FTC to Review AI Chatbot Risks With Focus on Privacy Harms (1)

The US Federal Trade Commission plans to study the harms to children and others of AI-powered chatbots like those offered by OpenAI, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

The study will focus on privacy harms and other risks to people who interact with artificial intelligence chatbots, the people said. It will seek information on how data is stored and shared by the services as well as the dangers people can face from chatbot use, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the unannounced study.

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