What Does the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). DoNotPay Enforcement Action Teach Us About AI Ethics and AI Legal Ethics

Stuart Weinstein

What Does the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). DoNotPay Enforcement Action Teach Us About AI Ethics and AI Legal Ethics

Stuart Weinstein

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The conference paper explores the differences between AI ethics and AI legal ethics arising from an enforcement action brought by the US Federal Trade Commission against DoNotPay, a "do it yourself" legal advice chatbot which enabled subscribers to prepare documents and write letters with respect to briging consumer claims such as fighting parking tickets, contesting utilities bills, etc.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	XCIII Ethical Aspects of AI
Editors	Paweł Stacewicz
Place of Publication	Warsaw
Pages	95 -105
Number of pages	10
Edition	First
ISBN (Electronic)	9788381568210
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2025

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