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Proposed FTC Rule Would Hold AI Companies Liable for “Deepfake” Impersonation Scams — AI: The Washington Report
February 29, 2024 | Advisory | By Bruce Sokler, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Alexander Hecht, Raj Gambhir
Read about a proposed FTC rule that would make the impersonation of individuals in a matter affecting commerce a violation of the FTC Act in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Federal and State Lawmakers Launch AI Task Forces — AI: The Washington Report
February 22, 2024 | Article | By Daniel Connelly, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Bruce Sokler, Raj Gambhir
Read about AI-focused task forces formed in the House of Representatives and by the governor of Massachusetts in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Commerce Department Launches Cross-Sector Consortium on AI Safety — AI: The Washington Report
February 16, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the Department of Commerce’s new cross-sector consortium on AI safety in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Senators Propose Clarification of Antitrust Law to Expressly Cover Algorithmic Collusion — AI: The Washington Report
February 8, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act, a bill that seeks to ban anticompetitive pricing practices deployed through AI, in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Biden’s AI Executive Order Achieves First Major Milestones (AI EO January Update) — AI: The Washington Report
February 2, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about major milestones achieved in response to President Biden’s October 2023 executive order on AI in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Algorithmic Disgorgement: An Increasingly Important Part of the FTC’s Remedial Arsenal — AI: The Washington Report
January 24, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the FTC’s use of a remedy known as “algorithmic disgorgement” in settlements with AI companies in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
FTC Warns AI Companies to Honor Privacy and Confidentiality Commitments — AI: The Washington Report
January 19, 2024 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the FTC’s business guidance blog post discussing its resolve to enforce the privacy commitments of certain AI firms known as “model-as-a-service” companies in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
(Un)fair Use? Copyrighted Works as AI Training Data — AI: The Washington Report
January 10, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the ongoing debate surrounding the use of copyrighted works as training data for AI models in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
AI Judges? Chief Justice Roberts Thinks Not — AI: The Washington Report
January 3, 2024 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about Chief Justice Roberts’s end-of-the-year letter on AI and the federal judiciary in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Three Trends in AI Regulation in 2023 — AI: The Washington Report
December 27, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about three broad trends that shaped AI regulation in 2023 in the year-end edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Senators Consider Reforms to Antitrust Law to Address Algorithmic Price-Fixing and Self-Preferencing — AI: The Washington Report
December 19, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing addressing the impact of algorithms on competition and consumer rights in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
SEC Chair Doubles Down on AI Conflict of Interest Rules, Warns Firms Not to “AI-Wash” — AI: The Washington Report
December 15, 2023 | Article | By David Adams, Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the SEC’s warnings about “AI-washing” and stiff industry opposition to its proposed rules for conflicts of interest in the use of predictive data analytics technologies by broker-dealers and investment advisers in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Workplace Implications of President Biden’s Executive Order Addressing Artificial Intelligence — AI: The Washington Report
December 8, 2023 | Article | By Michelle Capezza, Evan Piercey
Read about workplace implications of president biden’s executive order addressing artificial intelligence in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
A Timeline of Biden’s AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report
December 7, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
See a timeline of Biden’s AI Executive Order, which details when some of the EO’s major provisions will come into effect, in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Federal Trade Commission Supercharges AI Regulatory Powers — AI: The Washington Report
November 30, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the FTC’s preauthorization of a compulsory process in investigations relating to AI and a new AI bill supported by a bipartisan group of Commerce Committee senators in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Federal Trade Commission Announces Voice Cloning Challenge — AI: The Washington Report
November 21, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the FTC’s Voice Cloning Challenge to encourage the creation of policies, practices, and technologies to prevent or detect the abuse of AI voice cloning tools in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
FTC Advises Copyright Office on AI — AI: The Washington Report
November 16, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the Copyright Office’s request for comments on issues regarding AI and copyright and the FTC’s submission in response in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
OMB Releases Draft Guidance to Agencies on Implementing Biden’s AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report
November 9, 2023 | Advisory | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the OMB’s draft memorandum providing guidance to agencies on how to implement President Biden’s executive order on AI, the UK’s AI Safety Summit, and the Bletchley Declaration that emerged from the summit in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence — AI: The Washington Report
October 31, 2023 | Article | By Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
President Biden issued his long-expected executive order on AI addressing workforce training and modernization, privacy, equity and civil rights, safety and security, competition and consumer protection, R&D investments, and government use of AI. Mintz Antitrust Practice Co-chair Bruce Sokler, with ML Strategies’ EVP and Director of Operations Alex Hecht and SVP Christian Fjeld, cover this development in their latest weekly update on AI-related activity in Washington, DC.
The FCC Initiates a Proceeding to Explore the Impact of AI on Calling and Texting Practices — AI: The Washington Report
October 31, 2023 | Blog | By Christen B'anca Glenn, Jonathan P. Garvin
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a draft Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) on October 25, 2023 that would, if adopted, seek information about the impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) on the FCC’s efforts to protect consumers from unwanted and unlawful calls and text messages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).
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