New York State’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect on Monday, requiring businesses to disclose when they use algorithms to adjust prices based on consumers’ personal information, including location and shopping habits. Some are reporting seeing notices in apps like DoorDash alerting them to this tactic.
What happens when AI agents take over the work of comparing ticket prices and seat selections across vendors, potentially diminishing the value of all those marketplaces? Sportico writes about the DoorDash problem of the entertainment industry, and how ticket vendors are preparing for a world of agentic buying.
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European officials are reportedly planning to touch the “third rail” of EU policy later this month: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A draft proposal obtained by Politico would create carve outs for AI companies to train on specified categories of personal data, as Europe seeks to remain competitive globally.
Facing waves of cuts, reassignments, and rampant politicization, CISA is staring down a diminished role in US cyber defenses.
The government has been operating with just essential staff for 36 days, beating the 2019 record. Some senators are reportedly predicting the stalemate could break this week, but in the meantime, thousands have been furloughed, gadgets awaiting regulatory approval are stalled, and SNAP benefits are in jeopardy.
Under a proposed rule by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could demand biometric information including DNA from immigrants and associated US citizens, and even children under age 14. That would be a significant expansion of the information the agency currently collects.
A centerpiece of the Kids Online Safety Act is rumored to be at risk in the new version.
