Meta and Character.AI face FTC complaints over AI chatbots falsely claiming to be licensed therapists and providing unlicensed mental health advice.

The Meta v. FTC antitrust trial, in which the Federal Trade Commission is attempting to force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp, recently concluded after six weeks. Judge James Boasberg will ...

The case, Rajaram et al v Meta Platforms Inc, is being heard in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 22-02920.

Agriculture equipment giant Deere must face a lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission accusing the company of forcing farmers to use its authorized dealer network and driving up their costs ...

In April, Apple and Meta were fined a combined €700 million for failing to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), with a 60-day compliance deadline set to expire on June 26. While ...

AI The Web meta characterai Character.AI and Meta "therapy" chatbots spark FTC complaint over unlicensed mental health advice Mental health and digital rights groups call bots misleading and unsafe ...

I'll update this story if Meta gets back to me, but for now, I'm glad I don't have to close my eyes, or cringe, or flinch (as much) when I scroll through the Meta AI Discover feed.

Meta Platforms Inc. has poached top engineers from multiple tech firms, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, for a new team focused on achieving a more advanced form of AI called artificial general ...

John Deere must face a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which accuses it of forcing farmers to use authorized dealers to fix their equipment, raising the cost of repairs.

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Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is pushing deeper into AI-generated advertisements in a bid to make it cheaper and simpler for marketers to craft their messages.