FTC Removes Lina Khan-Era Posts About AI Risks and Open Source

FTC Disappears Lina Khan's Thoughts on AI

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Trump FTC Deletes Lina Khan-Era Blog Posts Warning of Threat AI Poses to Consumers

The FTC quietly removed from its website an article titled "AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm" as the Trump administration looks to undercut efforts to regulate artificial intelligence.

FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source

One post, authored by Khan’s staff, was published on January 3, 2025 with the title “AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm.” It noted that the FTC was “taking note of AI’s potential for real-world instances of harm – from incentivizing commercial surveillance to enabling fraud and impersonation to perpetuating illegal discrimination.”

The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.

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Gizmodo: FTC Disappears Lina Khan’s Thoughts on AI. “Despite Vice President JD Vance and other ‘Khanservatives’ among Republican ranks offering some praise for how Lina Khan ran the Federal Trade Commission during her time as agency head, her positions are slowly being removed from the agency—both its operating philosophy and it’s blog.”The post Gizmodo: FTC Disappears Lina Khan’s Thoughts on AI first appeared on ResearchBuzz: Firehose.