FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan guarantees to rein in synthetic intelligence and chatbots

The head of the Federal Commerce Fee stated she meant to take motion to wrangle the rising variety of synthetic intelligence-powered bots and merchandise.

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan stated in an opinion article Wednesday that AI-powered merchandise akin to OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard are topic to current guidelines making use of expertise and that the company intends to make use of its energy to manage such chatbots.

"Though these instruments are novel, they don't seem to be exempt from current guidelines," Khan wrote in a New York Occasions op-ed, "and the FTC will vigorously implement the legal guidelines we're charged with administering, even on this new market."

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Khan outlined the dangers linked to the trade, such because the elevated odds of 1 firm creating "market dominance" over others. The company is effectively ready to take care of authorized points, together with "collusion, monopolization, mergers, worth discrimination, and unfair strategies of competitors," she stated.

Khan additionally famous that scammers may abuse generative AI akin to ChatGPT to supply content material shortly and be used to deceive People.

Lastly, Khan famous that the expertise may automate discrimination and unfairly block folks from getting jobs, housing, or different wants.

The FTC, the Civil Rights Division of the Division of Justice, the Shopper Monetary Safety Bureau, and the Equal Employment Alternative Fee launched a joint assertion final week vowing to guard client security as automated techniques within the workforce develop into extra frequent.