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WASHINGTON – Several prominent civil rights, technology policy, and progressive groups are calling on President Joe Biden to focus a forthcoming executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) on protecting the public from the potential harms posed by the technology.
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to Elon Musk’s threat to sue organizations that report misinformation and hate speech online:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after President Biden signed a proclamation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi:
WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Biden administration’s push for more effective artificial intelligence (AI) safeguards:
WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Rachel Bloomekatz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:
WASHINGTON — Leslie Proll, senior director of the voting rights program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the Freedom to Vote Act:
WASHINGTON – Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act:
WASHINGTON — Jesselyn McCurdy, executive vice president for government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the long overdue confirmation of Kalpana Kotagal to serve as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC):