 The Need to Protect Americans' Privacy and the AI Accelerant. That's the title of a hearing that was held today in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chambers, chaired by Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington. Americans' privacy is under attack. UW Law Professor Ryan Kahlo testified at the hearing. AI's insatiable appetite for data alone deeply exacerbates the American consumer privacy crisis. Kahlo is the co-director of the Tech Policy Lab at UW.