The United States’ Intelligence Community1 (IC) has released Interim Guidance about the acquisition and use of foundation AI models (FMs).  This guidance has been provided by inter-agency lawyers and concerns the application of AG guidelines and policies to the IC’s acquisition and use of FMs. As well as clearly suggesting that IC elements will use FMs for intelligence purposes, the document provides additional guidance concerning model acquisition, modification, augmentation, prompts and outputs.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its final response to the public consultation on the application of UK data protection law to generative AI (GAI). The response marks the culmination of an extensive consultation process aimed at clarifying key data protection principles in the context of generative AI systems.

In October 2024 the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IECWG) from the Global Privacy Agency(GPA) issued a Concluding Joint Statement on data scraping and the protection of privacy. It completes the Initial Joint Statement on data scraping and the protection of privacy published in August 2023. It contains three objectives: firstly, to outline the key privacy risks associated with data scraping; secondly, to set out how Social Media Companies (SMCs) and other organisations should protect individual personal information; and thirdly, to set out measures that individuals can take to protect their personal data. 

The European Commission’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) office has initiated a targeted consultation with stakeholders on guidelines for defining AI systems and applying prohibitions on certain high-risk AI practices, as outlined in the EU AI Act. This consultation represents a significant step in preparing for the implementation of these provisions, which will come into effect on 2 February 2025, six months after the AI Act’s entry into force. The guidelines are expected to be finalised and published in early 2025, providing practical assistance to businesses, regulators, and other stakeholders in meeting their obligations under the Act.

The Chair AI-Regulation announces the participation of its two research fellows, Cornelia Kutterer and Dr. Theodoros Karathanasis, as plenary experts to the European Commission (EC) consultation on a Code of Practice (CoP) for providers of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) models. 

The Chair AI Regulation (MIAI) shares the two first interim notes published on the 25 June and the 2 October 2024 by the French and independent think tank, Renaissance Numerique. The interim notes are based on the discussions held during the AI Dialogues, launched by Renaissance Numerique on 5 April, to which the Chair AI Regulation (MIAI) contributes as an academic partner.

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On June 6, 2024, the European Center for Digital Rights (Noyb) filed a complaint to 11 European Data Protection Authorities (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Spain) about Meta’s intention to change its privacy policy regarding, among other things, the use of personal data to train its current and future Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies.

On June 10th, 2024, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) began a publication consultation on a second series of seven practical information sheets seeking to provide legal certainty for developers of AI systems by anticipating the relationship between the EU AI Act and the GDPR.

On May 3, 2024, in response to evolving technologies in the field of general purpose AI and generative AI, the OECD Ministerial Council adopted further revisions to its 2019 Principles on AI. The revised principles are designed to guide policymakers in developing robust AI policies and frameworks that ensure interoperability across different jurisdictions.

On April 18, 2024, the draft Framework Convention on AI was unanimously adopted by the CoE Parliamentary Assembly. The next step for the Framework Convention on AI and its ‘Draft Explanatory Report’ is for these documents to be transmitted to the Committee of Ministers for adoption at the 133rd Session of the Committee of Ministers in Strasburg (16-17 May 2024).

On March 21st, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly adopted for the first time a non-binding Resolution that encourages the development of regulatory and governance principles and frameworks and includes standards to ensure that safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems are created.