On November 19, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security convened a hearing on “Protecting Consumers from Artificial Intelligence Enabled Fraud and Scams.”
The...more
11/25/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Enforcement ,
Expert Testimony ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Individual Accountability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Scams
On October 9, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division convened the heads of federal agency civil rights offices to discuss and promote coordination around preventing harms that may stem from AI, including...more
10/17/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equity ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Machine Learning ,
Social Media ,
Whistleblowers
On September 25, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced five enforcement actions against companies that allegedly used AI to further deceptive or unfair conduct.
The actions are part of the FTC’s Operation AI...more
10/4/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement ,
Fake Reviews ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Machine Learning ,
Testimonial Statements ,
Training ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In this installment of ML Strategies’ Pre-Election Analysis series, we discuss the potential impact the 119th congress and presidential election on consumer product safety. Like other spheres of federal public policy,...more
On July 23, 2024, the leading competition enforcers in the US, EU, and UK released a Joint Statement on Competition in Generative AI Foundation Models and AI products.
The statement outlines risks to competition that are...more
8/5/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
DOJ Strike Force ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Fair Dealing Exception ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Machine Learning ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
In early June, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached an agreement dividing responsibility over AI oversight. The FTC will oversee competitive concerns relating to major software...more
In May 2024, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee advanced three bills sponsored by Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on elections and AI out of committee.
These bills include provisions that would prohibit deceptive AI...more
On March 13, 2024, the Carnegie Endowment for Peace hosted Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) Chair Lina Khan for a panel entitled “The Future of American Innovation.” The panel discussion, which broadly concerned...more
Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The year 2023 has been a significant one for artificial intelligence and AI...more
12/28/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Council ,
European Parliament ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical, legal, and policy issues AI creates have exponentially increased the federal government’s interest in AI and its implications. In these weekly...more
On Friday, June 3, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the committee’s Ranking Member, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking...more
6/9/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Algorithms ,
Auditors ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consent ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Federal Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Scope of Coverage ,
Sensitive Personal Information