United States of America: Policy statement addressing suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems under Section 5 of Federal Trade Commission Act

Progress

Current status
in consultation
31 Jul 2026 processing consultation
07 Jul 2026 in consultation
01 Jul 2026 under deliberation

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

31 Jul 2026
processing consultation

Federal Trade Commission closes consultation on proposed policy statement addressing suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems

On 31 July 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) closes the consultation on its draft policy statement regarding the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The proposed statement applies to AI developers that market thei…

Event type outline
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority
07 Jul 2026
in consultation

Federal Trade Commission opened consultation on proposed policy statement addressing suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems

On 7 July 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened a consultation on its draft policy statement regarding the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, until 31 July 2026. The proposed statement applies to AI developers…

Event type outline
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority
01 Jul 2026
under deliberation

Federal Trade Commission proposed policy statement addressing suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems

On 1 July 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a draft policy statement on the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The proposed statement applies to AI developers that market their systems as producing accu…

Event type outline
Action type drafting
Government branch executive
Government body consumer protection authority