AI enforcement · Federal Trade Commission

DoNotPay settles FTC charges

DoNotPay · settled · what the party said about AI. The newest step in this record is dated 11 Feb 2025.

The agency’s words

quoted from the release
Party
The FTC is taking action against DoNotPay — FTC Announces Crackdown on Deceptive AI Claims and Schemes
AI
a company that claimed to offer an AI service that was “the world’s first robot lawyer,” — FTC Announces Crackdown on Deceptive AI Claims and Schemes
Alleged
The FTC says: the product failed to live up to its lofty claims that the service could substitute for the expertise of a human lawyer — FTC Announces Crackdown on Deceptive AI Claims and Schemes
Docket
The release names no docket number.

Every step

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  1. 25 Sep 2024 DoNotPay agrees to settle FTC charges · settlement proposed DoNotPay has agreed to a proposed Commission order settling the charges against it. The settlement would require it to pay $193,000 — FTC Announces Crackdown on Deceptive AI Claims and Schemes; date from the release’s date line, “September 25, 2024 Tags:”
  2. 11 Feb 2025 DoNotPay settles FTC charges · settled The final order requires DoNotPay to pay $193,000 in monetary relief — FTC Finalizes Order with DoNotPay That Prohibits Deceptive 'AI Lawyer' Claims, Imposes Monetary Relief, and Requires Notice to Past Subscribers; date from the release’s date line, “February 11, 2025 Tags:”

Cite this action

jesseahawkins.com, “DoNotPay: FTC action that names AI”, AI enforcement record, release read 3 Nov 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/rules/enforcement/ftc-donotpay/

Sources

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