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More AI Safeguards Coming, Including Right to Refuse Face-Recognition Scans at US Airports


This week every U.S. agency was ordered to appoint a "chief AI officer". But that wasn't the only AI policy announced. According to CNN, "By the end of the year, travelers should be able to refuse facial recognition scans at airport security screenings without fear it could delay or jeopardize th...

The mandates aim to cover situations ranging from screenings by the Transportation Security Administration to decisions by other agencies affecting Americans' health care, employment and housing. "Meanwhile, the European Union this month gave final approval to a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence law, once again leapfrogging the United States on regulating a critical and disruptive technology." CNN adds that last year, "the White House announced voluntary commitments by leading AI companies to subject their models to outside safety testing."

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