Privacy Talk with Steven Ward, Resident Privacy and Security Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats at R Street Institute, Is the AI new trend leading to the federal privacy law?
“This interview recorded on 12th March 2024 is talking about Kids’s privacy legislation and federal privacy and security law.”
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This interview outline:
- Is the AI new trend leading to the federal privacy law?
- Message to listeners
- Is AI new trend leading to the federal privacy law?
Steven: I’m trying to get a handle on your question, or you referring to the article where I say that a comprehensive federal privacy law could support and be an underlying basis for artificial intelligence. Okay,
Kohei: Yeah.
Steven: I think that when you look at artificial intelligence, you’re talking about massive, massive amounts of data. And right now in the United States, there is no comprehensive privacy law that is, you know, minimizing the amount of data that’s out there.
So I’m not gonna call it completely the Wild Wild West, but there’s a lot of states that are unprotected that don’t have comprehensive state privacy laws. I think today we’re at 15 because Kentucky just passed theirs today.
So we’re at 15. That means there’s a lot of other states that are not protected. So when these LLMs are using a lot of data. When you look at what could be a baseline approach to helping protect sensitive data from artificial intelligence, you got to start talking about it.
That is a comprehensive privacy level, our privacy law on a federal level, protecting data with that way. It is something that should be done today, not tomorrow, is passing a law that would benefit artificial intelligence.
Kohei: Artificial Intelligences are everywhere. Nowadays, the lawmakers are discussing this points. In last year, the Biden Administration made executive orders for artificial intelligence. So do you think this will bring this some impact to the lawmaking processes especially for federal privacy law?
Steven: Um that was that they were talking about the executive order that was in October released in October on artificial intelligence?
Kohei: Yes.
Steven: I think it screams that we need a comprehensive federal privacy and security law. And that should be the first start. So like that messaging is helpful, but how that approach is obtained has to be a very nuanced approach because a lot of the narrative around artificial intelligence is how dangerous it is, you know, and I’m not trying to minimize any threats that are out there.
But lost in the noise is the amount of benefits that AI will bring to not just the United States but globally. How AI will be used in cybersecurity and allow smaller organizations to fight cyber threats that they normally wouldn’t have been able to do at least on a human level that AI can do at a more reasonable and efficient cost.
So I think that instead of you know, politicians, not downplaying, but screaming about the dangers of AI. They need also be balancing that with how beneficial AI will be to individuals and organizations.
Kohei: Thank you. We should have more discussion about AI and privacy at this moment in our country. Until now, it’s very great to share your own experiences. So finally, I’d like to ask Steven to share about your message and you had written a very great article so far.
You’ve had a very experiences in this space. So could you share about your message for listeners something that you want to deliver from your perspective?
- Message to listeners
Steven: I mean, I think that at least listeners in the United States, I think it’s important to be proactive in contacting your elected representatives on your concerns about data privacy and security and the need for a federal law.
You know, pushing the message to the US needs an effective privacy law, especially at the federal level. And I think that’s an important message for individuals to make to their representatives, but also to be proactive in their own data security, doing what they need to do to minimize your data footprint. I think that’s very important.
Kohei: Thank you for sharing the very important insights. Again, Steven, thank you for joining and that’s very honored to have a great conversation with you and insights. Thank you for having today.
Steven: Absolutely. Thank you for having me.
Kohei: Thank you.
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