@rohanpaul_ai: Former FTC (US Federal Trade Commissio) chair Lina Khan: Dangerous AI releases can already trigger liability under exis…
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Former FTC chair Lina Khan states that existing consumer-protection laws already allow regulators to hold companies liable for dangerous AI releases,无需new AI-specific legislation.
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Former FTC (US Federal Trade Commissio) chair Lina Khan: Dangerous AI releases can already trigger liability under existing consumer-protection law
i.e. regulators do not need to wait for an AI-specific statute before testing dangerous releases under existing consumer-protection https://t.co/kPQuuVUl2W
Lina Khan (@linamkhan): Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books —
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