- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2023-05-02T19:30:00
Companies developing novel artificial intelligence (AI) tools might want to think carefully before laying off ethics personnel, an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned.
The agency is closely tracking company use of AI tools for possible rule violations involving deception, discrimination, excessive manipulation, or unfairness, wrote Michael Atleson, an attorney in the FTC’s Division of Advertising Practices, in a blog post Monday.
Companies are now using chatbots and generative AI tools to influence people’s behavior, beliefs, and emotions. The FTC is likely to get involved if a chatbot directs people “unfairly or deceptively” into harmful decisions regarding finances, health, education, housing, and/or employment, Atleson said.
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The Federal Trade Commission approved a measure streamlining its ability to issue civil investigative demands in investigations relating to artificial intelligence use.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau flagged risks regarding expanded use of chatbots by financial institutions, specifically for customer service purposes.
Amazon is set to pay more than $30 million comprised of a civil penalty and consumer refunds to resolve two separate cases alleging privacy violations regarding its Alexa voice assistant service and Ring doorbell subsidiary.
Any product that uses AI needs to be safety assessed for its entire lifespan under new rules that went into effect recently across the EU. Experts warned companies using AI to tailor products could be classed as “manufacturers” and face the same duty of care as developed.
When lawmakers slam the U.K.’s chief financial regulator as “incompetent,” it not only opens the doors for others to pile criticism on it, but it sparks a debate about how the organization can be improved–or removed.
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority apologized to investors in peer-to-peer investment firm Collateral for not acting swiftly enough to prevent Collateral from defrauding its customers.
