Senior Analyst/Counsel – AI Governance
[…] Governance knowledge (for example, through the AIGP certification) Demonstrated expertise in core privacy and data protection law and policy (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), and a strong understanding of how these frameworks intersect with issues related to the development and deployment of AI systems Excellent writing skills Excellent communication skills Demonstrated ability to research, understand, distill, […]
The Chatbot Moment: Mapping the Emerging 2026 U.S. Chatbot Legislative Landscape
[…] where compliance obligations, like disclosures or safety protocols, could vary broadly across jurisdictions. As states including Oregon and Washington prepare to imminently enact new chatbot legislation, it remains to be seen how closely 2026 frameworks will ultimately align. To help make sense of this rapidly evolving landscape, FPF developed two one-pager resources summarizing key trends in chatbot legislation. […]
The Chatbot Moment: Mapping the Emerging 2026 U.S. Chatbot Legislative Landscape
[…] disclosures or safety protocols, could vary broadly across jurisdictions. As states including Oregon and Washington prepare to imminently enact new chatbot legislation, it remains to be seen how closely 2026 frameworks will ultimately align. To help make sense of this rapidly evolving landscape, FPF developed two one-pager resources summarizing key trends in chatbot legislation. […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Unpacking the Prohibition of Individual Risk Assessment for the Prediction of Criminal Offences
[…] does not apply. The Guidelines clarify that “personality traits” and “characteristics” are to be broadly understood, and that the examples contained in Recital 42 are not exhaustive. However, according to the Guidelines, the use of the term “solely” leaves open the possibility of various other elements being taken into account in the risk assessment, […]
Holly Hawkins
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Unpacking Social Scoring as a Prohibited AI Practice
[…] conditions and detailed scenarios (Section 2), as well as the practices that fall outside the scope of the prohibition (Section 3). It then takes a look at how this provision interacts with other areas of EU law, in particular data protection, non-discrimination, and sector-specific frameworks (Section 4). The main takeaways (Section 5) highlight that: […]
Digital Digest: FPF’s Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
[…] Awarded Papers AI Agents and Memory: Privacy and Power in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Era New America Available here: https://www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/ai-agents-and-memory/ Executive Summary This policy brief examines how AI agents — autonomous systems that use the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect across applications – will reshape the boundaries of privacy, security, and governance. […]
From Proposal to Passage: Enacted U.S. AI Laws, 2023–2025
[…] states, along with one federal law (the TAKE IT DOWN Act) that carry direct or indirect implications for private-sector AI developers and deployers. Notably, most enacted AI laws are already effective as of 2026, requiring entities to begin navigating compliance obligations. To support stakeholders, FPF has compiled a resource documenting key AI laws enacted from 2023-2025.
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding Manipulative Techniques and the Exploitation of Vulnerabilities
[…] imply that such techniques are inherently covert in that they operate beyond the threshold of conscious awareness, capable of influencing decisions by bypassing a person’s rational defences. However, the Recital also explains that the prohibition covers even those cases where the person is aware that the techniques used are subliminal, but cannot resist their […]
Q&A With FPF Vice President for U.S. Policy, Matthew Reisman
[…] across a range of issues that continue to evolve. What particular sector is one to watch in the U.S.? As a community, we have been wrestling with how to approach privacy in the context of AI systems: the challenge is to ensure that these tools benefit as broad a spectrum of people, organizations, and […]