South Korea’s New AI Framework Act: A Balancing Act Between Innovation and Regulation
On 21 January 2025, South Korea became the first jurisdiction in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to adopt comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) legislation. Taking effect on 22 January 2026, the Framework Act on Artificial Intelligence Development and Establishment of a Foundation for Trustworthiness (AI Framework Act or simply, Act) introduces specific obligations for “high-impact” AI systems […]
Little Rock, Minor Rights: Arkansas Leads with COPPA 2.0-Inspired Law
With thanks to Daniel Hales and Keir Lamont for their contributions. Shortly before the close of its 2025 session, the Arkansas legislature passed HB 1717, the Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, with unanimous votes. As the name suggests, Arkansas modeled this legislation after Senator Markey’s federal “COPPA 2.0” proposal, which passed the […]
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Navigating Governance Frameworks for Generative AI Systemsin the Asia-Pacific M AY 2 0 2 4 AUTHORED BY Dominic Paulger Policy Manager for Asia-Pacific, Future of Privacy Forum This paper benefited from review and recommendations by Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Anne J. Flanagan, Rob van Eijk, and Josh Lee Kok Thong. It also benefited from review and contributions from Bianca-Ioana Marcu […]
Minding Mindful Machines: AI Agents and Data Protection Considerations
We are now in 2025, the year of AI agents. Leading large language model (LLM) developers (including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic) have released early versions of technologies described as “AI agents.” Unlike earlier automated systems and even LLMs, these systems go beyond previous technology by having autonomy over how to achieve complex, multi-step tasks, such as […]
Potential Harms And Mitigation Practices for Automated Decision-making and Generative AI
FPF has updated our 2017 resource (“Distilling the Harms of Automated Decision-making”) with the goal of identifying and categorizing a broad range of potential harms that may result from automated decision-making, including heightened harms related to generative AI (GenAI), and potential mitigation practices. FPF reviewed leading books, articles, and other literature on the topic of […]
Chatbots in Check: Utah’s Latest AI Legislation
With the close of Utah’s short legislative session, the Beehive State is once again an early mover in U.S. tech policy. In March, Governor Cox signed several bills related to the governance of generative Artificial Intelligence systems into law. Among them, SB 332 and SB 226 amend Utah’s 2024 Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (AIPA) while HB 452 establishes new regulations for […]
Chatbots in Check: Utah’s Latest AI Legislation
With the close of Utah’s short legislative session, the Beehive State is once again an early mover in U.S. tech policy. In March, Governor Cox signed several bills related to the governance of generative Artificial Intelligence systems into law. Among them, SB 332 and SB 226 amend Utah’s 2024 Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (AIPA) while […]
Comments from Future of Privacy Forum on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan
On March 14, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), submitted comments in response to the Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2025. FPF is a non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data […]
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15 TH ANNUAL PRIVACY PAPERS FOR POLICYMAKERS 2024 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers 2024 1 March 12, 2025 We are pleased to introduce FPF’s 15th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers. Each year we invite privacy scholars and authors to submit scholarship for consideration by a committee of reviewers and judges from the FPF Advisory […]
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15 TH ANNUAL PRIVACY PAPERS FOR POLICYMAKERS 2024 15th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers 2024 1 March 12, 2025 We are pleased to introduce FPF’s 15th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers. Each year we invite privacy scholars and authors to submit scholarship for consideration by a committee of reviewers and judges from the FPF Advisory […]