Join JOLT for a conversation with Aaron Al va\, Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center\, on how government enforcers can u se existing laws to shape AI development. Drawing on cases from his decade at the FTC\, Aaron will discuss how traditional consumer protection and enf orcement tools are being applied to emerging AI systems and what that means for the future of AI governance. Lunch will be served!
During his ti me at the FTC\, Aaron worked behind the scenes on major enforcement matters that made national headlines\, including Facebook’s $5 billion privacy set tlement\, Amazon’s changes to how Alexa handles children’s data\, and the R ite Aid facial recognition case. In those matters\, he helped shape the tec hnical requirements and legal strategies that drove the outcomes\, includin g the FTC’s first AI-specific remedies in the Rite Aid matter.
Aaron is a technologist and attorney whose work focuses on privacy\, security\, a nd AI governance. At the Berkman Klein Center\, his current research focuse s on how government enforcers can mitigate AI harms and incentivize respons ible AI development through effective enforcement strategies.
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