The New York Times changed its terms of service to protect against use of its content for AI training. The change prohibits use of “robots, spiders, scripts, service, software or any manual or automatic device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape” its content. This follows a similar move last week by Microsoft.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants to regulate how data brokers handle sensitive consumer data. Prompted by concerns about data use to power AI, the bureau is drafting a set of restrictions it plans to share in September.
The US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduces new cybersecurity rules for public companies. To safeguard data and ensure third-party compliance, the SEC is mandating that companies disclose cybersecurity events in a transparent, prompt, and comprehensive manner. A primary reason is to ensure investors are kept apprised of incidents to enable them to make informed decisions and to safeguard financial interests.
After years of thinking they were in the business of selling things to people, retailers have realized they’re actually in the business of selling people to advertisers. Retail media networks are the most obvious result, but why stop at ads sold directly by the retailer? Walmart has hooked up with Disney Advertising to test letting advertisers on Disney+, Hulu, and other Disney outlets use Walmart audience information to improve targeting and measure results.