In a stern warning to AI companies, Michael Atleson, an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), cautioned against making false claims about their products’ capabilities. Atleson emphasized the need for transparency in chatbot data collection and sponsored content labeling, citing recent FTC actions against companies that violated advertising rules. Meanwhile, Nvidia surpasses Microsoft and Apple in market cap, Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $50 billion pay package, and AI startup Waabi raises $200 million in funding. In the ethics department, publishers demand that Common Crawl remove their articles, and TikTok releases ad tools that generate AI avatars, raising legal concerns. In politics, Amazon’s Alexa struggles to correctly answer election-related queries, and a mayoral candidate in Wyoming proposes an AI-powered bot to make decisions if elected. Amidst these developments, Haize Labs, a startup, uses machine learning to stress test and jailbreak AI models, highlighting the importance of safety testing before public launch.
AI Crackdown – Regulators Warn Companies Against False Claims
“Your therapy bots aren’t licensed psychologists, your AI girlfriends are neither girls nor friends, your griefbots have no soul, and your AI copilots are not gods.”
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