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FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect

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374 points indus | 3 comments | 22 Oct 24 15:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.403s | source
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burningChrome ◴[22 Oct 24 16:04 UTC] No.41915692[source]▶
>> > the rule bans reviews and testimonials attributed to people who don’t exist or are generated by artificial intelligence, people who don’t have experience with the business or product/services, or misrepresent their experience.

I guess they don't know about how people scam Amazon reviews by getting legit people to simply buy the product and leave a five star review and then get reimbursed for their purchase later by the company or the company the company hired to get these people to do this.

(From 2022) Inside the Underground Market for Fake Amazon Reviews

https://www.wired.com/story/fake-amazon-reviews-underground-...

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1. sidewndr46 ◴[22 Oct 24 16:35 UTC] No.41916048[source]▶
"generated by artificial intelligence" ? So if I write "this product sucks" for a review and I use Bing or some other source to rewrite this to "this product's quality does not live up to the manufacturer's claim" based on my input does that make it a crime?
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2. digging ◴[22 Oct 24 17:09 UTC] No.41916369[source]▶
I read it as "attributed to people who ... are generated by artificial intelligence.'

Insurance against the argument that "This person who wrote the review does exist, just not in a flesh body, they're an AI creation." But that might also be an instant-flop argument legally since I'm sure "personhood" has some definition near-future AI can't hope to approach.

3. BobaFloutist ◴[22 Oct 24 19:23 UTC] No.41917742[source]▶
Christ almighty you people are exhausting.