On October 6, 2025, Bloomberg reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into AppLovin Corporation’s data-collection practices, following an alleged whistleblower complaint and a series of short-seller reports. We previously covered the shareholder class action against AppLovin in another blog post. The company is a mobile advertising technology business that
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What is AI Washing and Why are Companies Getting Sued?
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
With the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) usage over the last two years, companies are developing AI tools at an astonishing rate. When pitching their AI tools, these companies claim that their products can do certain things and promise and exaggerate their capabilities. AI washing “is a marketing tactic companies employ to exaggerate the amount…