FTC votes to streamline investigations into AI products (Nextgov)

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    FTC votes to streamline investigations into AI products – By Alexandra Kelley (Nextgov) / Nov 22, 2023

    In a 3-0 vote, the Federal Trade Commission approved a resolution that will let agency staff issue certain demands when investigating artificial intelligence-based services and products for potential market violations.

    The Federal Trade Commission voted on Tuesday to approve a resolution allowing the agency to more easily obtain information in nonpublic investigations concerning products and services that use artificial intelligence.

    Passed in a 3-0 vote, the approved resolution enables the FTC’s staff to issue civil investigative demands into AI products and services — a type of compulsory process that operates like a subpoena — to police unlawful market behavior concerning such products. Under the resolution, FTC staff conducting AI-related investigations will not have to get a full Commission vote to advance an investigation into a given AI product.

    “Although AI, including generative AI, offers many beneficial uses, it can also be used to engage in fraud, deception, infringements on privacy and other unfair practices, which may violate the FTC Act and other laws,” the FTC press release reads. “At the same time, AI can raise competition issues in a variety of ways, including if one or just a few companies control the essential inputs or technologies that underpin AI.”

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