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US regulators launch investigation into OpenAI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research firm that owns ChatGBT, to evaluate possible negligence and consumer harm. In a 20-page document sent to the Microsoft-backed AI firm, regulators demanded ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... which was backed by Bain Capital. She also served as Rhode Island's state treasurer. Current commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission Rohit Chopra has been nominated to take on the role of director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Chopra ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Facebook appears unfazed by antitrust lawsuits filed by 46 US states and the Federal Trade Commission seeking to force the social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... Pacific Brands. She also held directorial and advisory positions at CSIRO, Australian Government Innovation Council, Federal Trade and Investment Ministers, Australian Fashion Week and the Melbourne Fashion Festival. Magellan chair and co-founder Hamish ...

Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
An Australian has been named by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as being at the center of a massive international business coaching scheme that "swindled" veterans and the elderly out of millions. Matthew Lloyd McPhee ran a scheme known as My ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... opportunity to gain greater protections for the public and investors that will build upon recent penalties imposed by the Federal Trade Commission." The suit originally was brought by the $478 million Fireman's Retirement System of St. Louis and ...

New SIV rules target smaller companies boost

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... and targeting "talented entrepreneurs and innovators." It will be available via an Australian government invite. Federal Trade and Investment Minister, Andrew Robb, said Australian permanent residency is a privilege and believes the visas warrant "more ...

Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... lately are members of the Australian Direct Marketing Association and offshore telemarketing centers, following the Federal Trade Commission's launch of their National Do Not Call Registry. Aside from expected revenue losses, telemarketing companies ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2005
... stocks ended slightly higher as the benefit of a drop in oil prices below $US59 a barrel was offset by news that the Federal Trade Commission issued subpoenas to Exxon Mobil Corp. and other big oil companies in a probe of gasoline prices. The Dow Jones ...

Telstra to host business forum series to foster trans-Tasman relations

... Economic Relations (CER) agreement with its closest neighbour. Ziggy Switkowski, Telstra's chief executive has given Federal Trade Minister Mark Vaile a collated briefing paper from a number of the forums, urging closer economic ties and expansions of ...
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