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Technology, media, and telecom law attorney Marc S. Martin provides regulatory, transactional, and strategic advice to developers, service providers, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, investors, and enterprise customers.

Artificial Intelligence-generated robocalls may trick some consumers into thinking they are being called by a human being, but the Federal Communications Commission clarified in a recent AI Declaratory Ruling that it will not be fooled. Moving forward, all AI-generated robocalls will be treated as artificial or prerecorded voice calls for purposes of the Telephone Consumer

The White House recently issued its most extensive policy directive yet concerning the development and use of artificial intelligence through a 100-plus-page Executive Order titled “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” and accompanying “Fact Sheet” summary.

Following in the footsteps of last year’s Blueprint for AI Bill

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the formation of a Privacy and Data Protection Task Force at the FCC during a recent speech at the Center for Democracy and Technology Forum on Data Privacy. The Task Force will coordinate rulemaking, enforcement, and public awareness efforts across the Commission that concern privacy and data protection

The fast-developing innovations brought by generative artificial intelligence (AI) are hastening calls from industry and government to consider new regulatory frameworks. The EU was in the process of implementing its AI Act, first proposed on April 21, 2021 (as we previously summarized), before generative AI chatbots were widely released. While the EU’s AI Act

The recent dramatic growth of artificial intelligence technologies continues to be a focus of the Biden administration. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, recently issued a Request for Comment that seeks public comment on system accountability measures and policies for AI systems, including (1) the definition

In response to the increased frequency and severity of data breaches in the telecommunications industry, the Federal Communications Commission recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks to strengthen and broaden its breach notification rules arising from the unauthorized disclosure of customer proprietary network information (CPNI).

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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a part of the Executive Office of the President, recently published a white paper titled “The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for the American People” (Blueprint). This Blueprint offers a nonbinding framework for the responsible development of policies and

The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted certain final rules, policies, and proposed rules to “stem the tide of foreign-originated illegal robocalls.” The FCC Order targets so-called “gateway providers,” which are U.S.-based intermediate providers that receive calls directly from a foreign provider or its U.S.-based facilities before transmitting the calls downstream. Among other things, the Order

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on vulnerabilities that threaten the security and integrity of the Border Gateway Protocol, which is central to the internet’s global routing system. The BGP’s design is widely deployed and lacks security features to ensure trust in the information being exchanged.

The FCC seeks comment on how

The FCC has unanimously adopted an order to revoke China Unicom Americas’ section 214 authorizations. This action follows the FCC order in October 2021 to revoke China Telecom Americas’ authorizations. These license revocations demonstrate that the severe actions against Chinese telecoms with apparent affiliations with the Chinese government and military that began in the last