Four United States Senators have written to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairperson Lina Khan requesting information on efforts taken by the FTC to track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in scamming older Americans.

In the letter addressed to Khan, U.S. senators Robert Casey, Richard Blumenthal, John Fetterman, and Kirsten Gillibrand highlighted the need to respond effectively to AI-enabled fraud and deception.

Underlining the importance of understanding the extent of the threat in order to counter it, they stated:

“We ask that FTC share how it is working to gather data on the use of AI in scams and ensure it is accurately reflected in its Consumer Sentinel Network (Sentinel)… Read more on Cointelegraph