NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
California utility regulators this week cleared the way for the state to accept more than $1.4 billion in federal funding to build out broadband in underserved…
As the federal U.S. government has given up on consumer protection and corporate oversight, states have filled the void with various degrees of success. That’s…
Consumer advocates in California are calling on state officials to fight a provision added to the BEAD program by the Trump administration that would require th…
California is on the verge of accepting $1.86 billion in federal broadband grant funds, despite the Trump administration telling states they cannot enforce net…
Screenagers: Generation AI explores what can be done to mitigate the risks artificial intelligence poses to young people's learning, relationships, and ment…
Riana Pfefferkorn, Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, was interviewed on KTVU to discuss the Seventh Circuit's recent ruling abo…
Even though regulations apply to what’s allowed in app stores, these apps can sometimes slip through by not advertising the full range of their capabilities, sa…
AI-powered “nudify” apps are increasingly being used by students to create deepfake sexual images of classmates, but most schools still do not have clear polici…
Across the world, governments and other institutions are racing to apply artificial intelligence in countless ways. In a draft paper titled “How AI Destroys Ins…
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Liabil…
Danielle Citron, a prominent privacy expert who teaches at the University of Virginia School of Law, topped the ranking for the second time in as many years.…
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever for bad actors to create child sexual abuse material, leaving prosecutors and lawm…