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Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say
Lawmakers want to prevent companies from using AI to increase prices or lower wages.
Their senior legal counsel, Lee Hepner, pointed out that "grocery prices have risen 26 percent since the pandemic-era explosion of online shopping," and that's "dovetailing with new technology designed to squeeze every last penny from consumers." In their dissent, commissioners Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak suggested the report was published prematurely, criticizing Biden's outgoing FTC for "nakedly" politicizing the agency and taking an "unprecedented" step in sharing preliminary summaries of findings. However, they did agree that when the final report is ready, the "American public and Congress will surely value what the Commission ultimately learns and shares as to whether and how consumers’ private data may be used to affect their pocketbooks, especially as the future of our nation’s privacy laws is being considered."
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