Comment: US Federal Trade Commission warns AI abuses will be regulatory focus


Summary

The US Federal Trade Commission is honing in on bias in AI systems. In recently issued policy guidance on potential AI abuses, the agency cited what are arguably two of its most aggressive enforcement actions to warn companies of the ramifications of AI systems that fail to protect privacy or that enable bias. The AI policy guidance emphasized that the FTC is watching the AI space, and is willing to apply its more difficult-to-litigate prohibitions against "unfair" business practices to combat AI abuses.