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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report WIRED

IAPP · Jun 08, 2026 · International

Helsinki Moot Court aims to advance student collaboration, experience with crucial legal topics

Helsinki Moot Court aims to advance student collaboration, experience with crucial legal topics IAPP

Politico — Tech · Jun 06, 2026 · International

The lawsuits that could give AI its ‘Big Tobacco’ moment

A wave of lawsuits is framing AI chatbots as defective or dangerous products, borrowing legal strategies from past campaigns against industries like tobacco and firearms. The litigation aims to establish that AI companies can be held liable when their systems cause real-world harm.

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White House AI policy adviser Krishnan to leave position

White House AI policy adviser Sriram Krishnan is departing his position, according to Reuters. He had served as a senior official shaping the administration's approach to artificial intelligence policy.

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4 steps for businesses to establish an AI governance policy

Financial Management magazine has outlined a four-step framework to help businesses build internal AI governance policies, addressing how organizations can structure oversight of AI tools and their use across operations.

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OECD AI Policy Observatory · Jun 05, 2026 · International

AI for inclusive and resilient agri-food systems: Potential ways forward

The OECD has outlined potential applications of AI in agriculture, examining how the technology could improve food security, supply chain resilience, and sustainability across agri-food systems while also identifying key implementation challenges.

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FTC Consumer Protection · Jun 05, 2026 · US Federal

FTC Gives Final Approval to Order Against Illuminate Settling Allegations It Failed to Secure Students’ Personal Data

The FTC has finalized a settlement with Illuminate Education over a data breach that exposed millions of students' personal information. The order mandates a formal security program, restrictions on how much student data the company may collect and retain, and deletion of data deemed unnecessary.

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War on the Rocks · Jun 05, 2026 · International

The Pentagon’s AI Edge Is Being Distilled Away

A new analysis warns that adversaries may not need to hack U.S. military systems directly — they can study the publicly available commercial AI models that underpin Pentagon platforms and reverse-engineer their logic. As the Defense Department builds its warfighting capabilities on top of frontier AI from major tech companies, that commercial availability becomes a structural vulnerability.

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Facial recognition is getting better at identifying you with AI. Here’s how it works

Advances in AI are making facial recognition systems significantly more accurate and capable of identifying individuals in more challenging conditions. The technology is becoming faster, more scalable, and harder to evade as underlying models improve.

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House wades in on data privacy: ‘Your data belongs to you.’

House wades in on data privacy: ‘Your data belongs to you.’ CommonWealth Beacon

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Meta quietly added facial recognition to smart glasses, sparking major privacy concerns: report

Meta has reportedly added facial recognition capabilities to its smart glasses, according to a new report. The feature was not prominently disclosed to users or the public at the time it was introduced.

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Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources in the EU - Part 2: AI Literacy - Employer AI Literacy Obligations under the EU AI Act

The EU AI Act imposes specific AI literacy obligations on employers, requiring them to ensure staff who work with or are affected by AI systems have sufficient understanding of the technology. Legal analysis from Crowell & Moring outlines what those obligations mean in practice for HR functions across the EU.

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Millions of Americans are being tracked by Amazon’s Ring cameras and they have no idea, suit claims

Millions of Americans are being tracked by Amazon’s Ring cameras and they have no idea, suit claims AL.com

Meta secretly integrated facial recognition software with smart glasses, report says

A report claims Meta quietly built facial recognition capabilities into its smart glasses, integrating the technology without public disclosure. The development suggests the wearable devices can identify people in the physical world using their faces.

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Connecticut Updates Its Data Privacy Act, Imposing Significant New Privacy Requirements

Connecticut Updates Its Data Privacy Act, Imposing Significant New Privacy Requirements Lexology

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Connecticut Privacy Law Updates: Data Broker Rules, Geolocation Sale Ban, Surveillance Pricing Restrictions, and Genetic Data Regulations

Connecticut has updated its privacy law with several new provisions, including rules for data brokers, a ban on selling geolocation data, restrictions on using surveillance-based data for pricing, and new requirements around genetic data. The changes expand the state's existing consumer privacy framework across several high-sensitivity data categories.

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The Great American AI Act Seeks Good Governance, but Must Get the Details Right, Says Center for Data Innovation

The Center for Data Innovation, a project of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, has released an analysis of the Great American AI Act, acknowledging its governance ambitions while warning that the specifics of implementation will determine whether the legislation actually works.

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UN calls for AI regulation amid expanding environmental footprint from daily use

The United Nations has called for regulatory action on artificial intelligence, citing the growing environmental costs associated with everyday AI use. The appeal reflects mounting concern that the resource demands of widely deployed AI systems are outpacing any governance framework designed to manage them.

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The Great American AI Act Seeks Good Governance, but Must Get the Details Right

The Center for Data Innovation has weighed in on the Great American AI Act, a proposed federal framework for AI governance, arguing that while the bill's goals around accountability and oversight are sound, the specific provisions will determine whether it works in practice.

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AI Governance Expectations on the Rise for Insurers Amid New Regulatory Activity

Regulatory pressure around AI governance in the insurance sector is intensifying, with new activity signaling that insurers face growing expectations to demonstrate responsible AI use, according to analysis from law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson.

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Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it's just exploring

Meta has embedded facial recognition code into its app in connection with its smart glasses, characterizing the move as exploratory rather than an active feature rollout. The addition was not publicly announced and came to light through outside observation.

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IAPP · Jun 05, 2026 · International

Canada launches AI strategy to advance digital sovereignty, adoption

Canada has launched a national AI strategy aimed at expanding domestic adoption of artificial intelligence while strengthening the country's digital sovereignty. The initiative signals a deliberate effort to shape how AI is developed and governed within Canadian borders rather than ceding that ground to foreign platforms and companies.

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IAPP · Jun 05, 2026 · International

Notes from the IAPP Canada: Privacy and trust take center stage in Canada's AI agenda

At the IAPP Canada conference, discussions centered on how privacy and public trust are shaping the country's approach to AI policy and governance. The event reflected growing attention among Canadian professionals to the intersection of data rights and AI development.

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IAPP · Jun 05, 2026 · International

A view from DC: A bipartisan blockbuster bill on AI

A bipartisan AI bill has emerged from Washington, drawing attention from the privacy and technology policy community as a significant legislative development. The bill signals rare cross-party agreement on AI governance at the federal level, according to coverage from the IAPP.

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