21 comments

janalsncm5 days ago
Going beyond the headline there are three things in this article:

1) FTC chairman says AI agents will be treated just like any other tool (“resist anthropomorphizing”)

2) Studying enforcement of rules around personalized (“surveillance”) pricing, specifically rideshare, airplanes and food delivery

3) Public comment period open now on new rule to punish companies like Meta and Google that advertise scams.

The last one seems closest to happening but it’s still just a public comment period so it might die.

downrightmike5 days ago
Didn't meta make $10B in 2025 by scammers using their AI tools to scam our parents? Don't worry guys, meta will just lobby and bribe everyone to keep that revenue. Also don't worry about giving their new ai assitant full access to your bank account and credit cards email phone etc. nothing bad will happen
voakbasda5 days ago
Indeed, it is virtually impossible to believe that our present government would do an anything to harm the golden geese of our economy.
4d4m4 days ago
Let's start first with holding leaders responsible for their direct and scaled IP theft before regulating downstream users of their products. Cart before horse much?
blitzar5 days ago
I suggest drivers should be liable for conduct of their cars
hellon3wheels5 days ago
When unsafe conduct of a car is due to an issue with the car's design, the manufacturer can be at fault (e.g. unintended steering/acceleration)
4d4m5 days ago
Agree, and for self driving during software or teleoperation, if the mfg is the driver they should both self insure and payout at rates relative to the parent companies sales that reflects the large risk to society.

If a large web providers car kidnaps or maims you, your family should be entitled to multiple years of their sales across their entire portfolio. This begins to approach or accurately reflect the power of the company exerting its influence on society, political and legal systems in order to justify this beta test in public spaces. MVPs are for SaaS, not for impaling fleshbags like us with subpar code that works best in controlled environments. IMO It's the only fair trade for these companies testing these currently dangerous products unsupervised in your neighborhood without your express and explicit permission.

andrewstuart5 days ago
AI CEOs response:

“But did you know our products will destroy all humanity?”

etchalon5 days ago
Yes. Duh.

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