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A few key principles: An excerpt from Chair Khan’s Remarks at the January Tech Summit on AI

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

A few key principles: An excerpt from Chair Khan’s Remarks at the January Tech Summit on AI At the FTC’s Tech Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Chair Khan previewed how the FTC is using its experience and expertise to establish rules of the road for AI.

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A few key principles: An excerpt from Chair Khan’s Remarks at the January Tech Summit on AI

  • At the FTC’s Tech Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Chair Khan previewed how the FTC is using its experience and expertise to establish rules of the road for AI.
  • In her remarks, she noted that “as we continue this work, a few key principles come to mind.   First, we are focused on scrutinizing any existing or emerging bottlenecks across the AI stack.
  • History shows that firms that capture control over key inputs or distribution channels can use their power to exploit those bottlenecks, extort customers, and maintain their monopolies.
  • The agency is taking a close look across the AI stack to understand the extent of competition across the various layers and sub-layers.
  • This requires looking upstream and across layers of the AI stack to pinpoint which actor is driving or enabling the lawbreaking.
  • [5] And in our recent work to combat scams, we are holding upstream payment actors accountable for knowingly facilitating fraud.
  • For example, our recent order against Rite Aid bans the company from using facial recognition tools after its reckless application of the technology led to innocent people being accused of shoplifting.
  • [7] And our recent cases against data brokers include bans on using or monetizing people’s highly sensitive location data.
  • As we continue to establish rules of the road for AI, it’s essential that we set clear boundaries on the content that can and cannot be used for scraping and model-training.
  • Our subsequent report on generative AI and the creative economy lays out our core concerns and how our authorities may apply in this space.
  • Across all of our work, we are making clear that there is no AI exemption from the laws on the books.
  • [10] Firms can’t use claims of innovation as a cover for lawbreaking.



[3] FTC Technology Blog, Generative AI Raises Competition Concerns (June 29, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2023/06/generat....



[5] Press Release, Fed. Trade Comm’n, FTC and Federal and State Partners to Announce Nationwide Robocall and Telemarketing Enforcement Sweep in Chicago on July 18 (July 17, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/07/ftc-federal-....

  • Trade Comm’n, FTC Files Amended Complaint Charging that Walmart Facilitated Scams Through Its Money Transfer Services That Fleeced Customers Out of Hundreds of Millions (June 30, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/06/ftc-files-am... Press Release, Fed.
  • Trade Comm’n, FTC Acts to Block Payment Processor’s Credit Card Laundering for Tech Support Scammers (Apr.
  • Trade Comm’n, FTC, Florida Attorney General Sue Chargebacks911 for Thwarting Consumers Who Were Trying to Reverse Disputed Credit Card Charges (Apr.



[7] Rite Aid Banned from Using AI Facial Recognition After FTC Says Retailer Deployed Technology Without Reasonable Safeguards, supra note 9.

[8] See, e.g., FTC Order Prohibits Data Broker X-Mode Social and Outlogic from Selling Sensitive Location Data, supra note 9; FTC Order Will Ban InMarket from Selling Precise Consumer Location Data, supra note 9.

[9] See supra note 5.

[10] Tick, Tick, Tick. Office of Technology’s Summit on AI, FTC Technology Blog (Jan. 18, 2024), https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/01/tick-ti....

[11] AI Companies: Uphold Your Privacy and Confidentiality Commitments, FTC Technology Blog (Jan. 9, 2024), https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/01/ai-comp....

[12] Interoperability, Privacy, & Security, FTC Technology Blog (Dec. 21, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2023/12/interop....

[13] AI Companies: Uphold Your Privacy and Confidentiality Commitments, FTC Technology Blog (Jan. 9, 2024), https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/01/ai-comp....

Praetorian Appoints David Hunt as Vice President of Applied Research

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Praetorian, a leader in advanced offensive security solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of David Hunt as the new Vice President of Applied Research.

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  • Praetorian is proud to announce the appointment of David Hunt as the new Vice President of Applied Research.
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Praetorian, a leader in advanced offensive security solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of David Hunt as the new Vice President of Applied Research.
  • In his new role, David will oversee the internal research team, Praetorian Labs, focusing on the development of cutting-edge computer network exploitation (CNE) and computer network attack (CNA) tradecraft.
  • "I'm excited to join Praetorian and work closely with the Labs team," Hunt said.

McLean, VA-based A-TEK, Inc. Announces Dr. William Vantine Has Joined A-TEK’s Board of Directors

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

A-TEK, Inc. announced today that long-time government executive Dr. William “Bill” Vantine has joined its Board of Directors.

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  • A-TEK, Inc. announced today that long-time government executive Dr. William “Bill” Vantine has joined its Board of Directors.
  • Dr. Vantine currently serves on the Board of Directors for several private sector corporations as well as NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Advisory Committee.
  • In 2019, Bill was named GovCon CEO of the year, and in 2021 the WashingtonExec DoD Private Sector Executive of the Year.
  • Dr. Vantine received his undergraduate and Master’s degrees at George Washington University and his Ph.D. at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Worksport CEO Steven Rossi Reflects on 2022 and Looks Forward to 2023, aiming for 2023 Profits

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Worksport’s CEO, let me begin by wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy 2023.

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  • Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Worksport’s CEO, let me begin by wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy 2023.
  • It’s an exciting project that moved forward greatly during the rest of the year.
  • It takes time to build the factory to produce electric pickups, regular truck beds and solar covers.
  • We publicly announced this project in a press release on April 21, 2022.

omniQ’ Announces the Election of Professor Mina Teicher to the Board of Directors

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

Professor Mina Teicher is a world known mathematician and the Chair of the largest brain research division at Bar-Ilan University and has directed the German “Emmy Noether Research Institute for Mathematics” at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen since 1999.

