The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing a consent agreement with Workado, LLC over alleged false claims about their AI text detector. Workado claimed their software could accurately identify text as AI or human-created with over 98% accuracy; however, the FTC argues this claim was not proven and that the software only achieved around 53% accuracy with non-academic texts. The proposed agreement requires Workado to avoid misleading claims and to provide evidence supporting their product's efficacy. Public comments on this agreement are invited until June 2, 2025.
Simple Explanation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is telling a company called Workado that they need to stop saying their machine can tell if words are written by a person or a computer unless they can really prove it works. They're asking people to share their thoughts on this rule until June 2, 2025.