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FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for November Open Meeting

Date

November 9, 2023

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The open meeting will commence at 11 a.m. ET...

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FTC to Host Roundtable Discussion on October 4 on Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Fields

Date

October 3, 2023

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission staff will be hosting a virtual roundtable discussion on October 4, 2023 to better understand the impact of the use of generative artificial intelligence on music...

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FTC to Host Virtual Roundtable on AI and Content Creation

Date

September 22, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission staff will be hosting a virtual roundtable discussion on October 4, 2023 to better understand the impact of the use of generative artificial intelligence on music...

Public Statement

Remarks from Chief Technology Officer, Stephanie T. Nguyen As Prepared for Delivery At the Department of Trade and Industry – Manila, Philippines US-Philippines Bilateral Workshop on Consumer Protection in the Tech Sector

Date

August 7, 2023

Remarks from Chief Technology Officer, Stephanie T. Nguyen As Prepared for Delivery At the Department of Trade and Industry – Manila, Philippines US-Philippines Bilateral Workshop on Consumer Protection in the Tech Sector (324.06 KB)

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Remarks from the Office of Technology Chief Technologist, Stephanie T. Nguyen At a Convening for MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative

Date

May 17, 2023

Remarks from the Office of Technology Chief Technologist, Stephanie T. Nguyen At a Convening for MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative (339.23 KB)

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FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for May 18 Open Commission Meeting

Date

May 11, 2023

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, May 18, 2023. The open meeting will commence at 11am ET and will...

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FTC to Host Cloud Computing Discussion on May 11

Date

May 10, 2023

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host a virtual panel discussion with a diverse set of experts to discuss the business practices of cloud computing providers including issues related to...

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FTC to Host Virtual Panel Discussion on Cloud Computing, Extends Comment Deadline

Date

May 4, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a virtual panel discussion on May 11, 2023 with a diverse set of experts to discuss the business practices of cloud computing providers including issues related...

Press Release

FTC Seeks Comment on Business Practices of Cloud Computing Providers that Could Impact Competition and Data Security

Date

March 22, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission staff are seeking information on the business practices of cloud computing providers including issues related to the market power of these companies, impact on competition...

Press Release

FTC Launches New Office of Technology to Bolster Agency’s Work

Date

February 17, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission today launched a new Office of Technology that will strengthen the FTC’s ability to keep pace with technological challenges in the digital marketplace by supporting the...

Technology Blog

Avoiding Outages and Preventing Widespread System Failures

Date

August 13, 2024

As with previously discussed security principles, many common types of software flaws can be preemptively addressed through systematic and known processes that prevent or minimize the likelihood of...

Technology Blog

Behind the FTC’s Inquiry into Surveillance Pricing Practices

Date

July 23, 2024

For thousands of years, from ancient Mesopotamian markets to the modern-day yard sale, sellers have set their prices based, in part, on who was buying. In these transactions, prices can be targeted...

Technology Blog

On Open-Weights Foundation Models

Date

July 10, 2024

The history of traditional open-source software provides a vision of the value that could result from the availability of open-weights AI models – including enabling greater innovation, driving...

Technology Blog

Global Perspectives from the International Competition Network Tech Forum

Date

June 13, 2024

In March, the Federal Trade Commission hosted the first-ever Technology Forum by the International Competition Network (ICN) members in Washington, D.C. The forum brought together 21 competition...

May23

Event

Open Commission Meeting- May 23, 2024

May 23, 2024 | 1:00PM - 3:00PM

Business before the Commission: Presentation on Final Rule on Government and Businesses Impersonation, Staff Presentation on Roll-Up RFI, Voice Cloning Challenge Winners Presentation.

Technology Blog

P = NP? Not exactly, but here are some research questions from the Office of Technology.

Date

May 16, 2024

The scientific community has a history of creating and sharing lists of important or interesting questions. The mathematician Paul Erdős, for example, famously doled out his questions to students and...

Technology Blog

Cars & Consumer Data: On Unlawful Collection & Use

Date

May 14, 2024

Some say the car a person drives can say a lot about them. As cars get “connected,” this turns out to be truer than many people might have realized. While connectivity can let drivers do things like...

Technology Blog

Consumer Facing Applications: A Quote Book from the Tech Summit on AI

Date

April 24, 2024

The FTC’s Tech Summit on AI 1 convened three panels that highlighted different layers of the AI tech stack: hardware and infrastructure, data and models, and consumer-facing applications. This third...

Technology Blog

Data and Models: A Quote Book from the Tech Summit on AI

Date

April 17, 2024

The FTC’s Tech Summit on AI [1] convened three panels that each highlighted different layers of the AI tech stack: hardware and infrastructure, data and models, and front-end user applications. This...

Technology Blog

Security Principles: Addressing Vulnerabilities Systematically

Date

April 17, 2024

For more than two decades, the FTC has been bringing enforcement actions for violations of national consumer protection laws due to companies’ poor security practices. These poor practices have...

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