Your AI Marketing Claims Are Already Legal Evidence — Even If Legal Never Approved Them
Workado sold certainty. Its AI Content Detector was promoted as 98% accurate at distinguishing human writing from AI-generated text. According to an FTC administrative complaint, independent testing found that its accuracy on general-purpose content was 53%. Chris Mufarrige, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, offered the sort of product review no marketing team wants printed in a regulatory announcement: the detector did "no better than a coin toss".
In August 2025, the FTC gave final approval to a consent order requiring Workado to stop advertising the accuracy or efficacy of its AI detection products without competent and reliable supporting evidence. The company also had to retain that evidence, notify eligible consumers and submit annual compliance reports.
The procedural distinction matters. This was a final consent order settling allegations, not a judgment reached after a contested trial. But the practical message is hardly subtle: if you attach a...
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