A year ago, Congress put online platforms on the clock. On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, creating a new federal framework aimed at stopping the online spread of nonconsensual intimate imagery, such as real images, AI-generated “deepfakes,” and other harmful content circulated across websites, social-media platforms, messaging
During the 2024 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 24-205, which is known as the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (CAIA). This law will take effect on February 1, 2026, and requires developers and deployers of a high-risk AI system to protect Colorado residents (“consumers”) from risks of algorithmic discrimination. Notably, the Act
The proliferation of AI-derived and processed data in the era of big data is occurring against a complex backdrop of legal frameworks governing ownership of and responsibilities with regard to that data. In a previous installment of this two-part series, the authors outlined challenges and opportunities presented by big data and AI-derived data. In this
The emergence of big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) has fundamentally transformed our understanding and utilization of data. While the value of big data is beyond dispute, its management introduces intricate legal questions, particularly concerning data ownership, licensing, and the protection of derived data. This article, the first installment in
On May 16, 2023, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a significant oversight hearing on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, specifically focusing on newer models of generative AI that create new content from large datasets. The hearing was chaired by Sen. Richard Blumenthal for the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. He
As part of Bradley’s continuing coverage of the North Carolina Sandbox Act, we wanted to know what community members and NC fintech aficionados thought about this proposed legislation. We posed six questions to Tariq Bokhari, an influential leader in the financial technology (fintech) industry, who serves as the executive director of the Carolina Fintech
Technology is evolving and advancing at a dizzying pace across the globe. Emerging technologies are reimagining everything from how we interact with each other to how we interact with businesses and institutions. Given the upward trajectory of technology, it seems that the “innovation” business is ripe for opportunity — an opportunity that appears poised to
In a roller coaster of an election week, it was easy for smaller ballot measures to become overshadowed. One ballot measure that you may have missed is Massachusetts’s Ballot Question 1 regarding the “right to repair” motor vehicles. The ballot measure expands access to a driver’s motor vehicle data. Vehicles are increasingly becoming more computerized
While the nation waits for the results of the presidential race to be tallied, across the country local and statewide referendums on privacy issues have been decided. In Portland, Maine voters approved a ballot measure to ban the use of facial recognition technology by local police and city agencies. Portland joins other cities such as