President Biden’s Executive Order 14110 establishes a comprehensive framework for the ethical and secure deployment of AI in healthcare, mandating federal agencies to appoint chief AI officers and develop guidelines to promote competition, safeguard civil liberties, and ensure national security while addressing regulatory and privacy concerns.
The European Union’s AI Act, effective February 2, 2025, establishes a risk-based regulatory framework for AI systems, imposing stringent compliance requirements particularly for high-risk applications in sectors like healthcare and human resources, while introducing significant penalties for non-compliance.
Virginia Delegate Michelle Lopes Maldonado has proposed a comprehensive legislative package comprising four bills aimed at improving safety, transparency, and fairness in AI, addressing issues such as consumer opt-out rights, algorithmic discrimination, and deepfake regulations, with notable measures including the nation’s first AI safety bill that mandates consumer protection and training data disclosure.
As AI technology increasingly assists in the invention process, the USPTO and courts emphasize that only natural persons can be recognized as inventors, necessitating significant human contribution for patent eligibility under the Alice framework.
Washington state Representative Clyde Shavers has proposed two bills aimed at enhancing AI transparency and accountability, requiring developers to disclose training data and mandating AI detection tools for widely used generative AI systems, in alignment with expert recommendations and existing laws.
The Justice Department, in collaboration with state attorneys general, has intensified its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage and several major landlords for allegedly engaging in an anticompetitive scheme to manipulate rental prices using algorithmic tools, violating the Sherman Act and consumer protection laws.
