Federal agreement paves way for closer scrutiny of burgeoning AI industry

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The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department will split responsibility for overseeing the rapidly growing AI sector.

Federal regulators have agreed to the broad outlines of a deal that could lead to tighter government oversight of the rapidly emerging artificial intelligence industry, including heavyweights in the sector such as Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI, two people familiar with the talks confirmed to CBS News.

Open AI last month paused use of its ChatGPT voice mode function, called Sky, after Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson complained that it sounded 'eerily similar to mine.' The company denied that Sky's voice was the actor's. Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, stated in January that the agency would closely review deals that 'enable dominant firms to exert undue influence or gain privileged access in ways that could undermine fair competition.

 

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