FTC and DOJ Join International Call for Tech and AI Expertise

Agencies need technologists, data scientists and other tech experts to properly regulate markets associated with AI, machine learning and augmented reality, the FTC and DOJ said in a joint statement Tuesday with 23 other international enforcement agencies, including the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, the Japan Fair Trade Commission and the Turkish Competition Authority. Increasing “digitization of economies around the world require[s] a greater level of expertise in order to assess the behavior of companies and the ability to weigh potential benefits and risks of technology,” the FTC said.