Biden administration announces crackdown on discrimination and bias in AI tools
Leaders at four major federal agencies say they will use civil rights and consumer rights laws to take enforcement action against AI systems that perpetuate bias.
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Jim Jordan threatens to subpoena FTC over failure to provide agency records
The top Republican set a second deadline of April 10 for the agency to respond to a request for records.
Federal Trade Commission launches an Office of Technology
The new department will be led by FTC Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen.
Federal Trade Commission installs Stephanie Nguyen as chief technology officer
She has served in the role on an acting basis since October 2021.
Oracle completes $28.3B acquisition of Cerner
The deal closes after Oracle’s offer to buy Cerner for $95 per share cleared scrutiny from global antitrust authorities.
Antitrust review waiting period ends in Oracle-Cerner deal
Oracle previously extended the transaction waiting period until Feb. 22.
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Erie Meyer takes ‘technologist’ job at the FTC
She'll serve in Commissioner Rohit Chopra's office.
FTC aide Neil Alan Chilson appointed as agency’s acting chief technologist
Chilson was most recently an attorney advisor to the FTC chair.
Las Vegas security conferences were crawling with feds
U.S. government officials descended on Las Vegas last week to strengthen existing and form new relationships with the cybersecurity and hacker communities.
Americans don’t trust companies with their data, but give it up anyway
Americans seem to be of the opinion that in order to be a consumer on the Internet, they have to have to sacrifice their data. How they…