In the world of technology, it is normal to exaggerate the capabilities of a product. But when an app company increased millions of dollars in investment on the promise that it would be fully automatically by AI, the US Department of Justice accused its former CEO of fraud because it shows that the original ‘AI’ was in fact several hundred calls.
The company is the net, which started in 2018 and has rapidly collected more than $ 50 million in investment. Takkarch. He did this because the company’s product, a Universal Shopping Phone app, claimed that he would use AI to make the entire buying process fully automate.
The summary of the net is that you will see a product of your choice, click on a button, and the machine learning will solve your LED transaction. This will include the correct version of the product, payment details and shipping.
However, by interrogation Information (Through Tech spots) Showed that AI was not used at all – in fact, it was just a call center worker in countries like Romania and the Philippines who would strictly click behind the scenes.
Although there is an element of humor for all of them, the law in many countries around the world has a word for such a thing, and the founder of the net has now been accused of fraud. The US Department of Justice was less than the actions of the Net and its founder and CEO, Albert Senator Charged on it “To make false claims about your company’s artificial intelligence technology.”
Specifically, FBI’s Christopher G Raya had to say about the former CEO: “Albert Senigar allegedly betrayed investors with the fabric of his company’s desired artificial intelligence capabilities, while hiding the hidden personnel for the technical automation.
Senigar has been accused of one of the security frauds and wire fraud, both of which are fined for more than 20 years.
Along with the investigation of net information, the fact is that the company had gone out of money a few years ago, which requires selling most of its assets, in which investors were left more dry, perhaps it brought the app to the Department of Justice and FBI.
This is not the first use of claimed AI technology that retreats behind the curtains other than real humans and will certainly not last. But this is a caution story, like everything, in terms of technology, any marketing claims should be viewed with cautious eye unless the promise of its functioning is handed over.
