In the wake of the Tesla engineer testifying his CEO allegedly ordered criminally false and unsubstantiated “driverless” claims (planned deception)… the FTC is now warning everyone that tactic was and still is illegal.
…the fact is that some products with AI claims might not even work as advertised in the first place. In some cases, this lack of efficacy may exist regardless of what other harm the products might cause. Marketers should know that — for FTC enforcement purposes — false or unsubstantiated claims about a product’s efficacy are our bread and butter. […] Are you exaggerating what your AI product can do? Or even claiming it can do something beyond the current capability of any AI or automated technology? For example, we’re not yet living in the realm of science fiction, where computers can generally make trustworthy predictions of human behavior. Your performance claims would be deceptive if they lack scientific support or if they apply only to certain types of users or under certain conditions.
We know with absolute certainty that Tesla claims in November 2016 were dishonest, their “AI” did not work as advertised.
The Tesla advertisement (video) required multiple takes to have a car follow a pre-mapped route without driver intervention. It was unquestionably a staged video that depended on certain conditions, which were never disclosed to buyers.
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