The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan's Tenure

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https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-removes-blog-posts-about-ai-authored-by-by-lina-khan/

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.


I can't read the article because it's behind a paywall. Looks like more safeguards being removed.

[chia]

1. Here's an excerpt:

Since President Trump returned to the White House in January, the FTC has removed hundreds of blogs and business guidance for the tech industry published during Khan’s tenure, WIRED previously reported.

In March, the FTC removed some 300 posts related to AI, consumer protection, and the agency’s lawsuits against tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft. One post titled “The Luring Test: AI and the engineering of consumer trust” offered guidance to tech companies about how to avoid building deceptive AI chatbots. The blog post had won an award from the Aspen Institute in 2023 for its accessible descriptions of artificial intelligence.

An FTC source told WIRED in March that removing public blog posts “raises serious compliance concerns under the Federal Records Act and the Open Government Data Act,” which require government agencies to preserve records that have administrative, legal, or historical value and make them accessible to the public. During the Biden administration, FTC leadership placed “warning” labels on business directives and other guidance published during previous administrations that it disagreed with.

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2. Archive link

https://archive.ph/uTo8U



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7. Thanks dweller

[elleng]

4. TROUBLE!

Will cause big problems for litigation, as well as technical issues economy-wide.

PAINS in EVERYONE's asses!

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5. I find AI increasingly frustrating

One of the biggies is rather inaccurate in my view. 2 are pretty good. But now that my bucket list of questions is answered, I don't use it much.

Consultants remind to ask AI to be more human in the options it provides you. Seriously.

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6. They hate her. Lina Khan is smart, ethical and a fighter against corruption.

She was Bidens best weapon.