CFTC appoints its first Chief AI Officer

Ted Kaouk will spearhead strategy on enterprise data and AI.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it has appointed Dr Ted Kaouk as the agency’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer.

Kaouk recently held the position of the CFTC’s Chief Data Officer and Director of the Division of Data, and his new title is Chief Data and AI

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