FTC unanimously approves order for truthfulness in AI claims under new GOP majority

The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved an enforcement order against AI detection firm Workado for failing to demonstrate the accuracy of its claims about products and services, a move signaling a willingness by the commission’s new Republican majority to hold AI companies accountable.

“Consumers trusted Workado’s AI Content Detector to help them decipher whether AI was behind a piece of writing, but the product did no better than a coin toss,” said Chris Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of...