United States of America: Federal Trade Commission investigation into Workado over alleged unsubstantiated advertising claims concerning artificial intelligence content detection tools

Progress

Current status
in force
21 Aug 2025 in force
02 Jun 2025 processing consultation
02 May 2025 in consultation
28 Apr 2025 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Fair marketing and advertising practice requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
consumer protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

21 Aug 2025
in force

Federal Trade Commission issued ruling against Workado over unsubstantiated advertising claims concerning artificial intelligence content detection tools

On 21 August 2025, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a ruling against Workado, Limited Liability Company (LLC), formerly Content at Scale Artificial Intelligence (AI). The case concerned unsubstantiated claims relating to AI co…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority
02 Jun 2025
processing consultation

Federal Trade Commission closes consultation on proposed consent order to Workado to provide information to demonstrate its AI detection claims

On 2 June 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closed its consultation on a proposed consent order settling allegations that Workado, LLC made false or unsubstantiated claims about the accuracy of its AI text detection tool. The proposed order, …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority
02 May 2025
in consultation

Federal Trade Commission opened consultation on proposed consent order to Workado to provide information to demonstrate its AI detection claims

On 2 May 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened a consultation, set to close on 2 June 2025, on a proposed consent order settling allegations that Workado, LLC made false or unsubstantiated claims about the accuracy of its AI text detection…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority
28 Apr 2025
under investigation

Federal Trade Commission required Workado to provide information to demonstrate its AI detection claims as part of settlement agreement

On 28 April 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed order as part of a settlement agreement requiring Workado, LLC to verify claims regarding the accuracy of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Content Detector tool. Allegations sugg…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority