| The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced an ambitious agenda for its upcoming open meeting in November. The meeting will focus on the potential misuse of voice clone technology, which allows companies to replicate a person's speech and create recordings that sound nearly identical to the original. The agenda for the meeting includes a discussion of the ethical and legal implications of using voice clone technology. In particular, the FTC will consider how the technology could be used to create deceptive recordings that could mislead consumers or who could use the technology to gain unfair advantages in the marketplace. The FTC will also examine how the use of voice clone technology could impact online privacy. In particular, the agency will consider how the technology could be used to collect personal data from unsuspecting individuals and how such data could be used to create detailed profiles without the individual's knowledge. The FTC will take public comment from interested industries and individuals and will use this feedback to inform its policy decisions. This meeting will be an important step forward in understanding how voice clone technology can be used responsibly and to what extent it can be used in compliance with existing laws and regulations. |