On December 18, Congress passed the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a number of AI provisions. The NDAA is expected to be signed into law by President Biden.
The NDAA includes the first –…
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On December 5, incoming President Donald Trump announced that David Sacks would be the “AI and Crypto Czar” under the next administration.
A prominent venture capitalist, member of the “PayPal Mafia,” and co-founder of an AI…
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On November 19, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security convened a hearing on “Protecting Consumers from Artificial Intelligence Enabled Fraud and Scams.”
The…
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As January 20, 2025, approaches, antitrust practitioners and the business communities are searching for clues whether the incoming Trump Administration and its antitrust officials will continue the Biden Administration’s…
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Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president means that Trump will help shape the future of AI at a pivotal moment when AI continues to advance rapidly and the next administration’s policies will affect the future…
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President Biden’s Executive Order on AI (AI EO), issued on October 30, 2023, directed various agencies to take certain actions within one year of the AI EO’s issuance. On October 24, 2024, the White House announced that federal…
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On October 24, the Biden administration issued the first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI. Pursuant to the Biden administration’s Executive Order on AI, the NSM outlines concrete actions for federal agencies to take…
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On September 24, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memorandum on Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government.
The new memorandum builds on OMB’s March 2024 memorandum on…
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On October 9, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division convened the heads of federal agency civil rights offices to discuss and promote coordination around preventing harms that may stem from AI, including…
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On October 3 and 4, the competition authorities of the G7, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, participated in a summit on AI competition challenges.
The…
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On September 25, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced five enforcement actions against companies that allegedly used AI to further deceptive or unfair conduct.
The actions are part of the FTC’s Operation AI…
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On September 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) filed a monopolization suit against Visa, Inc. (“Visa”), alleging that Visa has a monopoly in general purpose debit network services and general…
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On September 19, 2024, the FTC released a Staff Report on the data collection and data use practices of large social media and video streaming service (SMVSS) platforms.
The Report describes how these platforms engage in mass…
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On September 10, eight Democratic Senators urged the heads of the FTC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division to investigate certain generative AI features used by dominant online platforms that may violate competition laws.
According…
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On August 21, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the second draft of its revised Digital Identity Guidance, which NIST first published in 2004 and last revised in 2017.
The draft guidance…
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