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by jandrese 148 days ago
What's the crime? If lying about AI capabilities is a crime we have some billionaires in big trouble.
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kube-system 148 days ago
If it's a publicly traded company, everything is securities fraud.
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jandrese 148 days ago
Which hardly anybody ever gets prosecuted for.
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kube-system 148 days ago
Criminally, no. In a class action? every day.
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rvnx 147 days ago
It's common for companies to claim AI:

Example: Tesla Cybercab with safety drivers, or Starship Technologies "autonomous" robots, which are remote controlled delivery robots.

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kube-system 147 days ago
Tech companies are also the most sued for securities fraud.

And in fact, Tesla was sued for securities violations by shareholders over the cybercab.

https://kehoelawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Tesla-Cl...

Starship Technologies is a private company.

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Cornbilly 148 days ago
AI is not unique in this regard. We just saw the same thing with the crypto/blockchain nonsense.

Regulation lags so far behind that you can get away with bad behavior long enough that, by the time regulation catches up, you can buy your way out of consequences.

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