Under the proposed settlement, Evolv will be prohibited from making unsupported claims about its products' ability to detect weapons and will have to offer some school customers the option to cancel their contracts. The FTC's action serves as a warning to other AI companies about making unsubstantiated claims about their technology. The FTC has recently launched "Operation AI Comply" to target companies making deceptive claims about AI.
Key takeaways:
- Evolv Technology, a US weapons scanning company, will be banned from making unsupported claims about its products as part of a proposed settlement with the US government.
- The company had previously claimed that its AI scanner could detect all weapons, a claim that was proven false by BBC investigations.
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stated that this action should serve as a warning to other AI companies, emphasizing that claims about technology need to be substantiated.
- Under the proposed settlement, Evolv will also have to give some school customers the option to cancel their contracts.