July 19, 2024
Meta’s AI Retreat May Signal EU Regulatory Minefield

Facebook parent Meta’s decision to withhold its latest multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model from the European Union highlights the growing chasm between Silicon Valley innovation and European regulation. Citing an...

July 18, 2024
Meta Suspends AI Tools in Brazil Amid Privacy Policy Dispute

Meta has reportedly suspended its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in Brazil after one of the country’s regulators objected to part of the company’s privacy policy. Earlier in July, Brazil’s...

July 15, 2024
AI Explained: Data Scarcity and How It Impacts Innovation

As artificial intelligence (AI) powers a growing array of technologies, from chatbots to self-driving cars, a bottleneck has emerged: a shortage of high-quality data to train these sophisticated systems. Data...

July 05, 2024
The UK’s New Digital Markets Regime: Some Key Takeaways

By: James Marshall, Sophie Albrighton & Tomos Griffiths (Covington & Burling) This year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to gain new enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and...

June 27, 2024
The Controversial Biometric Data Processing of an Ambitious Crypto Asset

Worldcoin is a crypto asset that is distributed worldwide free of charge, on the condition that users consent to their irises being scanned in order for the token issuer to...

June 26, 2024
Drive for US Data Privacy Legislation Gains Bipartisan Support Amid...

An effort to establish major data privacy legislation in the United States is gaining bipartisan traction in a divided Congress. The American Privacy Rights Act, co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Maria...

June 24, 2024
Retailers Turn Digital Breadcrumbs Into Better Customer Experiences

Every time you swipe a credit card, click on a website or carry your phone, you leave behind digital breadcrumbs. For most people, this trail of data seems insignificant. But...

June 06, 2024
Meta’s AI Training Plans Targeted by EU Privacy Group

Meta’s plans for training its AI have run afoul of a European privacy group. Vienna-based NOYB — the European Center for Digital Rights —  said Thursday (June 6) it had filed complaints with 11 European...

June 04, 2024
Big Tech Under Watch: Spain Halts Meta’s Election Tools

Spain’s data protection agency has taken a firm stance against Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. The Spanish watchdog has effectively blocked the use of Meta’s...