FTC Proposed “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” Rulemaking Raises Significant Questions About Risks Arising From AI/Machine Learning

The Federal Trade Commission has formally launched a rulemaking proceeding that nominally is focused on consumer privacy issues, but actually raises significant questions about the impact of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) systems and applications and whether the Commission should adopt rules regulating, limiting, or otherwise overseeing such systems and applications.