Massachusetts Investigates Gambling Companies’ Use of AI
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Massachusetts is investigating gambling companies’ use of artificial intelligence, amid reports focused on how DraftKings targets promotions to bettors.
Former DraftKings employees said the company used AI to direct free-bet offers to gamblers identified as most likely to continue losing, according to a report carried by Yahoo. The New York Times separately reported on DraftKings’ use of AI to target gamblers considered likely to lose.
Commentary from the Electronic Frontier Foundation described DraftKings’ practices as using AI to intensify the harms of online behavioral advertising. Defector argued that gambling companies’ business models depend on customers’ losses, while Seeking Alpha examined whether DraftKings was concentrating its efforts on losing gamblers.
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