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  • Professor Mina Teicher is a world known mathematician and the Chair of the largest brain research division at Bar-Ilan University and has directed the German “Emmy Noether Research Institute for Mathematics” at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen since 1999.
  • Ms. Mina has also held many leadership roles in academia and science, including serving as chief scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, and chairing the Board of Governors of the United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation.
  • Shai Lustgarten, CEO commented “Mina brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the board of Omniq having spent nearly 50 years embracing mathematics and technologies.
  • Professor Teicher was elected to the Board of Directors in the Company’s Shareholders Meeting replacing General (Ret) Itzhak Almog who did not seek reelection due to personal reasons.

Northern Light Wins 2022 KMWorld Readers' Choice Award and Features Prominently at KMWorld 2022 Conference

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light® received the 2022 KMWorld Readers' Choice Award for Best Content Management Solution/Services and featured prominently at the KMWorld 2022 conference in Washington, D.C., last week.

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  • BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light received the 2022 KMWorldReaders' Choice Award for Best Content Management Solution/Services and featured prominently at the KMWorld 2022 conference in Washington, D.C., last week.
  • This marks the second time in three years that Northern Light has been honored with the KMWorld Readers' Choice award in recognition of the robust content management capabilities embedded in Northern Light SinglePoint market and competitive intelligence portals.
  • "We are honored that KMWorld readers have again seen fit to recognize Northern Light as a content management leader," Northern Light CEO C. David Seuss said.
  • Northern Light is a charter member of the Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology .

Northern Light Adds Expert Communities Feature to SinglePoint Knowledge Management Portals

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

BOSTON, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light® (www.northernlight.com) today announced the addition of "expert communities" as a new feature in Northern Light SinglePoint™ enterprise knowledge management portals for market and competitive intelligence. The new feature enables "subject matter experts" (SMEs) within the organization who have expertise relevant to a user's SinglePoint search to be displayed along with documents in search results, facilitating collaboration among colleagues.

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  • BOSTON, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light ( www.northernlight.com ) today announced the addition of "expert communities" as a new feature in Northern Light SinglePoint enterprise knowledge management portals for market and competitive intelligence.
  • Users can create expert searches that highlight people within their organization who have particular domain knowledge.
  • The expert communities content set is the latest among many collections available to Northern Light SinglePoint customers.
  • Northern Light has been providing knowledge management platforms for competitive intelligence and market research insights to global enterprises since 1996.

Northern Light Launches Field Intelligence Analyst Application for SinglePoint Knowledge Management Portals

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light® (www.northernlight.com) today announced Field Intelligence Analyst (FIA), a new add-on application for its SinglePoint™  enterprise knowledge management portals used in market and competitive intelligence.  FIA is a voice-driven app that conducts a structured interview with a sales or service representative reporting on a call with a customer or prospect, designed to elicit insights gleaned during the call.  Once entered into FIA, the employee's report is transcribed and, along with any related documents or images, is automatically uploaded to the organization's SinglePoint portal, where it is indexed and stored as a searchable insights collection so it can be readily available to others in the organization to whom it may be useful.

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  • BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light ( www.northernlight.com ) today announced Field Intelligence Analyst (FIA), a new add-on application for its SinglePoint enterprise knowledge management portals used in market and competitive intelligence.
  • "FIA is an example of Northern Light innovating in response to customer needs," C. David Seuss, Northern Light's CEO, said.
  • FIA is one of several tools Northern Light has developed to facilitate the management or creation of primary research content for its SinglePoint portals.
  • NorthernLight has been providing knowledge management platforms for competitive intelligence and market research insights to global enterprises since 1996.

Canada Invests in Smart Energy Benchmarking to Decarbonize Electricity Grid

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Investing in renewable energy initiatives that support Canada's clean energy transition and lead to decarbonized, smart and integrated utilities will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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  • Investing in renewable energy initiatives that support Canada's clean energy transition and lead to decarbonized, smart and integrated utilities will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
  • Today, Wayne Long, Member of Parliament for Saint JohnRothesay, New Brunswick, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced an investment of $815,115 for the Smart Grid Innovation Network Canada (SGIN) to support electric utilities across Canada on the decarbonization and expansion of Canada's electricity grid through the Smart Energy Benchmarking Project.
  • The project will support electric utilities across Canada in preparing for the energy transition by engaging with Canadian utilities on the development of a Smart Energy Scorecard that will serve as a benchmark for their ambitions, activities and progress toward a clean, smart and electrified energy future.
  • Member of Parliament for St. JohnRothesay
    "The Smart Energy Benchmarking Project is an excellent opportunity to both identify and share best practices for grid modernization across Canada.

Northern Light is Awarded U.S. Patent for AI-Generated Company Performance Index

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

BOSTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light® (www.northernlight.com), a provider of knowledge management platforms for competitive intelligence and market research insights, today announced it has been awarded a U.S. patent for automated generation of a company performance index created by automated analysis of publicly available information. For example, a bank's digital readiness could be assessed by analyzing publicly available websites and documents such as news stories about the bank. Other applications beyond banking include automated analysis of supplier risk, competitive performance, business strategy, and more.

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  • "Throughout its 25-year history, Northern Light has been a technology innovator," C. David Seuss, Northern Light's CEO, said.
  • Northern Light's new patent is entitled "Systems and Methods for Automatically Determining a Performance Index" (U.S. Patent No.
  • 11,226,946); it was awarded to Northern Light by the U.S. Patent Office on Jan. 18, 2022.
  • Northern Light delivers its automatic company performance index generation capability commercially through its SinglePoint offering.