New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

Businesses using algorithms and personal data to set prices are grappling with an increasingly fragmented set of risks. What began as a niche consumer p...

Few experiences on the modern internet are as universally reviled as the cookie banner. They clutter websites with pop-ups, interrupt user flow, make informatio

Another day, another CCPA action. On March 5, 2026, CalPrivacy announced a $375,703 settlement with Ford Motor Company over allegations the business int...

On March 3, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced a $1.1 million settlement with 2080 Media, Inc. d/b/a PlayOn Sports, a high school ...

The Initiative will ensure that the next generation of AI is widely adopted with confidence, can function securely on behalf of its users, and can interoperate smoothly across the digital ecosystem.

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What a difference a year makes.  One year ago, we blogged about the FTC’s settlement with Rytr LLC, an AI writing assistant provider alleged to have con...

Nita Farahany spoke with Recorded Future News about whether brain data will be commodified and the role artificial intelligence plays in allowing internal speech to be decoded.

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Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.

Age verification was already risky — now it’s downright dangerous.

One of the great ironies about information privacy law is that the primary regulation of privacy in the United States has barely been studied in a scholarly way

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “

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Artificial intelligence start-up has shown brands a prototype of its new checkout feature

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On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General’s office announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) for alleged violat...

Pay per crawl is a new feature to allow content creators to charge AI crawlers for access to their content.