FTC Order Will Halt Deceptive Claims Around AI Content Moderation
Summary
On July 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled a lawsuit against NGL Labs, LLC and two of its founders, who were accused of falsely claiming that NGL’s AI content moderation program filtered out cyberbullying and other harmful messages, among other false claims. As a result, NGL and its operators will be prohibited from making misrepresentations about the capabilities of any AI technology and its ability to filter out cyberbullying.
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