FTC: DoNotPay, Operation AI Comply consumer protection case
Regulator
US Federal Trade Commission
acted against
Against
Part of the FTC crackdown on deceptive AI claims: DoNotPay sold itself as the world first robot lawyer without testing that claim.
The case
- Regulator
- US Federal Trade Commission
- Decided
- Sep 25, 2024
- Status
- Settled
- Outcome
- Proposed order: pay $193,000 and stop claiming its service replaces a lawyer
- Amount
- $193,000
History
1 dated entryProposed order: pay $193,000 and stop claiming its service replaces a lawyerSource
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