are a privacy professional, you can't ignore AI-related copyright lawsuits anymore. Read this:
In order to develop and train large language models (LLMs), AI companies rely on web scraping, a practice that will "digest" all
- I missed concrete signs of accountability, social, ethical, and legal awareness, and a genuine & realistic desire to behave responsibly and preventively now>>
🚨The clip below could put OpenAI in trouble; here's why:
In case OpenAI's Sora is classified as a high-risk AI system per the EU AI Act, they will have to comply with transparency obligations such as informing users about "training, validation and testing data sets used, taking
Are you new to
#privacy
&
#dataprotection
? Looking for book recommendations? Check out my list with the top 21 books in privacy & data protection that you must read ASAP. (The list is not in order of preference)
🚨Currently, 17 papers on
@SSRN
contain the phrase "as of my last knowledge update," and most of them are not about how AI works. My guess is that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Have we destroyed research?
🚨BREAKING: The Italian Data Protection Authority has opened an investigation into OpenAI’s Sora. Here's what you should know:
First, OpenAI will have to clarify to the Italian DPA if Sora is already available to the public and if it is or will be offered to users in the
- I was in disbelief when Sam Altman mentioned that he uses ChatGPT as a "replacement for Wikipedia," researching topics that he is interested in (in the context of praising ChatGPT's educational potential)>>
🚨Fascinating AI paper alert: "AI and Epistemic Risk for Democracy: A Coming Crisis of Public Knowledge?" by
@wihbey
. A must-read for everyone interested in AI ethics. Quotes:
"In some ways, the very structure of artificial intelligence technologies, namely the building of
🚨 Meta's AI training practices are questionable, and the
@FTC
should investigate. Here's why:
I start with a quote from Mark Zuckerberg during the Q4/2023 earnings call, which happened on February 1st:
“On Facebook and Instagram there are hundreds of billions of publicly
🚨AI policy alert: the EU Commission's group of Chief Scientific Advisors published their scientific opinion on "Successful and timely uptake of Artificial Intelligence in science in the EU." These are some of their recommendations:
"Develop and deploy frameworks, including
🚨BREAKING:
@RawStory
&
@AlterNet
filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI requiring that they "remove all copies of the copyrighted works from which author, title, copyright, and terms of use information was removed from their training sets." Important quotes:
"Based on the
🚨OpenAI has just made a demo showing GPT-4o's capabilities. At one point, an OpenAI employee asks the system to detect his emotion (see the screenshot below). A reminder that according to the EU AI Act, the following AI practice is prohibited:
"the placing on the market, the
🚨 OpenAI has just posted about "Shaping Desired Model Behavior," and I strongly disagree with the proposed rule below, as it's a slippery slope for dangerous misinformation.
🚨BREAKING: New bipartisan AI bill introduced in the US: the Future of AI Innovation Act. What you need to know:
➡️According to the official release, the Future of AI Innovation Act:
➵ authorizes the NIST AI Safety Institute to develop AI standards;
➵ creates new AI testbeds
- their "wish for regulation" is probably regulation on their terms, which, in my guess, does not effectively regulate their current activities or protect against current harms >>
🚨 BREAKING: another copyright lawsuit involving AI, this time against MGM, Amazon Studios & United Artists Pictures Inc. Among the author's allegations are the use of AI to replicate the actors' voices. Quotes:
"Defendants’ unauthorized 2024 Remake was not completed until late
- when mentioning regulation, Sam focused on the fact that it would be bad to slow down innovation. My personal opinion is that they are heavily lobbying against the AI Act as it is, as it does not fit their agenda >>
💥 BOOM! Another copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, and this one might disrupt the current state of the AI industry, here's why:
This lawsuit was filed on September 29th by the
@AuthorsGuild
, an organization with 13,000+ members, and
@davidbaldacci
, Mary Bly,
@Connellybooks
,
🚨BREAKING: India chooses a different path from the EU and lets generative AI developers self-regulate and label their own products. Here's what happened:
On Friday, a new advisory of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in India established that:
- The conversation felt sensationalist to me. They know people are in awe of AI and see them as rock stars, so answers were tailored to feed the hype >>
🚨BREAKING: First of its kind in the US, Colorado approves a bill to protect biological data, including neural data. Extremely important given the advancement of AI-based neurotechnology. Quote:
"2. The general assembly further finds that: (...)
e. Every human brain is unique,
🚨EXCELLENT PRIVACY & AI PAPER ALERT: Prof.
