Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Probes FTC on AI Disinformation/Bias
Summary
Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-TX) recently, with the assistance of ChatGPT, drafted a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan seeking answers regarding her plans to regulate AI for disinformation and bias. The letter specifically voices concern that the agency’s review of large language models used to train AI may “infringe on constitutionally-protected speech.” The letter requests responses to a range of questions by September 25, 2023, including whether the FTC has statutory authority to review prompts submitted by users to generative AI systems.
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