Privacy Challenges Are Looming Behind AI Regulation, Say FBCA Panelists
Hosted by the Federal Communications Bar Association, the event featured lawmakers and aides from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Colorado
Hosted by the Federal Communications Bar Association, the event featured lawmakers and aides from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Colorado
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2026 – Privacy challenges are looming behind the rise of artificial intelligence as a policy issue, warned panelists participating in a Federal Communications Bar Association event.
The first panel at the Monday event, “AI and Privacy: Perspectives from Policymakers and Regulators,” focused on how Colorado, Connecticut, and Massachusetts approach AI strategy in light of existing data privacy laws.
Democratic state officials and aides to Democratic legislators voiced opposition to the Trump administration’s executive order seeking to deny federal funding to states with “onerous” laws restricting AI. “States can be the laboratory of democracy,” Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Kaitlyn Karpenko said. Karpenko’s views were endorsed by the fellow panelists; no Republican officials were present on the panel.
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