@DanielSolove
has recently published "Artificial Intelligence and Privacy," and you can't miss it. Interesting quotes below:
"Privacy laws generally do not mandate that a site protect against scraping. It is up to organizations to
🚨 EXCELLENT PAPER WARNING: check out "Generative AI in EU Law: Liability, Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Cybersecurity." Important info and quotes below:
The paper was published 2 days ago by
@fecasolari
,
@philipphacker15
,
@GSpedicato
&
@Floridi
, and it covers (some of my
🚨BREAKING: Maryland enacts the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024, one of the strongest privacy laws in the US so far. The bill goes into effect on October 1, 2025.
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#TikTok
is obsessed with
#darkpatterns
. They just send their notifications to the wrong person as I write my Ph.D. about dark patterns & fairness in
#privacy
. Let's take a look at this one (which is actually a cluster of dark patterns):
🚨 The AI Act is just the beginning of the AI compliance journey. Read this:
As the final text of the AI Act is being finalized, one important topic is the interaction between "AI law" and data protection law.
For example, there will be situations in which both the GDPR and the
🚨BREAKING: The New York State Bar Association issues a report and recommendations covering AI and the legal profession. Quotes:
"In addition to competence, attorneys must resist viewing these tools through a techno-solutionism lens. 'Techno-solutionism' is the belief that every
🚨BREAKING: Draft of historic federal US privacy law unveiled: The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA). What you need to know:
➡️According to the official release, the APRA:
➵ Uniformizes data privacy rights for Americans
➵ Gives Americans the ability to enforce their
For everyone interested in the topic of
#DarkPatterns
(or
#DeceptiveDesign
) and
#DataProtection
, I'm sharing here a link to my paper "Dark Patterns in Personal Data Collection: Definition, Taxonomy and Lawfulness" 1/3
🚨 BREAKING: The
@nytimes
vs.
@OpenAI
lawsuit signs massive AI-led changes to the internet as we know it. Here's what's happening:
Large language model-based AI applications need huge amounts of data to be developed, and so far, most of the data has been extracted for free from
🚨BREAKING: As the privacy & copyright lawsuits against OpenAI pile up, there is a clear message about AI training. Data protection authorities, take note! I explain it in 1 minute, WATCH:
🚨FASCINATING AI PAPER ALERT: "An Elemental Ethics for Artificial Intelligence: Water as Resistance Within AI’s Value Chain" by
@s_lehuede
. A must-read for everyone interested in AI ethics. Quotes:
"Studies looking at the relationship between AI and the environment, known as
🚨BREAKING: authors
@rebeccamakkai
&
@JasonReynolds83
file an AI copyright lawsuit against MosaicML and Databricks. Important quotes:
"MosaicML has admitted training its MPT-7B model on a copy of the “RedPajama—Books” dataset, which in turn is a copy of the Books3 dataset.
🚨BREAKING: Tennessee enacts the ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act), protecting artists from AI deepfakes. Comments & quote:
➡️Tennessee is the first state to implement this type of protection, which is a win for artists. Hopefully, it will be replicated
🚨BREAKING: Historic privacy settlement in which Google agrees to delete browsing data collected in Incognito Mode and more. Quotes:
➡️"Google with this Settlement agrees to rewrite its disclosures to inform users that “Google” collects private browsing data, including by
🚨BREAKING: The
@nytimes
fights back against OpenAI in the context of the AI copyright lawsuit. Quotes:
"Conspicuously, OpenAI’s attention-grabbing claim that The Times “hacked” its products (Mot. at 2) is as irrelevant as it is false. (...) The Times elicited examples of
🚨BREAKING: the EU Commission initiates official proceedings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This is what you need to know:
➡️The proceedings focus on TikTok Lite's “Task and Reward Program,” which allows users to earn points while performing certain tasks
🚨 MUST READ paper on legal aspects of AI-based automated decision-making and human oversight. Important information and quotes:
The paper "Between Humans and Machines: Judicial Interpretation of the Automated Decision-Making Practices in the EU" was written by
@sumeyyeelif
and
🚨AI regulation alert: Comprehensive AI bill introduced in Colorado. This is, so far, one of the strongest in the US, and some parts resemble the EU AI Act. Quotes:
"10a. High-risk AI system means any AI system that has been specifically developed and marketed or intentionally
🚨BREAKING:
@wef
and the
@schwabfound
publish the report "AI for Impact: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Social Innovation" in collaboration with
@EYnews
&
@Microsoft
. A must-read for everyone interested in AI and social innovation. Quotes:
"The report finds three primary
🚨FASCINATING AI PAPER ALERT: "Anthropomorphising machines and computerising minds: the crosswiring of languages between Artificial Intelligence and Brain & Cognitive Sciences" by
@Floridi
&
@KiaNobre
. Interesting quotes:
"AI scientists speak of 'machine learning,' for example.
