The US Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday that the Biden administration would not hesitate to crack down on harmful business practices involving Artificial Intelligence (AI). The warnings were partly directed at developers of widely used AI tools such as ChatGPT.
Earlier top officials from US civil rights and consumer protection agencies also warned businesses that regulators are working to track and prevent illegal behavior in the use and development of biased or misleading AI tools.
Federal Trade Commission chairperson Leena Khan raised the possibility that the FTC is using its antitrust authority to protect competition in an increasingly fast-paced race between tech giants that use text, images and human data. Sells more advanced tools that sell other stuff that does the job.
The Federal Trade Commission chairperson said that in moments of technological disruption, established players and incumbents may be tempted to crush, absorb or otherwise outlaw new entrants in order to maintain their dominance.
A handful of powerful firms control the raw materials needed today, not only vast stores of data, but also the cloud services and computing power that startups and other businesses rely on to develop and deploy AI products, Khan said. .
The chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission did not name any specific company or product, but expressed concern about the tools that scammers can use to manipulate and defraud people at large, with fake or convincing content. can be deployed more widely and target specific groups with greater precision.
Khan said that if AI tools like ChatGPT are being deployed to engage in unfair, deceptive practices or unfair means of competition, the FTC will not hesitate to crack down on this illegal practice.
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