The Federal Trade Commission is planning aggressive reviews of the tech sector through a new technology office that is taking aim at artificial intelligence and digital ad makers, as its last Republican commissioner heads for the exit.
The FTC, which is moving forward with exclusively Democratic commissioners, is the federal regulator charged with protecting consumers from deceptive business practices and unfair competition.
“This could mean dissecting claims made about an AI-powered product to assess whether the offering is oozing with snake oil, or whether automated decision systems for teacher evaluations adversely impact employment decisions and make inferences that impact compensation and tenure,” Ms. Nguyen said.
Ms. Nguyen said her team has already begun working with attorneys and data scientists to understand algorithms and to study data collection and selling that may harm consumers. She said her team is also tracking emerging tech involving augmented and virtual reality. Outgoing Commissioner Christine Wilson cited the FTC’s challenge to Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality platform Within Unlimited as the type of conduct she found objectionable, in an opinion article in The Wall Street Journal.
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