- Sam & Ilya are business-savvy & well-connected computer scientists that speak optimistically, with ambitious plans for the future, use grandiose words, and behave fearlessly. They are good at pitching OpenAI >>
🚨BREAKING: Today, the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) comes into force for gatekeepers (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft). These are some of their obligations:
- "Allow end users to easily un-install pre-installed apps or change default settings on operating
🚨 BREAKING: The French Competition Authority imposes a 250 million Euro fine against Google for not complying with previous commitments & using news articles to train its AI system (Bard/Gemini). Quotes & comments:
"The investigation revealed that Google used content from the
🚨 The AI-powered internet is here. This is what is happening while you sleep and some of its legal implications:
➵ Social networks, news websites, media repositories, and every website we usually visit to consume or post content are becoming AI-Training-As-A-Service platforms.
🔵 UNPOPULAR OPINION: the GDPR also applies when creating and training AI datasets - and most tech companies ignore it. This must change. Read this:
As the
@CNIL
's infographic below shows, regardless of the data source, data protection law must be observed when creating a
🚨BREAKING: Visual artists
@zemotion
,
@SarahCAndersen
,
@hopelarson
&
@JessFink
have filed an AI copyright lawsuit against Google, claiming that the company used their work without permission to train "Imagen," its AI-based image generator. Quotes:
"Plaintiffs never authorized
🚨 BREAKING: The EU Commission opened non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple & Meta under the Digital Markets Act, and the fines are potentially high. Here's what you need to know:
➡️ Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta,
🚨 GROUNDBREAKING PAPER ALERT: check out "The Developing Law of AI: A Turn to Risk Regulation" by
@MargotKaminski
, Professor at
@ColoLaw
. Important quotes below:
"Risk regulation is regulation that aims to mitigate risks. It often is overseen and enforced by an expert agency
🚨What are Google's Gemini's training data sources? Why are tech companies allowed to hide this information? After digging into Google's various Terms of Service and Privacy Policies, this is what I found:
"We process information from publicly accessible sources and your Gemini
🚨BREAKING: The EU Commission has just published guidelines to the designated 'Very Large Online Platforms' and 'Very Large Online Search Engines' on recommendations to mitigate risk before, during, and after the upcoming elections (as foreseen by the Digital Services Act):
🚨BREAKING: ANOTHER AI copyright lawsuit. Authors
@Abdaddy
,
@BrianKeene
&
@stewartonan
are suing NVIDIA. Important quotes below:
"(...) NVIDIA has admitted training its NeMo Megatron models on a copy of The Pile dataset. Therefore, NVIDIA necessarily also trained its NeMo
🔥
#Privacy
&
#AI
Intersections
Did you know that there will be situations in which both the GDPR and the AI Act will be applicable? We can expect various challenges, among them:
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🚨BREAKING: Meta loses court appeal, and the US Federal Trade Commission can reopen its privacy investigation against Facebook. Quote & comment:
"Meta’s failure to show a likelihood of success on this appeal or irreparable injury tips the balance of equities and the public
🚨 BREAKING: The EU Commission opens cases against Meta over suspected failure to protect election integrity, breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA). This is what you need to know:
➡ According to EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, Facebook and Instagram have breached the Digital
🚨BREAKING:
@NOYBeu
filed a complaint against OpenAI for not complying with EU data protection law. This is an important topic, here's what you need to know:
➡️According to Noyb's official release: "noyb is now asking the Austrian data protection authority (DSB) to investigate
🚨BREAKING: George Carlin's estate settles AI lawsuit against podcasters Will Sasso & Chad Kultgen - from the Dudesy YouTube channel - who used generative AI to imitate the late comedian in the episode "George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead (2024) Full Special." Among other
🎉 The EU Data Act entered into force this month, and those working with data protection & AI should be familiar with it. Here's what you need to know:
➵ Context:
The Data Act is part of the "European Strategy for Data," which focuses on "putting people first in developing
🚨AI copyright lawsuit alert: authors Andre Dubus III &
@susanorlean
file an AI copyright lawsuit against NVIDIA. Important quotes:
"In September 2022, NVIDIA released its NeMo Megatron series of large language models. A large language model (“LLM”) is AI software designed to
🚨Fascinating report alert: "Safeguarding Brain Data: Assessing the Privacy Practices of Consumer Neurotechnology Companies" by
@JaredGenser
,
@StephenDamianos
&
@yusterafa
. A must-read for everyone interested in privacy & AI. Quotes:
"Advocates of neurorights are not calling for