FTC Finalizes $930,000 Settlement Over Fake AI Ad-Targeting Claims

The FTC voted 2-0 to finalize its consent agreement with Cox Media Group, which pays $880,000, and marketing firms MindSift and 1010 Digital Works, which pay $25,000 each, over the Active Listening product that falsely claimed AI analysed smart-device conversations to target buyers while actually reselling data-broker email lists. Cox Media Group is now under a 20-year compliance order.