Companies, Civil Society, Academics Announce Voluntary Principles to Combat Image-Based Sexual Abuse
The principles intended to serve as a guide for the tech industry in combating IBSA and protecting privacy, expression, & safety.
New Research: Grounding AI Policy
To understand how to effectively regulate AI, we need to understand how people use it. How can that be done while preserving users’ privacy? Our new report provides insights.
New Research: To Reduce Disability Bias in Technology, Start With Disability Data
This report unpacks factors that result in poor collection & availability of representative data sets, & provides recommendations for how to mitigate these concerns, which we refer to as a “disability data justice” approach.
New Research: Regulating Robo-Bosses
This report provides a roadmap for needed improvements in legislation to help prevent AEDSs from giving rise to increased discrimination in employment decisions.
CDT Launches New Working Group to Address NCII
CDT, CCRI, & the NNEDV announced the formation of a multistakeholder working group that will identify interventions to prevent & mitigate the harms caused by the creation, spread, and monetization of Non-Consensual Intimate Images (NCII), including AI-generated content.
CDT’s Jake Laperruque Testifies Before H.R. Homeland Security Committee
CDT Deputy Director of Security & Surveillance, Jake Laperruque, testified before the before U.S. House Homeland Security Committee in the hearing “Advancing Innovation (AI): Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Defend & Secure the Homeland.”
New Research: Navigating Demographic Measurement for Fairness and Equity
This report provides methodologies, guidance, and case studies for those undertaking fairness and equity assessments — from approaches that involve more direct access to data to ones that don’t expand data collection.
Enacting Procurement Policies and Practices to Support Responsible AI Use
This report explores how to enable procurers of AI within the federal government to acquire systems that will strengthen and improve agency operations while protecting the people those agencies are made to serve.
Will the EU AI Act Adequately Protect Free Expression?
CDT Europe is publishing a series of blog posts and briefing papers on the EU AI Act and what it means for human rights. The third post in the series provides a summary & overview of the AI Act’s implications for free expression.
CDT VP of Policy Testifies Before House Commerce Committee
CDT VP of Policy Samir Jain testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee in a hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Protect Kids Online and Ensure Americans’ Data Privacy Rights.”
CDT Welcomes Final OMB Guidance on Federal Agencies’ Use of AI
OMB’s newly released guidance makes strides towards more efficient and effective government use of AI – and the focus now shifts to strengthening transparency and procurement guidance.
Educators Still Struggling with Generative AI Detection, Discipline, and Distrust, Despite Increased School Guidance
To understand how teachers are currently interacting with and receiving support on AI technology like ChatGPT, CDT conducted a nationally representative survey of middle and high school teachers in November and December 2023.
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CDT’s 2023 Annual Report
In 2023 – at a pivotal time for democracy – CDT was at the forefront, advancing a tech policy agenda focused on equity and democratic values. Read more about how we ensured tech policy conversations centered the communities and issues directly impacted in our 2023 Annual Report.
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