FTC Fines Cox Media Group $1M Over Fake AI "Active Listening" Ad Claims
Simon Willison's Weblog·11d ago·Regulation
The FTC has settled with Cox Media Group and two other firms for $1 million over deceptive "Active Listening" marketing claims. Although the companies pitched that they used AI to listen to real-time conversations via smart devices, the FTC revealed they actually just resold marked-up email lists. The FTC also clarified that burying voice-data consent in standard Terms of Service is legally inadequate.
