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Notes To My (Legal) Self

Season 6, Episode 18: AI at the Crossroads: Navigating the New FTC Landscape (with Kassi Burns and Olga V. Mack)

Dec 30, 2023
Attorney Kassi Burns, with 10 years of experience using AI and Machine Learning, discusses the future of AI and its impact on consumer rights and competition laws. They also delve into the FTC's Voice Cloning Challenge and its call for multidisciplinary solutions. The podcast explores client confidentiality, shopping preferences, lawyer jokes, and the importance of good writing and evidence in legal cases. They also discuss negotiating sensitive issues, aligning facts and the law, and the impact of technology on the legal field.
45:10

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  • The FTC's authorization of compulsory AI-related processes signifies a significant shift in AI regulation, impacting consumer rights and competition laws.
  • FTC's voice cloning challenge highlights the need for multidisciplinary solutions to address the misuse of AI in synthetic media and protect consumer interests.

Deep dives

FTC's New Powers: Broad Definition of AI

The podcast discusses the recent press release from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that authorizes the use of compulsory process, including civil investigative demands (CIDs), related to AI products and services. FTC defines AI broadly as machine-based systems capable of making predictions, recommendations, or decisions that impact real or virtual environments, including images, videos, ideas, and text. This broad definition allows FTC to have wide-ranging powers to regulate and investigate AI-related activities.

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