California’s Draft AI Privacy Rules Show Ambitious Approach

Draft rules from California’s privacy agency show the state plans to go much further than any other in its regulation of automated tools, including artificial intelligence, resume screening filters, and facial recognition.

The regulations, released on Nov. 27, would give state residents a right to prohibit their personal data from being used within automated decision-making technology. They will have elevated importance given the agency’s home turf of Silicon Valley. The rules could influence, for example, how tech companies develop AI, which relies heavily on data sets to train itself. That data can include personal information, such as names or ...