Technology companies have quickly become powerful with their access to large amounts of data and machine learning technologies, but consumers could be empowered too with automated tools to protect their rights.
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Lippi, M., Contissa, G., Lagioia, F. et al. Consumer protection requires artificial intelligence. Nat Mach Intell 1, 168–169 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-019-0042-3
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