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FTC On AI And Consumer Vulnerabilities: ‘One Self-Regulatory Failure Is Begetting Another’

 
• By Eileen Francis

The US FTC’s Sam Levine, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, discusses the advent of AI and the compounding risks consumers face in today’s evolving, largely unregulated, profoundly uncertain digital age.

Controlling AI

The US Federal Trade Commission vows to learn from historical mistakes and not leave consumers to fend for themselves as their personal and health data becomes increasingly commoditized with the dawning of artificial intelligence.

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• By David Ridley

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• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

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• By Eileen Francis

Revlon Group Holdings LLC announces Dana Medema, formerly VP and head of Personal Health in North America for Philips, will serve as president, North America. Separately, Shiseido Company, Ltd. reports Ron Gee has resigned as Americas Region CEO and will be replaced on an interim basis by Alberto Noe.