FTC Consumer - Protection Boss Sam Levine Takes On Privacy, Emerging Technologies
Sam Levine, the new head of the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s Bureau of Consumer Protection, says he\u2019s proud of his agency\u2019s recent achievements on protecting the public by using the \u201cvery broad, flexible authority\u201d conferred by the law. In an in-depth interview with MLex, Levine says that the FTC Act allows the Bureau to pursue technology companies over privacy concerns, even if practices have been disclosed in a privacy policy. As for generative AI, while the technology may be new, Levine says that the FTC has been thinking about issues involving artificial intelligence for many years.