Stories tagged policy & regulation.
Artificial Lawyer / LawSites / Legaltech News
The American Legal Technology Awards has named the finalists for its seventh annual awards program, honoring outstanding achievement and innovation across multiple categories of legal technology. This year’s winners were selected from 234 submissions across 10 categories. Winners will be revealed…
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
Parts 12 and 15 have revisions ready for industry to read, while two other parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are deleted entirely in a push to increase competition.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
Gwen Gann fills the CISO role left vacant by Ralph Johnson, who retired from Washington government this summer.
FedScoop / StateScoop / Nextgov
Billions of dollars, dozens of hearings, three administrations and no answers. On the VA’s fourth attempt to modernize electronic health records, Congress says “enough.” The post Inside the bipartisan backlash to the $27 billion VA-Oracle EHRM contract blindsiding Congress appeared first on…
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke says unreviewed AI output is landing on coworkers. Freelance marketplace data shows demand for AI cleanup work rising elsewhere too. The post Shopify CEO Warns AI ‘Slop Grenades’ Shift Work To Coworkers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Lighthouse 13.5 adds an audit for AI agent resource discovery, but its checks differ from the latest ARD proposal. The post Google Lighthouse Adds Audit For AI Agent Resource Discovery appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Stripe name no live merchant. Google names three. Here is what the agentic commerce documentation still refuses to say. The post Agentic Commerce Is Not The Next Voice Shopping, But It Is Still Unproven appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
The price of gas overall is up about 50% in the U.S. since the start of the conflict between the U.S., Iran and Israel on Feb. 28. But last week, some states started to see alarming price increases on top of that. It could put a damper on holiday preparations for both consumers and retailers.
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The Biden administration imposed the measures in 2021 over human rights abuses committed during the Tigray war in neighboring Ethiopia.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
The collaboration combines Biographica’s computational platform for identifying high-value gene targets and Hudson River’s expertise in gene-editing. The post ‘Bring us your difficult trait problems’: Biographica, Hudson River partner on crop genome editing appeared first on AgFunderNews.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
One change to how Rugs Direct boxes its products has saved the retailer money while making delivery easier, according to Sharon Gautschi, chief merchandising officer of Elevated Brands Group. “This is not glamorous, but it’s so glamorous to me,” Gautschi told Digital Commerce 360. “We’ve shifted to…
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
Hybrid Side Event during UNGA81 High-Level Week The post From surveillance to governance: recentering human rights in the UN AI agenda appeared first on Access Now.
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Google’s organic migration guidance is extensive. Paid search advertisers need clearer answers about what changes, resets, and recalibrates. The post Your site migration needs a paid search playbook appeared first on MarTech.
9to5Mac / 9to5Google
The major class action lawsuit against Apple over Siri and Apple Intelligence delays continues to progress. Apple is expected to pay $250 million to settle the lawsuit, and you can now submit your claim to get a chunk of that payout. Here’s how. more…
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will put online services behind age gates, expand the use of intrusive age verification, and undermine the privacy of all users. The EU Kids Act aims to protect…
AdExchanger / Digiday / MarTech / Search Engine Journal
Establishing cross-functional oversight spanning legal, security, and ops mitigates copyright and privacy risks. The post Building an AI governance framework for marketing appeared first on MarTech.
Electrek
A joint venture between Chinese carmaker SAIC and German car brand Audi, the all-electric AUDI (all caps) brand has been turning heads in the Chinese market with solid all-weather performance, reasonable prices and plenty of chunky Teutonic style. Now, AUDI cars are turning up in Europe — and Audi…
The Hindu — Technology / BusinessLine — Info-tech
“As a result of Google’s failures, individuals could have been unaware that their location was being used to, for example, influence them with ads or to infer their interests, and could lose control over their personal data,” DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said
Light Reading / Fierce Network / Telecoms.com / RCR Wireless / Mobile World Live
The lads are delighted to welcome back former Telecoms.com deputy editor Jamie Davies, in his first appearance on the pod for six years.
Light Reading / Fierce Network / Telecoms.com / RCR Wireless / Mobile World Live
Children in the EU will have a phased introduction to social media under new legislation proposed by the European Commission.
Mint — Technology / AI
Former US President Barack Obama has called for stronger federal regulation of AI, warning that market forces alone may not ensure adequate safeguards. His September 18 remarks at Colgate University focused on the risks and commercial incentives behind increasingly autonomous AI agents.
China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone
China’s top internet watchdog has drafted new rules to regulate how social platforms and game developers should protect minors, including a ban on offering “virtual intimacy services” to those under 18 as artificial intelligence-powered companions gain traction. The rules, titled “Ensuring minors’…
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
The deal enhances xFarm’s existing supply chain intelligence solutions and opens the door to the sugarcane and biofuel industries. The post xFarm Technologies’ acquisition of Sibium Analytics brings it closer to defining agriculture’s data layer appeared first on AgFunderNews.
The Hindu — Technology / BusinessLine — Info-tech
The coordination largely took place on September 12, the lawsuit argues, when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging for industrywide cooperation on decelerating advancements
EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now
Artificial Intelligence In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection. Use of personal data “in the context of AI” should…
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Creators and brands are starting holiday campaigns months early to build awareness and test sales strategies. In turn, the campaign calendars have shifted to feature Christmas content as early as August.
Modern Retail / Digital Commerce 360 / AgFunderNews
Walking around a Target store today, shoppers are going to find far more K-beauty brands than they would have a year ago as the retailer seeks the latest trends and as Korean brands seek to expand into U.S. mass retail.
Mint — Technology / AI
Urging Congress to pass federal guardrails on the technology, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, “You can't do this state by state. This needs to be a national effort as well as an international endeavor, especially together with our allies, because AI is not going to go away.”
EdSurge / EdTech Magazine / Class Central
From baseline AI literacy to early career exposure, Jobs for the Future president Maria Flynn shares how education systems can prepare young people for ...
DroneDJ / DroneLife / sUAS News / DroneXL
Ohio's HB 251 police drone law starts Oct. 6. Cleveland's Skydio X10 rules already ban facial recognition, protest surveillance and all weapons.