NYC Builds Data Team to Target Consumer Ripoffs
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New York City is building a 36-person bureau of data scientists, technologists and economists to analyze company records for potential violations involving pricing, wages and other consumer and worker protections. NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Sam Levine tells David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend that the effort is designed to give the city the technical expertise to enforce existing laws as algorithms and AI play a growing role in how companies set prices and compensation. -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET Saturday & Sunday 7am-10am ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Subscribe to our Podcasts: Bloomberg Daybreak: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN Bloomberg Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3OPtReI Bloomberg Intelligence: http://bit.ly/3YrBfOi Balance of Power: http://bit.ly/3OO8eLC Bloomberg Businessweek: http://bit.ly/3IPl60i Listen on Apple CarPlay an
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